Finance & Accounting Externship
Strategic and Commercial Finance Externship
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For students and graduates considering a Finance & Accounting career or aspiring entrepreneurs. Learn what the Finance & Accounting function does day to day at foodpanda, Intel, Apple, Inmarsat and Telstra. At the end of the course, you will complete a financial model and analyse a real company or startup
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Course Outline
Week 1 - Overview of Accounting and Finance Career:
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Career pathways in different Accounting and Finance roles/ streams
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Accounting and Finance in a large technology company vs a startup
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Why is it an attractive field? The difference with banking?
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How large companies structure their accounting and finance teams
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A day in the life of a Finance professional in a technology company
Week 2 - Financial Planning and Analysis
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Create real Income statement and cash flow statement
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Planning and Budgeting
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Revenue drivers and cost drivers
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Particulars of a marketplace economy/startup
Week 3 - Business Forecasting
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Forecasting products and sales
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Understanding business demand & supply
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Revenue management and key account management in sales
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Forecasting the cost of different functions
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Business intelligence and how to use data
Week 4 - Financial Analysis
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Analysis of Financial ratios such as Break-Even and ROI analysis,
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Business Performance Management
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Dashboards and KPI management
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Communicating and presenting financial information, data visualization
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Operation red flags
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How a Finance manager should act in accordance to the numbers
Week 5 - Strategic Finance and Financial modelling
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How to build a financial model for startup
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New market launches
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New investment proposals
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Best practice of Apple, Intel, Telstra, Inmarsat, foodpanda etc
Week 6 - Consolidation
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Preparing your resume and LinkedIn profile
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Interview skills and hiring manager tips
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Job interview case studies
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Present your Financial Model with assumptions