Financial Management Tools and Techniques

About this microcredential

This microcredential will help you develop your understanding of the latest tools and techniques in financial management, preparing you for responsible and sustainable leadership using the financial management perspective.

You will explore a framework around financial analysis and modelling, as well as business, risk and investment evaluation, focusing on four main areas:

• Assessment of an organisation's financial health

• Planning of the organisation's future financial performance

• Financing of the organisation's operations

• Evaluation of business and investment opportunities for the organisation.

Emphasising the application of tools and techniques to real-world problems in financial management, this course will ensure that you are able to apply the knowledge towards the solution of related problems in your current work context and circumstances.

Key benefits of this microcredential

This microcredential is designed to equip participants to:

• Learn how to make sense of information in companies’ financial statements and how this should influence decision-making

• Learn how to sustainably manage and grow investments in corporate contexts

• Learn to manage cash flow and evaluate investment opportunities to optimise your balance of risk versus return.

This microcredential aligns with the 3 credit point subject, Applied Financial Management (25720) in the Executive Master of Business Administration (C04424).

This microcredential may qualify for recognition of prior learning at this and other institutions.

Who should do this microcredential?

This microcredential covers concepts widely applicable to a broad range of industries and roles within the public and private sectors. Specifically, this course may be useful for:

• Leaders, managers, and professionals responsible for, or involved in, financial decision making

• Entrepreneurs, start-ups, as well as their financiers or investors, who are looking to understand how a financial management perspective can influence sustainable business decision-making and growth

• Current or prospective board members looking to develop their financial literacy

• Anyone with the need to understand company financial statements and how they impacts decision making.