Improve your understanding of the key financial terms, concepts, processes, and practices relevant to South African businesses
9 weeks, excluding
orientation
7-10 hours per week,
entirely online
Weekly modules,
flexible learning
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A comprehensive understanding of the essentials of financial management within a South African business context.
2
The skills to analyse financial statements, create budgets, assess cash flow, and manage tax.
3
The confidence to contribute to financial planning discussions and investment decision-making.
4
Proof of your knowledge and skills in the form of a certificate from Africa’s leading university.1
1QS Top Universities (Mar, 2021).
Over the duration of this online short course, you’ll work through the following modules:
Module 1 The Financial Goal of a Firm
Discover the main financial goal of a firm.
Module 2 Taxation and Policies
Learn about the financial policies and laws that firms in South Africa must navigate.
Module 3 Understanding Financial Statements
Understand income statements, balance sheets, and cash-flow statements.
Module 4 Analysing Financial Statements
Discover the ins and outs of analysing financial statements.
Module 5 Profit Planning and Control
Discover how to plan and manage profits.
Module 6 The Time Value of Money
Learn about the time value of money.
Module 7 Financing
Gain insight into the principles of long-term financing.
Module 8 Capital Budgeting
Discover how capital budgeting works.
Module 9 Managing Working Capital
Understand how to manage working capital and what impact this has on cash flow.
Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during course development.
"I took this course to help me manage and understand my own finances and, maybe one day, my own business. I am very aware that my rugby career has a limited life span and so I want to prepare now for my future."
– Peter Grant, Former Springbok
Francois Toerien
Associate Professor, Department of Finance and Tax, UCT
Toerien lectures investment ethics, alternative investments, equity investments, and corporate finance at third- and fourth-year levels. In his study, “The Impact of Aid and Public Investment Volatility on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Toerien investigated the effects of aid inflows and the volatility of public investment on economic growth in 26 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1992 to 2011. Alongside supervising postgraduate research, his interests lie in public equities, private equity and entrepreneurial finance, carbon credits and environmentally driven markets, developing market investments, and entrepreneurial finance.
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