Professional Certification in Corporate Finance

AI-powered Learning in Action

(HRDCorp Course Series No: 10001438447)

Overview

In the world of business, every decision carries financial implications. This course provides a thorough exploration of the foundations of corporate finance, focusing on fundamental principles and contemporary issues in financial decision-making. Over 6 to 8 weeks, you will be learning and evaluating key financial theories, using and developing tools and techniques, and conducting hands-on financial simulations that are crucial for corporate financial decision making.

Course Outline

Through a combination of videos, quizzes and real-world case discussions in our live sessions together, you will learn the following:

Time Value of Money
Understand how time, inflation and uncertainty affect the value of money, and how this impacts financial decisions.
Cost of Capital
Learn how firms determine their funding costs.
Investment Criteria
Evaluate different methods for making sound investment choices.
CAPM
Gain insights into risk, through a commonly used measure called “CAPM beta”.
Capital Allocation
Develop strategies for the efficient allocation of resources within a corporation.
Market Shenanigans
Identify and analyze unethical financial practices, from real-world case studies and examples.

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

Analyze the theories and key terms in corporate finance.
Evaluate financial management tools and techniques.
Interpret financial data and financial policies of corporation.

Participant Profile

The Corporate Finance course is designed for Executives who want to make informed corporate decisions and strengthen their foundational and applied knowledge of corporate finance.

Pre-requisites

To ensure you get the best outcome from this course, you will need a basic knowledge of accounting and Excel. Before beginning the course, we strongly recommend that you familiarise yourself with the following:

Basic accounting knowledge
The below 3 topics in this Financial Accounting EdX course (free to enroll, without the certificate) will prepare you with the basic accounting knowledge needed for the Corporate Finance course.

Topic	Estimated time to complete
Financial modelling and Financial Sensitivities	2 hours
Cash flow versus Profit, Accruals and Accruals Accounting	1 hour
Capitalisation, Depreciation, Amortisation and Revaluation	1.5 hour

Basic Excel for finance
In this course, you will be using Excel for workings and calculations. We strongly recommend you familiarise yourself with the short readings below, which cover some basic Excel formulas in a practice Excel workbook.

Topic	Estimated time to complete
Basic Excel Formulas - List of Important Formulas for Beginners	10 minute read
Excel Formulas for Finance: An Easy Guide - ExcelDemy	15 minute read

Class Structure

Video Learning

Before the live sessions, you will watch short video lectures lasting 20 to 40 minutes and complete assignments to cement your understanding of the videos.

Live Sessions

The live sessions are held in hybrid format, beginning with a review of the video lecture and followed by a discussion of the case of the day.

Duration

The course is delivered over a period of 8 weeks that includes 5 weekends of hybrid sessions. Session starts on February 15 and ends on March 22, 2025.