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Practical Finance and Accounting for Family Business

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Practical Finance and Accounting Certificate

Erase your financial fears with this two-day program

Accounting and finance are the language of business, the scorecards that measure success and failure. In this program you can transform fear of the unknown into confidence with easy to understand training in financial analysis.

This certificate will give you a grounding in managerial finance, and you'll learn how to use and apply terms like valuation, capital investment, financing, capital structure, and others. Plan to engage with adult learners from other family businesses using hands-on tools in a case analysis from a family business and simulations. 

Most of all, you will to look at your firm’s data with a critical eye -- rather than trepidation.

  • Develop comfort with the terms and techniques used in financial analysis
  • Learn to confidently read and analyze corporate financial statements
  • Evaluate an organization’s performance through hands-on financial analysis
  • Acquire financial tools that will lead to more profitable decision making, to include risk management considerations
  • Understand the role of capital budgeting to measure and manage growth opportunities
  • Learn basics of financial markets including currency market
  • Understand the impact of changing global conditions on financial performance
  • Get an overview of valuation issues in Family Business

This program also offers a valuable employee training opportunity for companies and organizations in the Chicago area.

Upcoming courses

New course offerings coming soon!


Other courses to consider

Mini-MBA Option 1
February 10 - April 6, 2020
(10 Monday evening classes)

Mini-MBA Option 2
May 11-15, 2020
(5 days in a row)


Project Management Option 1
March 6 - April 3, 2020
(5 consecutive Fridays)

Project Management Option 2
June 8-12, 2020
(5 days in a row)

Practical Finance and Accounting Certificate

Erase your financial fears with this two-day program

Accounting and finance are the language of business, the scorecards that measure success and failure. In this program you can transform fear of the unknown into confidence with easy to understand training in financial analysis.

This certificate will give you a grounding in managerial finance, and you'll learn how to use and apply terms like valuation, capital investment, financing, capital structure, and others. Plan to engage with adult learners from other family businesses using hands-on tools in a case analysis from a family business and simulations. 

Most of all, you will to look at your firm’s data with a critical eye -- rather than trepidation.

  • Develop comfort with the terms and techniques used in financial analysis
  • Learn to confidently read and analyze corporate financial statements
  • Evaluate an organization’s performance through hands-on financial analysis
  • Acquire financial tools that will lead to more profitable decision making, to include risk management considerations
  • Understand the role of capital budgeting to measure and manage growth opportunities
  • Learn basics of financial markets including currency market
  • Understand the impact of changing global conditions on financial performance
  • Get an overview of valuation issues in Family Business

This program also offers a valuable employee training opportunity for companies and organizations in the Chicago area.

Upcoming courses

New course offerings coming soon!


Other courses to consider

Mini-MBA Option 1
February 10 - April 6, 2020
(10 Monday evening classes)

Mini-MBA Option 2
May 11-15, 2020
(5 days in a row)


Project Management Option 1
March 6 - April 3, 2020
(5 consecutive Fridays)

Project Management Option 2
June 8-12, 2020
(5 days in a row)