Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Top 5 online courses to build a successful career in Finance

As a millennial kid, a successful career is your top priority. You also want the success to come fast. A sureshot way of rising up the career ladder is to have extra ammunition in your arsenal. As a finance graduate/post-graduate, you have already defined the general direction of your career. What you need is some specialist online finance courses that can send your resume to the top of the pile. Below are five of the top online courses that can help you achieve this:

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Financial Modelling: This course is the foundation stone for the finance industry. In this course, students learn how to go through historical financial data, comb it and assimilate the data in order to analyze performance and to create forecasts for the future. An increasing number of companies are looking for people with specialist knowledge in this area. Not only does financial modelling enhance your excel skills, it also sharpens your financial forecasting acumen. Financial modelling can be completed either as an on-campus certificate program or an online certificate program from places like Simplilearn, Edupristine and NSE academy.

IFRS: International Financial Reporting Standards is becoming in the wake of globalization. With more companies wanting to go global, knowledge of international business and financial standards has become indispensable. Most countries are looking to adopt IFRS standards or have greater alignment with them. IND-AS is the standard adopted by India to take it closer to IFRS. Having an IFRS certification can thus, seriously boost your resume. This online finance course is available through KPMG, Ernst & Young, NSE Academy and Edupristine.

NCFM: Certification in Financial Markets offered by NSE Academy is one of the most recognized certifications in the financial circuits, especially, capital markets. In fact, certain job profiles require you to have this certification, mandatorily. The course has different modules for beginners, mid-level executives and advanced professionals. 

Chartered Financial Planner: India is seeing a rise in general awareness of the masses about most subjects, financial planning being one of them. Being less aware themselves, they are readily seeking expert advice. Several investment planning companies have thus established themselves to cater to this market. Existing financial institutions such as banks are also looking to provide these services. If you are looking to build or grow your career as a financial planner, CFP is the course you should seek. It is offered by Financial Planning Academy, IMS Proschool and International College of Financial Planning.

Chartered Wealth Management: For those of you who enjoy crunching wealth and asset numbers and helping clients manage their wealth, chartered wealth management is the go-to course. Though confused with CFP, CWM is a more focussed finance course handling a specific arena of finance. You can do this course through the American Academy of Financial Management.

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