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Financial Accounting Courses

Financial accounting courses can help you learn key concepts such as balance sheets, income statements, cash flow analysis, and financial ratios. You can build skills in preparing financial reports, analyzing financial performance, and understanding regulatory compliance. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for financial modeling, QuickBooks for bookkeeping, and various accounting software that streamline the reporting process, making it easier to apply your knowledge in practical situations.


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Popular Financial Accounting Courses and Certifications


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    Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

    Supply Chain Excellence

    Skills you'll gain: Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Systems, Cash Flows, Business Metrics, Logistics Management, Inventory Management System, Working Capital, Project Implementation, Financial Analysis, Financial Statements, Emerging Technologies

    Build toward a degree

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Taxation of Business Entities I: Corporations

    Skills you'll gain: Corporate Tax, Income Tax, Tax Laws, Liquidation, Tax Planning, Tax Compliance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Expenditure, Organizational Structure, Depreciation, Business Analysis

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Copenhagen Business School

    Leadership in 21st Century Organizations

    Skills you'll gain: Culture Transformation, Talent Management, Crisis Management, Innovation, Business Leadership, Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Strategic Leadership, Team Leadership, Organizational Strategy, Business Transformation, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Communication, Governance, Change Management, Decision Making, Collaboration

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    New York University

    Fundamentals of Machine Learning in Finance

    Skills you'll gain: Supervised Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Unsupervised Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Decision Tree Learning, Machine Learning, Financial Trading, Reinforcement Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Financial Services, Regression Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Portfolio Management, Python Programming, Artificial Neural Networks

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

    Monetary Policy in the Asia Pacific

    Skills you'll gain: Market Liquidity, Analysis, Financial Policy, Economics, International Finance, Financial Market, Financial Regulation, Market Dynamics, Supply And Demand, Forecasting

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Economie du sol et de l'immobilier I

    Skills you'll gain: Property and Real Estate, Real Estate, Market Dynamics, Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate Transactions, Business Valuation, Financial Analysis, Return On Investment, Economics, Capital Budgeting, Investments, Price Negotiation, Market Analysis, Finance, Consumer Behaviour, Competitive Analysis, Depreciation

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

    Supply Chain Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Competitive Analysis, Supply Chain Management, Benchmarking, Transportation, Supply Chain, and Logistics, Supply Chain Planning, Customer experience improvement, Analytics, Financial Analysis, Inventory Management System, Data Analysis, Cost Estimation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Cost Reduction, Spatial Analysis

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    Adobe

    Build Creative Concepts for Real Projects

    Skills you'll gain: Ideation, Adobe Firefly, Target Audience, Creative Problem-Solving, Conceptual Design, Creative Thinking, Brainstorming, Creativity, Communication, Design Thinking, Adobe Express, Visual Design, Storyboarding, Entrepreneurship, Value Propositions, Generative AI, Prototyping, Problem Solving, Adobe Creative Cloud, Market Opportunities

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    Yale University

    الأسواق المالية

    Skills you'll gain: Investment Banking, Equities, Financial Market, Securities (Finance), Risk Management, Capital Markets, Finance, Financial Regulation, Governance, Portfolio Risk, Banking, Behavioral Economics, Social Impact, Underwriting, Initiative and Leadership, Portfolio Management, Non-Profit Accounting, Insurance, Business Ethics, Economics

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Maryland, College Park

    Entrepreneurship: Launching an Innovative Business

    Skills you'll gain: Customer Analysis, Commercialization, Product Planning, Business Modeling, Strategic Decision-Making, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance, Market Opportunities, Business Planning, New Product Development, Sales Strategy, Sales Pipelines, Ideation, Sales Presentation, Customer Insights, Product Development, Team Building, Capital Markets, Finance

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of California, Irvine

    Leverage Data Science for a More Agile Supply Chain

    Skills you'll gain: Supply Chain Planning, Demand Planning, Customer Demand Planning, Inventory Control, Inventory Management, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain, Inventory Accounting, Capacity Planning, Production Planning, Materials Management, Inventory Management System, Process Optimization, Forecasting, Operations Management, Operations Research, Resource Allocation, Capacity Management, Microsoft Excel, Performance Measurement

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Fundamentos Estratégicos Empresariales

    Skills you'll gain: Business Planning, ISO 9000 Series, Quality Management Systems, Strategic Marketing, Organizational Strategy, Marketing, Governance, Quality Management, Stakeholder Analysis, Business Strategy, Business Strategies, Working Capital, Corporate Strategy, Financial Statements, Marketing Planning, Operations Management, Organizational Structure, Financial Analysis, Accounts Receivable, Financial Data

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular financial accounting courses

  • Supply Chain Excellence: Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
  • Taxation of Business Entities I: Corporations: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Leadership in 21st Century Organizations: Copenhagen Business School
  • Fundamentals of Machine Learning in Finance: New York University
  • Monetary Policy in the Asia Pacific: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Economie du sol et de l'immobilier I: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  • Supply Chain Analytics: Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
  • Build Creative Concepts for Real Projects: Adobe
  • الأسواق المالية: Yale University
  • Entrepreneurship: Launching an Innovative Business: University of Maryland, College Park

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