Financial Literacy: Steering the Company with Numbers (Certificate Course)
Fact sheet
Graduation
Zertifikat
Taught language
Englisch
Specialization
General Management
Program Emphasis
Accounting, Finance, Management
Course options
Certificate program
Locations
Mannheim
Contact
Contact person
MBS Open Courses & Certificates Team
MBS Open Courses & Certificates Team
This course is designed for young professionals and junior managers who want to understand financial reports and their connection to business decisions. You will develop essential skills to interpret key financial KPIs as well as transactions and learn about financial and managerial accounting. By understanding how different departments intersect and impact financial reports, you will gain valuable insights into their broader business implications. This knowledge will help you use KPIs to make value-driven business decisions.
Program Emphasis
- Accounting basics: The cashflow statement, the income statement, and the balance sheet
- M&A accounting and segment reporting
- Financial statement analysis and firm valuation
- Link between managerial accounting and value creation in firms
- Fundamentals to drive corporate profits: cost behavior and scalability of business models
- Cost allocation: product costing and activity-based costing
- Using costs for decision-making and planning
- Accounting return measures and value creation
- Non-financial performance measures: benefits and limitations
Requirements / Application
Important Dates
The final registration deadline is August 27, 2025.
Tuition / Fees
Early-bird offer €2,400
