MSc Financial Management

Management is one of the most important factors in a company. Course introduces concepts and management functions and practices. It covers the basic theories from the field of management. The goal is to learn the art of management and use it in practice. 

Attention will be focused on identifying and creating managerial skills that make allowances for the personality of the individual manager. The students are introduced to various styles of management and leadership as well as management structures. Change management is a vital part of every manager’s life today. Different change strategies and interests of stakeholder groups are presented to prepare for the inevitable process of change. 

This course provides insight on the subject of finance from the point of view of non-financial managers, which can be very well used not only in corporate financial management but also in management of personal finance. Students will deepen their knowledge also in the sophisticated area of corporate finance, strategic financial management, financial markets and investing. 

Upon completion, students will have comprehensive overview of the tools, methods and roles of financial management in a particular company as well as within the framework of business as a whole. They will master the tools of financial management and be able to use them in their professional practice.

The objective of financial reporting is to provide information about the financial position, performance, and changes in the financial position of a company. 

This course covers current practices in corporate financial reporting and issues relating to asset value and income determination. The emphasis is on financial statement analysis, reporting techniques and the interpretation of financial disclosures to help improve risk assessment, forecasting, and decision‐making, and the use of cost analysis. 

The participants should be able to read and interpret annual reports and will be able to make their own informed opinion about the financial performance and perspective of the reporting entity.

Managerial accounting is what managers use to measure the success or failure of business performance.

This course aims to develop an understanding of accounting information to be used by management in planning and controlling operations. It provides a framework for measuring managerial performance that is developed through an analytical treatment of cost behavior under dynamic conditions. 

Students master tools such as job costing, process costing, activity-based costing, variable costing, cost estimation, cost-volume-profit analysis, and budgeting. The ability to use costs in decision-making contexts are identified.  

The Risk Management Course introduces participants to the many different types of risk that an organization faces, as well as the concepts of managing financial and non-financial risks. Students will learn the methods of management, measurement, and control of these risks. The whole process of identification, analysis, response along with risk control and culture is addressed in the course of the class. Students will become familiar with risk concepts such as applied to credit, liquidity and interest rate risk. Students will learn the importance of capital adequacy, with the nature and components of market risk, operational risk and credit analysis.

The course aims to familiarize participants with the principles and functioning of financial markets and the issuance of trading securities. Students will gain information about stock, bond, money, capital markets, stock exchanges, and OTC organizations. They are introduced to concepts such as risk, return, financial markets' efficiency, and more, crucial in informed strategy-planning and decision-making. Upon completion, the participants will have deepened their knowledge of operations in financial markets.

Projects are a part of everyday work for managers, entrepreneurs or specialists in any field of business. 

This course will provide students with knowledge on how to get the desired result after managing projects. It introduces students to the basic concepts of project and process management. Another part of the course is dedicated to the project scope. 

An important determinant of a project’s success is the project team. Students are encouraged to take a closer look at the dynamics of the project team, the phases of building a team and team roles. Students gain outstanding knowledge on how to handle projects in a realistic environment with all the changes and risks involved.  

You can choose from 27 courses, which must not be the same as the courses of your chosen specialization.

You will choose the subjects on your application form.

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Online learning has no barriers. Attend 2 live webinars a week led by our experienced lecturers and meet other students, or choose from our extensive library of webinars that have already taken place. You can access the webinar database without restrictions and plan them on-demand.