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Hi William I have 2 courses recommendations for you : Financial Modeling and Business analytics.
The task of building a model (usually a spreadsheet) depicting financial statements/ business model, which can help you in decision making is called Financial Modeling. Financial Models help in decision making and business modeling for firms and check the viability of projects. You can learn techniques to value and analyze Firms, IPOs and FPOs. Investments in nascent stages can be valued with accuracy for eg. Private Equity/ Venture Capital Investing. It is a prerequisite for Investment Banking, Equity Research and Commercial Banking jobs as project appraisal and risk evaluation using different scenarios can be calculated. A comprehensive analysis of complex transaction like Mergers and Acquisition Deals can also be done. Commercial Banks use Financial Modeling for disbursing loans for the projects; Project Management uses it for performance tracking of on-going projects. It covers BFSI, FMCG, Commercial Real estate and Infrastructure sectors. For more info please refer this link : http://www.edupristine.com/courses/financial-modeling/
Business analytics focuses on developing new insights and understanding of business performance based on data and statistical methods. It makes extensive use of data, statistical and quantitative analysis, explanatory and predictive modeling and fact-based management to drive decision making. It focus on Forecasting, Econometrics and Time Series â€" Analyze and predict future outcomes based on historical patterns. Learn to solve business problems using analytics in a variety of fields like retail, FMCG, financial services, telecom, etc. This course is designed to equip professionals working in Finance, Marketing, Economist, Statistical, Mathematics, Computer Science, IT, Analytics, Marketing Research, or Commodity markets with the essential tools, techniques and skills to answer important business questions. SAS software is also taught. For more info please refer this link : http://www.edupristine.com/courses/business-analytics/