Advanced Financial Management

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This is an advanced financial management course, which is an extension of FIN 341 that integrates previously learned accounting and financial concepts and practices. Emphasis will be placed on the application of the major financial principles that guide sound financial decisions in a modern enterprise. Students will be exposed to financial performance indices and models that are employed in the ongoing management, growth, and control of the enterprise, crises management, turn around strategies, and forecasting. The role of the financial manager in securing sources of short and long term funding, enterprise valuation and capital budgeting, development of financial reporting and strategic planning will be extensively covered. The approach will be a combination of lecture, discussion, case studies, and problem solving with a focus on sound managerial financial decision making. Prerequisite: FIN 3041