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.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Product Development, New Product Development, Risk Management, Innovation, Healthcare Industry Knowledge, Industrial Design, Stakeholder Engagement, User Requirements Documents, Market Opportunities, Market Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Return On Investment, Health Technology, Regulatory Requirements, Project Management, Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Agile Methodology, Project Planning, Waterfall Methodology
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Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Dartmouth College
Skills you'll gain: File I/O, Embedded Software, C (Programming Language), Linux, Embedded Systems, Build Tools, Command-Line Interface, Operating Systems, Program Development, Software Installation, Development Environment, Application Development, Computer Programming
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Risk Management, Financial Trading, Financial Market, Business Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, Investments, Risk Analysis
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Amazon Web Services
Skills you'll gain: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Performance Measurement, Performance Metric, Business Metrics, Amazon Web Services, Return On Investment, Organizational Effectiveness, Cloud Platforms, Operating Cost
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Modeling, Business Valuation, Financial Analysis, Investment Banking, Financial Forecasting, Case Studies, Corporate Strategy, Plan Execution, Cash Flows
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Arizona State University
Skills you'll gain: Purchasing, English Language, Business Communication, Business Writing, Auditing, Negotiation, Business Ethics, Verbal Communication Skills, Forecasting, Budgeting, Influencing, Financial Acumen, Literacy, Vocabulary
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Cryptography, FinTech, Financial Inclusion, Emerging Technologies, Payment Systems, Distributed Computing, Data Integrity, Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS), Business Transformation, Information Privacy, Stakeholder Analysis, Intellectual Property, Governance
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Project Performance, Billing & Invoicing, Project Schedules, Expense Management, Project Accounting, Project Management, Project Management Software, Financial Reporting, Scheduling, Budget Management, Time Management, Team Management, Capital Budgeting
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Large Language Modeling, LLM Application, ChatGPT, Generative AI, Responsible AI, Healthcare Ethics, Public Health, Data Ethics, Health Policy, Health Informatics, Medical Science and Research, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Copilot, Emerging Technologies
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Preprocessing, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Data Manipulation, Data Transformation, Financial Forecasting, Model Evaluation, Data Visualization, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Exploratory Data Analysis, Keras (Neural Network Library), Deep Learning, Pandas (Python Package), NumPy
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Knowledge Accelerators
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Microsoft Copilot, Dashboard, Excel Macros, Microsoft 365, Data Presentation, Pivot Tables And Charts, Spreadsheet Software, Productivity, Productivity Software, Data Analysis, Workflow Management, Generative AI Agents, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Customer Data Management, Business Consulting, Generative AI, Data Management, Leadership Development
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Cloud Management, Billing, Cloud Computing, Cloud Platforms, Cost Management, Multi-Cloud, Expense Management, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Financial Controls, Amazon Web Services, Budgeting, Account Management, Automation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks