Financial managers require higher level courses that provide them with leading edge financial tools, trends and theories, all designed to make their businesses more efficient and more profitable. This collection of courses includes training in accounting, entrepreneurial finance and other areas that teach students how to become confident, capable financial managers and leaders in a financial office or company. From classes like Running a Profitable Company to Management Accounting and Control to Analyze Profitability, all of these courses are focused on a company’s financial outlook, and therefore, it’s entire future. Courses offered by MIT and Kutztown University of Pennsylvania cover topics in budgeting, financial accounting, business management and management theory, internal accounting, organizational economics, and evaluating financial data.

Finance managers can find work in many different fields. Most companies and organizations depend on financial managers to keep track of their accounting data, and financial managers also find jobs in finance firms completely devoted to helping other companies organize their profits, budgets, payments and more. Graduates of financial management programs may also find work in the insurance industry, as sales agents, underwriters, loan officers, securities agents, and in other positions. Outside of insurance, professionals with a background in financial management may become accountants, auditors, budget analysts, the manager of a company’s finance department, personal financial advisors and analysts, wealth management analysts and more.

• Entrepreneurial Finance [MIT] – Entrepreneurs need to be accountants and financial managers too. This course serves as a crash course for topics like funding, start-up capital and more.
• Running a Profitable Company [Kutztown University of Pennsylvania] - Financial managers will gain insight into their company’s financial future, budget outlines, and overall performance.
• Management Accounting and Control [MIT] – This syllabus covers topics like organizational economics, management, and internal accounting.
• Financial and Managerial Accounting [MIT] – Get an introduction to accounting principles in this course, which also makes “use of financial instruments to support system and project creation.”
• Analyze Profitability [Small Business Administration] – This management course is for business owners and managers who need to analyze their company’s profit margins and overall performance.