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Think like a CFO Specialization

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Course Features

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Duration

6 months

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Limited Access

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Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Beginner

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Effort

2 hours per week

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

You will learn finance language through the Think like a CFO Specialization. The specialization will give you a solid understanding of Corporate Finance, Operational Finance, and Accountability. You will be able to identify the right questions and the best way to put them together to create a plan and diagnosis to solve a company's financial problems. You will be able to read, interpret, and discuss financial statements. Additionally, you will be able to comprehend the financial issues that affect investors and companies. The Specialization will help you to understand the financial issues of businesses and make better financial decisions.

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Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Learn how to read the “story” that the balance sheet and income statement tells about the company’s operations

Understand key financial issues related to companies, investors, and the interaction between them in the capital markets

Be able to understand most of what you read in the financial press and use the essential financial vocabulary of companies and finance professionals

Understanding the concept of market efficiency

Get an overview in issues related to bonds, such as type of bonds, their return (yield to maturity) and default risk

Getting to know the valuation of stocks through the method of relative valuation (multiples)

Knowing what are the sources that financial companies use to obtain capital for their projects

Course Instructors

Marc Badia

Associate Professor

Marc Badia is Associate Professor in the department of Accounting and Control at IESE Business School (University of Navarra). He earned his Ph.D. in Financial Accounting with distinction from Columb...

Miguel Antón

Associate Professor

Miguel Antón is Associate Professor in the Department of Financial Management at IESE Business School. He received his undergraduate and master's degrees in economics from the University of Navarra. ...

Javier Estrada

Professor of Financial Management

Javier Estrada is a Professor at the Finance Department of IESE Business School, in Barcelona, Spain. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the National University of La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina), ...
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