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Master Key Financial Analyst Skills

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A financial analyst evaluates current and historical economic and business data to identify trends that influence business decisions. Gain the skills that make a successful financial analyst, including understanding financial statements, working with economic data, and analytical analysis skills.

Note: This learning path was updated on June 1, 2026. If you had already completed the path, your certificate of completion is not affected. If you were in progress, additional courses may now be required.
  • Make business recommendations on investments.
  • Read and interpret financial statements.
  • Perform basic analysis of financial data.

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: Starting Your Career as a Financial Analyst
-Learn about career opportunities as a financial analyst in this audio-only course adapted from the Free the Data Podcast.

Course 2: Financial Modeling and Forecasting Financial Statements
-Learn essential financial modeling skills to confidently forecast and analyze the financial trajectory of a business.

Course 3: Financial Modeling Foundations
-Learn the essentials of financial modeling.

Course 4: Corporate Financial Statement Analysis
-Learn how to analyze, compare, and interpret financial statements to generate more impactful business insights.

Course 5: Excel Modeling Tips and Tricks
-Learn to build effective and versatile financial models to forecast sales, profits, operations, costs, assets and liabilities, and more in Microsoft Excel.

Course 6: Data, Economic Modeling, and Forecasting with Stata
-Data analysis, modeling, and forecasting are increasingly important for many jobs. This course shows how to use Stata to easily learn data, modeling, and forecasting basics.

Taught by

Mike Figliuolo, Jim Stice, Michael M., Curtis Frye, Oz du Soleil, Jim Stice, Jim Stice, Jim Stice, Stefan Michel✅ and Michael M.

Reviews

4.8 rating, based on 5 Class Central reviews

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  • Profile image for Muhammad Tariq Khan
    Muhammad Tariq Khan @mtkhan006
    4
    I highly recommend this financial analyst program! The course material was thorough and covered all key aspects of financial analysis. The instructors were knowledgeable and engaging, and the real-world case studies were invaluable in developing practical skills. A great investment in my career!"
  • Keshav Pareek
    2
    To those that want to have a vast understanding of finacial analysis and finacial accounting i recommend taking this course.
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    Student Student
    1
    I have a solid background in math and algorithms and problem-solving skills, so i eager to learn Finance and that's the course the first step to me to making good projects that help the humanity for an easy life and solve the big problem.
  • PREETI SHARMA
    1
    very informative course. To complete this course you need strong math background. Very help for people in field of finance
  • Moses Mtonga
    To those that want to have a vast understanding of finacial analysis and finacial accounting i recommend taking this course.

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