An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Certificate in Predictive Analytics for Finance Professionals
Improving Financial Decision-Making to Support Organisational Success
- Format: Classroom
- Duration: 5 days
- Language: English
- Accredited: CPE, KHDA Certified training courses
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INTRODUCTION
This Certificate in Predictive Analytics for Finance Professionals training course will highlight how developments in descriptive and predictive analytics that finance professionals can be employed to dramatically improve financial forecasting and business modelling. In the 21st century world of Big Data and machine learning these vital skills can support significant improvements in financial performance and bring sustained organisational success.
This hands-on training course will provide you with the knowledge, practical methods, and powerful tools to exploit the enormous potential of descriptive and predictive analytics, to provide business intelligence; useable techniques that will not only improve your own planning and analytical abilities, but also to provide the valuable advice and insights to your organisation’s key decision-makers.
Delegates on this training course will develop the following competencies:
- Understand the drivers of sustained organisational success
- Exploit developments in data analysis and business intelligence
- Employ powerful tools of statistical and predictive analytics
- Produce effective data visualisations and dashboards
- Use Excel and Power BI to improve business reporting
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
This training course aims to enable participants to achieve the following objectives:
- Awareness of key organisational challenges and risks
- Improved analytical, forecasting, and reporting skills
- Enhanced application of data visualisations and dashboards
- Better support for key business decision-makers
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This EuroMaTech training course will significantly improve the skills and effectiveness of any finance professional engaged in financial planning, management reporting and decision-making support in any organisation.
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Finance professionals in all parts of the organisation
- Head office planning staff
- Planning and forecasting teams
- Commercial managers
- Finance Strategic Business Partners
- Business Analysts and Investment Managers
TRAINING METHODOLOGY
The Certificate in Predictive Analytics for Finance Professionals training course will be presented in a highly participative workshop format using seminars, case studies and practical examples. Delegates will have the opportunity to develop practical skills for using predictive analytics for preparing business forecasts and designing graphics and data visualisation for financial reports and dashboards.
TRAINING SUMMARY
This Certificate in Predictive Analytics for Finance Professionals training course provide you with valuable insights into the exciting developments in descriptive and predictive analytics that will provide you with the skills to dramatically improve your financial forecasting and business modelling. By exploiting the benefits of Big Data and business analytics you will be able to support significant improvements in financial performance and help to bring sustained organisational success.
TRAINING OUTLINE
Day 1: The Essential Components of Organisational Success
- Key drivers of success in the 21st century
- Building the modern Finance function
- Fundamentals of business strategy
- Essential principles of business finance
- Measuring and managing organisational performance
- Overview of predictive analytics
Day 2: Exploiting the Big Data Revolution
- How big is Big Data
- Data collection and preparation
- Developments in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI)
- Fundamentals of statistical analysis in finance
- Introducing Data Driven Decision Management (DDDM)
- Defining statistical, descriptive, and predictive analytics
Day 3: Principles of Statistical and Predictive Analytics
- Business database features and design
- Fundamentals of distribution and probability theory
- Time series data analysis
- Trend analysis and forecasting techniques
- Predictive analytics for cost analysis and control
Day 4: Practical Applications in Risk Management
- An integrated approach to risk management
- Identifying organisational risks
- Financial decision-making in risk and uncertainty
- Simulation and sensitivity analysis
- Predictive analytics for portfolio optimization
- Using predictive models in investment strategies
Day 5: Tools for Analysis, Modelling and Visualisation
- Data analysis techniques in Excel
- Using the power of data graphics
- Designing visuals and infographics
- Designing and using scorecards and dashboards
- Building dashboards in Excel
- Introduction to MS Power BI
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ACCREDITATION
EuroMaTech is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.
Euromatech is a Knowledge & Human Development Authority (KHDA) approved training institute in Dubai, licensed and approved to deliver training courses in the UAE.
The KHDA is the regulatory authority in the UAE, that oversees administering, approving, supervising, and controlling the activities of various education providers in the UAE. We are proud of our commitment to ensuring quality training courses and status as a KHDA-approved training provider.
Taught by our team of highly qualified trainers, our KHDA approved training courses will provide you with an enriching learning experience and practical knowledge that will help you future-proof your career and support professional development within your organisation.
