Financial Analysis for Business Performance Reporting and Stakeholder Management

BY
Futurelearn

To improve communication with your stakeholders and understand the role of your financial insights for their decision making.

Mode

Online

Duration

4 Weeks

Quick Facts

particular details
Collaborators Coventry University, Coventry
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based
Learning efforts 4 Hours Per Week

Course overview

The Financial Analysis for Business Performance: Reporting and Stakeholder Management course is presented online to enhance your skillset on communication with your stakeholder and expertise with data analytical tools while creating data that is used for decision making. By using tools such as excel and tableau to prepare data visualisations, it allows addressing diverse companies while making use of the financial understanding.

Communication is done by observing the reporting needs of the stakeholders and drawing parallels of them which helps in comprehending the data using the tools like excel and tableau at hand. These assumptions are used to construct recurring reporting systems to table the weekly and monthly tasks which save time and resources.

The candidates are trained to meet the business needs in the form of financial reports that are used to calculate the performance and examine the various cost types that allow suggestions of optimised cost structures that benefit the business management.

Microsoft Excel which is a valuable tool for storage, analysis and comprehension of data, optimises data visualisation for the viewers. The Financial Analysis for Business Performance: Reporting and Stakeholder Management course provides a detailed understanding of the strategies involved with Excel which makes report creation easier while making the visualization presentable to the audience within the firm.

This course is offered by FutureLearn (owned by The Open University and The Seek group)  to enhance the methods to analyse financial data and increase business performance by understanding reporting done in the right way with stakeholders aiding proper financial management.

The highlights

  • Four weeks course
  • Weekly four hours of study
  • Online mode
  • Digital certificate

Program offerings

  • Bite-sized videos
  • Long- and short-form articles
  • Audio
  • Practical activities
  • Progress page
  • Global classroom
  • Social learning
  • Readings
  • Discussions
  • Progress mapping
  • Certificate
  • Experienced educators

Course and certificate fees

Fee Structure of the Financial Analysis for Business Performance Reporting and Stakeholder Management Course 

Course

Fee Details

Financial Analysis for Business Performance Reporting and Stakeholder Management Certification Course

Candidates who are willing to take admission to the Financial Analysis for Business Performance Reporting and Stakeholder Management course will get a free trial of the FutureLearn portal for seven days. After the completion of the trial, candidates are required to take a monthly subscription for the portal of $39. This amount has to be paid through online mode only.

certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Futurelearn

Who it is for

The Financial Analysis for Business Performance: Reporting and Stakeholder Management online training is for those who seek to learn the advanced techniques of data visualisation tools and those learners who work with huge volumes of data like data analysts, finance analysts. It is specifically advantageous for the beginner level accounting and finance professionals who would upgrade themselves to higher-skill positions and current finance professionals by the end of the course. It is a valuable course for the managers, Business workers, and other leaders in business to move their company towards progress.

Eligibility criteria

Certification Qualifying details

A digital certificate is issued by FutureLearn which will be validated by them.

What you will learn

Knowledge of data visualization Knowledge of excel Programming skills Problem solving ability Data science knowledge Risk management Auditing skill Tableau knowledge Statistical skills Storytelling Presentation skills Financial knowledge

The course on Financial Analysis for Business Performance: Reporting and Stakeholder Management helps the candidates gain financial knowledge and acquire advanced learning of the skills of tools like excel and tableau that improves our methods of data storage and assists the analysis process. These tools reduce the hassles involved in data visualization and set clear means for presenting the data.

The course enables the reporting process to stakeholders and evaluates the requirements of different collaborators by observing, comparing and drawing conclusions through them. This performance reporting system created supports the decision-making process in business management.

Techniques of financial analysis aid the business officials to tabulate optimised cost structures to present to the stakeholders. This financial information and analysis are communicated and reported to the stakeholders with enhanced strategies recommended by the course on Financial Analysis for Business Performance: Reporting and Stakeholder Management.

The syllabus

Week 1: Introduction and Financial Reporting

  • Introduction and Welcome
  • Performance monitoring and reporting process- find the reporting needs and build organisational communication to achieve business
  • Discussions and recap of learning outcomes

Week 2: Financial Performance Reporting

  • Introduction
  • Creating performance reports and their various aspects
  • Presenting Performance Reports: skills to present created reports to transmit appropriate information to stakeholders
  • Discussions and Recap

Week 3: Cost types

  • Introduction and learning outcomes.
  • Introduction to cost management - cost management and associated costing factors that assist decision making and profit-making and present how business elements are strategically measured.
  • Costing Methods - Different cost types are calculated using different methods and provide a specific understanding of the development of the organisation.
  • Wrap-up - Completing Knowledge check and recap of the learning outcomes

Week 4: Cost Structures

  • Introduction
  • Standard costing and variance analysis - To understand the role and function of the operating leverage and the part in decision making. 
  • Wrap-up

How it helps

This certification provided by the Expert track programme in Future learn helps one to upskill the knowledge on financial analysis and reporting information to stakeholders and learning to present the data through data visualisation techniques. The role of providing the optimised cost structures becomes beneficial for the stakeholders as it supports them in making informed and improved decisions that take the company forward in business ideals.

The industry-specific certificate offered for the Financial Analysis for Business Performance: Reporting and Stakeholder Management course from future learn adds to your skillset as it gets validated by educating institutions.

Instructors

Ms Alysha Randall

Ms Alysha Randall
Chief Finanacial Officer
Freelancer

FAQs

Which organisation offers the course on Financial Analysis for Business Performance: Reporting and Stakeholder Management to learners to upskill their business?

The Future Learn (owned by The Open University and The Seek group) conducts the expert track programme which contains the course on Financial Analysis for Business Performance: Reporting and Stakeholder Management.

What is the duration of the Financial Analysis for Business Performance: Reporting and Stakeholder Management online training?

It is a four weeks course with each week consisting of four hours of study.

Do we receive a certificate after course completion?

A digital certificate is provided by Future Learn validated by the educating organisation for the Financial Analysis for Business Performance: Reporting and Stakeholder Management online course.

Who is the educator for Financial Analysis for Business Performance: Reporting and Stakeholder Management course?

Alysha Randall (CPA Commercially focused Finance Director / CFO with experience working with fast growth online SMEs in different sectors, including two successful exits (Amazon acquisition & Funding Circle’s IPO) is the course instructor for the online training.

What is the minimum eligibility for the course?

There is no minimum eligibility for the course but the candidates will need tools like excel and a computer to access the course.

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