Financial planning courses can help you learn budgeting techniques, investment strategies, retirement planning, and risk management. You can build skills in analyzing financial statements, creating cash flow projections, and assessing insurance needs. Many courses introduce tools like financial calculators, portfolio management software, and budgeting apps, that support implementing your planning strategies effectively.

John Wiley & Sons
Skills you'll gain: Project Planning, Stakeholder Engagement, Work Breakdown Structure, Stakeholder Management, Project Management Life Cycle, Business Planning, Project Scoping, Project Management, Stakeholder Analysis, Scheduling, Project Schedules, Project Coordination, Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology, Feasibility Studies, Scope Management, Smart Goals, Timelines, Project Documentation, Business Ethics, Resource Planning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Microsoft
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Financial Reporting, International Financial Reporting Standards, Reconciliation, Financial Accounting, Accounting Records, Bookkeeping, Financial Statements, Accruals, Accounting, General Accounting, Cash Flows
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Business Strategy, Management Accounting, Model Evaluation, Fund Accounting, Operations Management, Agile Methodology, Organizational Change, Audit Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Statement Analysis, Risk Management, Social Determinants Of Health, Revenue Recognition, Entrepreneurship, Data Governance, Financial Auditing, Generative AI, Supply And Demand, Data Storytelling, Internal Controls
Credit offered
Graduate Certificate · 6 - 12 Months
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Business Valuation, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Financial Statements, Financial Reporting, Financial Data, Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Cash Flow Forecasting, Analysis, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Finance
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Resource Allocation, Timelines, Project Performance, Resource Utilization, Resource Planning, Resource Management, Capacity Planning, Variance Analysis, Project Controls, Project Schedules, Capacity Management, Scheduling, Project Planning, Workforce Management, Performance Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Continuous Improvement Process
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Capital Budgeting, Cash Flows, Financial Modeling, Excel Formulas, Financial Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Project Finance, Microsoft Excel
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Game Design, Unity Engine, Unreal Engine, Program Development, No-Code Development, User Interface (UI)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Project Closure, Earned Value Management, Scope Management, Project Controls, Cost Management, Project Planning, Project Management Life Cycle, Cost Control, Quality Management, Project Management, Scheduling, Project Schedules, Project Implementation, Team Performance Management, Project Scoping, Team Management, Cost Estimation, Project Coordination, Cost Containment, Change Management
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Financial Reporting, Financial Statements, Revenue Recognition, Financial Statement Analysis, Non-Profit Accounting, Technical Accounting, Balance Sheet, Fund Accounting, Income Statement, Cash Flows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Contract Accounting, Financial Accounting, Standard Accounting Practices, Inventory Accounting, Intercompany Accounting, General Accounting, Financial Data, Accounting
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Financial Modeling, Operational Analysis, Business Modeling, Financial Statements, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Financial Reporting, Financial Analysis, Accounting, Balance Sheet, Cash Flows, Business Valuation, Income Statement, Cash Flow Forecasting
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: LLM Application, Large Language Modeling, Project Planning, Prompt Patterns, ChatGPT, Risk Analysis, Timelines, Project Risk Management, Performance Metric, Project Schedules, Project Management, Organizational Skills, Prompt Engineering, Risk Management, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Generative AI
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks