An internship in finance is an opportunity to gain practical experience with leading firms and companies covering a variety of finance and investment-related job functions for a minimum of 120 hours.
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Quantitative Financial Analytics
Develop a deeper understanding of how to analyze and interpret financial data, using industry-leading tools to create advanced analysis modeling. Learn how to build a better business model or financial forecast, turning key metrics into bottom-line results. Formats: Online | In-Person
This program is perfect for...
- Financial professionals looking to advance to roles such as quantitative analyst, model validation quantitative analyst, or a team lead in modeling and trading
- Finance or business school graduates wanting to expand their capabilities
- Those considering the CFA®, CMA®, and FPAC (formerly FP&A) Certifications
What you can learn.
- Understand how to process and interpret financial data. Become more predictive with finances using data analysis techniques and tools that create clean, valuable data sets
- Get hands-on with business modeling and analysis techniques, transforming data and modeling assumptions into analyses that drive the bottom line of your business
- Discuss the processing and design challenges involved with different data analyses. Use business models to produce forecasts, simulations, and sensitivity analyses
- Explore the elements of probability, probability distributions, estimation and confidence intervals, tests of significance and hypotheses, linear regression and correlation, time-series analysis, and principles of index numbers
- Learn about linear and matrix algebra with an emphasis on demand/supply and cost/revenue analysis
Deep Dive into Quantitative Financial Analytics
This program is sure to future-proof your career in Finance. Our elite instructors teach a working knowledge of forecasting, evaluation, and analysis modeling – with the ultimate objective of transforming data and modeling assumptions into key metrics as well as bottom-line results.
Understand how to predict the payback period for an investment, how expenditures and cost savings will impact various parts of a business. Critically, you’ll discover how advanced analytics can help drive a balanced budget and business expansion.
You’ll learn the concepts of cost and production, allocation of resources through competition, forms of market competition, relation of size to efficiency, markets for productive factors, incentives and growth, and capital budgeting. Upon completion, students will understand how to assemble, organize, and interpret data as technology advances and for use in AI applications.
Format: Courses are offered in online and in-person formats. This certificate can be completed 100% online.
Duration: Complete the program in as little as 6 months. Typical pace is one year. Start any quarter.
Courses
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Required Courses
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Estimated Cost Breakdown
All courses in this program are paid for individually, unless otherwise noted. An application form is required to establish candidacy in this program. From the 'Apply Now' button, complete the online application and pay the application fee if applicable.
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