MSc Accounting, Finance and Strategic Investment

Our Accounting, Finance and Strategic Investment MSc prepares you for a career in management accounting, financial planning or corporate investment.About this courseStrategic planning is an organisation’s process of defining its strategy or direction and making appropriate decisions on the allocation of resources to best achieve its objectives.The course contains significant elements of finance and management accounting. It provides the necessary tools for quantitative assessment of corporate performance and investment opportunities.What you’ll learnYou will cultivate a skill set that will enable you to influence financial and strategic decisions from inside a company. Management accounting and financial analysis each play a leading role in the development of these skills.You will gain a strong foundation of financial knowledge and analytical skills. You will develop an appreciation of managerial decision making and investment.Your developmentOn completion of the course, you will be able to show practical skills and the ability to:implement appropriate business strategies that optimise the financial interests of key stakeholders in various organisational environmentssystematically collect, analyse and interpret dataprovide advice about how to apply financial models, tools and techniques to improve organisational performanceunderstand and apply as appropriate product costing, budgeting, capital budgeting, and other management accounting techniques to make strategic decisions.AccreditationThis course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Associate of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and provides you exemptions from professional examinations.