POFFB - Business Financial Analysis
Course Description
Learn how to use financial information to understand business performance and make better workplace decisions. Designed for professionals across all functions, this course helps participants build the confidence to engage in financial conversations—even if finance isn’t part of their job title. In this course, you will interpret financial statements and budgets, analyze financial performance, draw conclusions from financial data, and use that information to support sound business decisions. Through realistic workplace scenarios, you will strengthen your financial reasoning and learn to communicate financial insights clearly to colleagues and other non-finance audiences.
Skill Profile:
- Analyze business financial information to assess financial position and make evidence-based recommendations.
- Draft professional memos that translate budget variances and financial results into clear, actionable recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.
- Use Excel functions (e.g., SUMIF, XLOOKUP, pivot tables) to organize and analyze financial data and support variance- and trend-based recommendations.
Requirements:
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This online course requires access to a computer with internet access, email, an Internet browser (Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox recommended), MS PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Format:
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Online self-paced with four weeks to complete the course.
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Business Finance Fundamentals Certificate : Business Finance Fundamentals Certificate
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