Executive Development Program In Financial Analytics

From planning to controlling funds, financial management includes every aspect of management of financial resources of an organization. Financial management helps organizations to realize their short and long-term objectives and goals. It is the key function to ensure the smooth and efficient functioning of a business. From the beginning, when a business kickstarts its operations —developing and then selling products and/or services eventually, financial management ensures a smooth cash flow in every process of a firm. Hence, it is quintessential for achieving sustainability and growth of businesses. Now, financial analytics is employed to make well-informed and strategic financial decisions. Managers leverage over different views that financial analytics has to offer on a business’s financial data. It helps in eliminating risk by predicting market trends. Financial analytics can also detect fraud and other errors as well.

Financial analytics have been instrumental in making financial decisions much more informed, efficient and effective. It has become central to modern-day businesses’ operations and financial functions. Hence, it has evolved to become a field that is of utmost importance for companies around the world. Financial analytics helps analyze the performance, manage tangible and intangible assets and investments of a business. It is done to forecast the variations in the market to enhance profits and improve the operations of a firm. Hence, to perform such tasks, professionals in financial analytics are in high demand and well-trained ones are drawing a handsome salary in the market today. If you choose to pursue the Executive Development Program in Financial Analytics by XLRI, you are going to learn cutting-edge techniques and methodologies in financial analytics.

R and Python, are best suited for running operations in financial analytics. You may find ample articles on Google telling the difference between both tools. However, not going deep into the difference between the two, we would like to share that both of them are important and play a crucial role in their respective applications. Executive Development Program in Financial Analytics by XLRI will begin with exposing you to both R and Python. Learning R and Python is an added advantage as you choose which programming language best suits your team and businesses and you can proceed with either or both of them.

Prior experience in programming is not mandatory but some level of programming experience will be beneficial for the course. However, this course is specifically designed for freshers in programming, hence, even if you do not have any prior experience in programming, you don’t have to worry about it. Here are the eligibility criteria for Executive Development Program in Financial Analytics by XLRI: • For Indian Participants – Graduates (10+2+3) or Diploma Holders (only 10+2+3) from a recognized university (UGC/AICTE/DEC/AIU/State Government) in any discipline • For International Participants – Graduation or equivalent degree from any recognized University or Institution in their respective country • Proficiency in English, spoken and written, is mandatory • Working professionals with a minimum of 2 years of work experience • Statistics/Mathematics as a subject up to Class XII

Yes. You can join the course without any prior experience in finance and allied fields. This course is designed specifically for beginners in finance and programming. However, you must have completed at least 2 years as a working professional after your graduation to become eligible for this course.

For professionals who are looking for a boost in their respective careers, pursuing this course will help in achieving their professional goals and objectives. With the world going digital rapidly, financial analytics has become central to the functions of most businesses. Hence, rightly trained professionals in financial analytics are high in demand across the spectrum. Learning financial analytics, specifically pursuing our Executive Development Program in Financial Analytics by XLRI is highly beneficial for the ones who are looking for a quantum leap in their careers. So, if you are already a professional in finance, executive, or an analyst, this course will help you integrate different profiles with financial analytics — eventually ending in providing a rich and unique learning experience.

Today, financial analytics is offering flourishing opportunities across industries. As a financial analyst, you are expected to play an essential role in the functions of a business. Professionals in financial analytics are high in demand and if you are rightly trained in the field, you are going to draw handsome paychecks. An experienced financial analyst draws an average of INR 15 LPA. Below is the list of job profiles in the field that are highly desired in the market today: • Financial Modelling Consultant • Business Analyst • Financial Associate • Risk Analyst • Financial Accounting Manager • Strategy Manager • Financial Reporting Analyst • Global Financial Analyst • Financial Planning Analyst • Project Operations Analyst • Capability Development Officer

With a 95 percent of completion rate, 92 percent of satisfaction score, and 78 percent of referability, we can confidently say that our Executive Development Program in Financial Analytics course by XLRI has been a continuous success. Hence, after completing this course diligently, you will become proficient in financial analytics. The course is designed in such a way (blended learning, rich curriculum, advanced pedagogy, live and interactive sessions, etc.), that as soon as you finish the program, you will be able to run the processes independently and will prove to be an important asset of your team.

The total fee for the course is INR 80,000 + GST and you can choose to pay it in installments as well. First instalment - INR 30,000 + GST is payable at the time of registration and the subsequent amount is payable later in 2 instalments. Finding it difficult to pay the fee? We would like to encourage potential students to apply for education loans through our NBFC partners. For more information, you can contact your education counselors.

The course offers a rich learning experience to the students. Along with R and Python, you will learn Nature of Data in Finance and Sources of Financial Data, Cleaning and Preprocessing Data, Exploratory Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Building Models Using Accounting Data, Business Valuation Analytics, News Analytics, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Portfolio Analytics, Building Trading Algorithms, Building Stock Prices Forecasting Models using Machine Learning, and Credit Risk Modeling amongst many other things. Like most of our courses, the Executive Development Program in Financial Analytics course by XLRI is live and interactive and offers blended learning. You are going to learn a lot more than you had expected before joining the course.