4 Weeks Executive Management Certification Program in

Financial Acumen

EXECUTIVE COURSE DESIGNED & DELIVERED BY INDUSTRY PRACTITIONERS

Develop your Financial Acumen with skills in Financial Reporting Forecasting Project Evaluation Revenue Models & Pricing

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Course Overview

"Leadership starts and ends with the team. This has been my learning as a Leader. Leaders have to go from Managing people to Influencing people, from Managing tasks to Managing Business outcomes."

"Business models are changing and a lot of startups are disrupting incumbents. Not just Product Managers but Engineering Leaders, Design Leaders and Business Leaders require Strategic Leadership skills to move up in their careers. I'm thrilled to see IPL building such great programs to help bridge the gap for tomorrow's leaders."

Multiple Case Studies & Assignments | Final Capstone Project and Live Jury

Weekly Faculty Sessions (Live)

Unlimited 1:1 Mentorship with Mentors & Faculty

Globally Recognized Certification from University of Houston

Learning Library with Toolkits, Frameworks & Templates

Focused New Age Curriculum for Digital Leaders

"Leadership starts and ends with the team. This has been my learning as a Leader. Leaders have to go from Managing people to Influencing people, from Managing tasks to Managing Business outcomes."

Top Skills You Will Learn

Senior Leaders & Managers who want to be ready for the next big career jump.

Project Management & Program Management Professionals, Delivery & Account Managers, Engineering & QA Leaders, Sr. Business Analyst & Consultants.

Sr. Product Managers, Product Marketing Managers, Growth & Innovation Leaders, Entrepreneurs & Functional Heads

Top Skills You Will Learn

Strategic Management, Negotiation, Art of Story Telling, Business Strategy, Data Driven Decision-Making, Change Management, Conflict Resolution, Organizational Structure, Growth Strategies, Finance, Product Positioning Evangelism and Thought Leadership, Strategic Management, Digital Business Models, Routes to Market, GoTMarket Plans, Financial Statement Analysis, Financing Decision Making, Key Financial Decisions, Cash Flow Analysis, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial Thinking, Data Visualization

Key Benefits

Data Driven Decision making & the ability to convince and influence others around it.
Ability to see the bigger picure and actively participate in building the long term strategy for the organization
Leverage New Age Paradigms and Frameworks like Design Thinking to drive innovation and build new products and services
Build the vocabulary & confidence to move into senior executive roles.
Formulating growth strategies at both corporate and business unit level
Ability to analyze financial statements (P&L) and metrics and build Business Plans & Monetization Models for new ideas

Minimum Eligibility

The applicant should have significant work experience (at least 7 years) in a technical or business-related role.

Tools Covered

Financial Acumen Certification

Get a certificate issued by the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston and Institute of Product Leadership.

Bauer College’s Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship ranked No. 2 in U.S. on the Top 25 Best Undergrad Programs for Entrepreneurs in 2019. (Top 10 since 2007; No. 1 in 2008, 2010 and 2011)

Course audited and approved by the Bauer College.

Preparing you for Global Certification

Instructors & Mentors

Learn from India’s leading Strategy & Business Leaders.

Vishwanath P

CEO, Institute of Transformational Coaching

Steve Caplow

Principal,
Caplow Associates

Dr. Pavan Soni

Founder and Innovation Evangelist,
Inflexion Point Consulting

Andrew Bean

Senior Associate,
Negotiation Partners

Dinesh Gopalan

Ex. Director of Finance,
Fidelity

Manjunath Subramanian

Sr. Principal Product Manager,
Oracle

Syllabus

An executive leadership program created and curated by industry CXOs with case studies, simulations, real-life projects, assignments and personalized coaching.

FIN401F - Financial Acumen

Business Finance

■ Revenue Recognition & Cash Flow Basics
■ Building & P&L Management for Cloud / SaaS business
■ Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Capital Rationing & Payback

Product Finance

■ Revenue Models & Pricing
■ Cost & Profitability Metrics and Ratios

Financial Planning and Control

■ Preparing a Financial Plan
■ Forecasting Future cash flows and Financial Modelling

Typical Learning Path for each course

Weekly Faculty Sessions

Plus Curated Video Lessons

Assignments

Self & Group Submissions

Capstone Project

Live Presentations with Jury

Certificate

University of Houston Course Certificate

Average Days to complete each course

Its very simple - those with actionable skills will get promoted faster. End to End Understanding of the business context, customer context and innovation context is key for decision making senior roles.

Amit Phadnis

Chief Digital Officer, GE Healthcare

Financial Acumen Certification Advantage

Develop your ability to make good judgments and make quick decisions. Backing up your experience with strong financial acumen would provide quantitative support for your options, add credibility to your decisions and raise the likelihood of winning strategic bets.

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