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About the Course

In this course, you’ll explore how financial statement data and non-financial metrics can be linked to financial performance. Professors Rick Lambert and Chris Ittner of the Wharton School have designed this course to help you gain a practical understanding of how data is used to assess what drives financial performance and forecast future financial scenarios. You’ll learn more about the frameworks of financial reporting, income statements, and cash reporting, and apply different approaches to analyzing financial performance using real-life examples to see the concepts in action. By the end of this course, you’ll have honed your skills in understanding how financial data and non-financial data interact to forecast events and be able to determine the best financial strategy for your organization....

Top reviews

TH

Nov 14, 2021

Weeks 1-3 are a decent overview of accounting and regularly used financial measures for performance. Week 4 is entirely different; it is a great introduction to and overview of predictive analytics.

GC

Jun 8, 2022

I'm Donatus and I want to stress that this course is worth taking.I enjoyed the course and would recommend it to whoever wishes to expand his or her knowledge in the financial management circle.

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By Rafael J G E

Apr 26, 2020

Is very usefull

By Faisal A

Sep 13, 2022

Greate Course

By Kornelija J

May 2, 2021

Great course!

By Biswajit B

May 10, 2020

good course.

By Mouphtaou M Y

Oct 5, 2020

GOOD COURSE

By yas y

Aug 9, 2023

incroyable

By abdulrahman g

Apr 2, 2022

Thank you

By JAMAL M S

Mar 15, 2022

thank you

By Moulay A E T

Oct 17, 2023

شكرا

By Lei Q

Mar 30, 2021

good

By Abhishek P

Apr 30, 2020

good

By 项思佳

Aug 5, 2019

good

By Nanette

Mar 21, 2022

This course truly gave me what I was looking for. I will now be able to approach management decisions with alot more clarity and provide depth to conversations/decisions that will drive strategy towards more sustainable initiatives. The real world case studies helped put things into perspective and allowed for relatability. For someone in leadership with a non-finance backgroud I recommend it. The earlier accounting concepts are a great way to lay the foundation for the financial analysis modules that come later. The only downside is that the audio was poor for some topics, some typos and some demo slides were slightly difficult to follow when the line items weren't hightlighted during the lecture.

By Rodrigo Z

Jun 8, 2020

This course is very practical and will help me bridge the gap that sometimes exists between different areas of the business and Finance. Its contents are very useful and easy to apply in my business. Having videos, quizzes and powerpoint presentations makes the process more enjoyable. The reason I did not give 5 stars is that it became quite cumbersome to go back to redo the quizzes (all correct answers should be saved) and because I would have expected some Further Reading suggestions at the end of the course. But, I will certainly recommend this course to non-financial friends and colleges.

By abdullah a

Oct 25, 2023

Presented nicely yet still has an element of challenge. As a consultant of Internal and Geriatric Medicine, I had to rely on other resources to ensure I understand the new concepts and principles presented in this course. I had to review some of the videos twice or trice. Overall, I am happy with the value of this course and I would return and refer others to it. I would have given a 5 starts if there were recommended references for a more complete understanding. Thank you very much

By Eduardo G

Apr 19, 2021

I believe the speakers are very good, especially Prof Ittn. I found the quizzes exceedingly hard, especially for Doctors like myself, who have no financial background. I am not suggesting dumbing down the quizzes. But it is well know that if you make tests too hard you discourage students, too easy same thing happens, just need to find the sweet spot.

By Henry B

Jan 30, 2021

I was interested in learning this for fundamental stock analysis - the first 3 weeks are perfect for this, teaching how to analyse a balance sheet, income statement and cash flow. Week 4 was very interesting but not directly applicable to what I wanted so gave 4/5 stars. but course content and tutors were exellcent.

By Stephen S

Oct 17, 2021

This is a great course if you are seeking an introduction to some of the big-picture financial concepts that are used to evaluate firms and business models. The instructors are great. Just know going in that you may find the 3rd week disproportionally challenging. I am highly recommending the course!

By Poonam P J M

Nov 30, 2020

Good information but a little heavy overall on the accounting for those who are not going into that field. Could do a better job in explaining basic terms, I felt I had to look up a lot of information on my own as the course did not explain it as well as I hoped.

By Thomas P

Mar 27, 2020

Great overview. Quite a few instances of jargon or specific terminology without explanation. Many times had to investigate on my own. Not a bad thing, except wen is unexpectedly encountered on a quiz without explanation (e.g. aggressive accounting techniques.)

By Rajkumar T

Feb 19, 2022

The course is really interetsting and very unique in its way,howeever, it can further be improved by adding some excel based predictive analytics examples in module four to correlate with the theory explained by professor.

I really enjoyed it.

By Lauren S

May 24, 2020

I thought the course was great! The only thing I disliked was that sometimes I felt that the quiz questions didn't always match up exactly with the subjects and/or examples covered. Gets you to think though, so not necessarily a bad thing.

By Румянцев Е Л

Jul 19, 2020

It's a basic course for the beginners. I expected more lectures on financial statement analysis that's why I deducted one star form the mark. The good point is that material probed on real financial statement data.

By SHRESTHA A

May 4, 2020

The course was very helpful in making me understand the topics. Even at many places when things were not clear I contacted my teachers. Overall I would thank the professors for putting up such a brilliant course.

By Hanan K

Aug 14, 2022

Very well structured, suitable for non financial experts, provides a good overview and introduction into the financial world.

Would appreciate more content into the slides.