Managing Finance

Students explore key concepts and frameworks for accounting and finance and learn how to interpret the company's financial reports. Students will also become familiar with financial statements, budgets and data as well as financial and non financial performance indicators. These highly applicable techniques can be used to drive company success.      

Designed For
Middle or senior managers who have either an undergraduate degree or significant managerial experience and want to take their skills to the next level.   

Content

• Accounting
• Analysis of financial information
• Cost and revenue analysis
• Introduction to finance
• Financial mathematics
• Valuation and capital markets
• Investment evaluation techniques
• Diversification and risk/return
• Cost of capital and capital structure

Learning Outcomes

• Understand, assess and interpret financial statements and data
• Analyse, prepare and negotiate financial budgets
• Evaluate and present investment proposals
• Monitor and control costs for financial activities against budgets
• Plan and manage financial resources to maximize financial outcomes
• Analyse and evaluate a company's financial position
• Understand, explain and apply effective financial and non-financial performance indicators

Assessment

A combination of class participation, projects and reports. 

Written assessment tasks are based primarily on the student's organisational context and experience. Assessment is at postgraduate level and requires academic referencing and evidence of having read and synthesised the literature.  

Relationship to Qualification

Students who successfully complete this program and accompanying assessments will be granted credit towards the Graduate Certificate Professional Management or Graduate Diploma Management Innovation.

Enrolment

Enrol now or contact the AIM Graduate School on (07) 3227 4873 or email graduateschool@aimqld.com.au.