Learn Finance, Accounting, Modeling and Valuation in 2026

Name: Learn Finance, Accounting, Modeling and Valuation in 2026
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Finance for non-finance managers - Learn the complete fundamentals in Finance, Accounting and Business Valuation

Created byInstitute of Product Leadership

Last updated 11/2025

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What you'll learn

Communicate & collaborate with stakeholders & business/financial leaders using the right \
Learn about fundamental finance concepts
Develop skills in interpreting financial statements
Analyze product P&L to identify trends
Apply finance concepts learned in the last term to create bottom-up financial models for businesses
Understand the basics of Enterprise Valuation, Pre & Post Money Equity valuation
Gain proficiency in designing and presenting financial data
terminology and vocabulary

Course content

7 sections • 51 lectures • 3h 2m total length

Introduction4:06
Explore fundamentals of accounting and finance, including profit and loss, balance sheets, assets and liabilities, time value of money, NPV, and IRR for practical, Excel-based cash-flow evaluation.

The Language of accounting3:45
What is Capital? How does it increase?2:19
What are the Primary Financial Statements, and what are their building blocks?3:13
Explain the three primary financial statements—balance sheet, profit and loss, and cash flow—and their building blocks: assets, liabilities, incomes, and expenses.
Assets, Liabilities, Incomes & Expenses4:20
Building a personal Balance Sheet1:28
Building a Company Balance Sheet3:47
What is the P&L Account?2:21
The p&l account records income minus expenses for a period, showing changes in equity on the balance sheet and how after-tax profits affect retained earnings and dividends.
The PL An introduction2:21
Items in a PL statement2:36
Format of PL Account3:51
What happens during each transaction4:07
A few initial entries4:05
Some more entries4:56
Entries for the end of the Year7:33
Observations on Balance Sheet4:16
Some accounting Concepts and Conventions2:26
The key accounting concepts2:35
Valuation of Assets shown in the Balance Sheet2:07
Creating a template for PL and Balance Sheet3:43
Making Accounting entries (Part-2)8:16
Making Accounting entries (Part-3)10:08
Practice making accounting entries by recording interest expense, investments, goodwill, depreciation, and losses from events like fire, while updating cash, balance sheets, and closing entries.
Chapter Quiz

Compound Interest4:25
Periodic Compounding4:55
Compounding vs. Discounting3:49
Explore compounding of a 1000 rupee investment at 10 percent annually. Understand discounting by converting future value to present value using the formula present value equals future value over (1+i)^n.
A = P*(1+r)^n and its derivations3:36
The rule of 721:32
Applying the rule of 723:13
The impact of compounding3:02
Arithmetic Mean vs Geometric Mean4:00
Mean or Median which average to use2:35

Given a series of cash flows, how to add them?2:01
Learn to calculate the present value of each cash flow, positive or negative, and sum them to obtain NPV, noting that higher discount rate r lowers NPV.
Present value of an annuity1:27
Learn how to compute the present value of a finite annuity with 5,000 payments starting in year one at 10% discount, and contrast with the perpetuity formula 5,000/0.1.
Investing in a Bond - what happens when I buy a bond?3:07
When I sell a bond, how do people value it?2:41
Three requirements for a DCF4:06
Why analyzing cash flows and not profits is important?4:19
Learn why discounted cash flow relies on cash flows, not accounting profits, to capture the timing of inflows and outflows and assess projects with NPV and IRR.
Spreadsheet conventions for DCF problems3:05
Learn spreadsheet conventions for discounted cash flow problems by setting input cells, modeling cash flows over project life, calculating NPV or IRR, and avoiding hardcoding formulas.
DCF two methods - NPV & IRR6:57
The Capital Budgeting Process1:27
Investment Evaluation - A few key concepts and terms4:42
Present value of a growing perpetual annuity1:06

Requirements

No previous experience required - I'll teach you everything you need to know

Description

MASTER THE SCIENCE OF RAISING, ALLOCATING, UTILIZING & DOCUMENTING FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Foster and hone financial expertise to manage strategic business units.

Why is financial knowledge necessary for non finance managers?

Professionals who are equipped with a financial background are highly capable of managing any operating scenario and are considered as good decision makers Moreover, in an organization one has to interact with finance professionals as well and should be aware that how one’s actions influence their figures, The constraints regarding the decisions of the market also need to be understood and for that backing of financial knowledge is highly recommended to ensure that the decision is not putting the financial aspect of the company at stake, In addition, the ability to interpret financial information will help to understand resource acquisition and allocation for communicating more effectively with the firm’s financial managers.

Analyze financial statements

Understand the nature of cost and ways to reduce cost
Take decision regarding price
Decide a product mix and opt for the best suited option of financing the need

What will you Learn?

Communicate & collaborate with stakeholders & business/financial leaders using the right terminology and vocabulary
Learn about fundamental finance concepts
Develop skills in interpreting financial statements
Analyze product P&L to identify trends
Apply finance concepts learned in the last term to create bottom-up financial models for businesses
Understand the basics of Enterprise Valuation, Pre & Post Money Equity valuation
Gain proficiency in designing and presenting financial data

Top skills you will learn

Understanding Financial Statements for business applications
Documenting and reading Financial statements pertaining to business activities
Analyzing financial statements using relevant ratios to assess firm health
Creating and assessing cash flows to arrive at resource allocation decision

Ideal For

Functional Managers, Product Leaders, Business Decision Makers, Product Managers

Who this course is for:

Executives who need to drive a P&L to success
Aspiring executives who need to master the principles of Finance
Functional Managers
Product Leaders
Business Decision Makers
Product Managers

Learn Finance, Accounting, Modeling and Valuation in 2026

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Course content

Chapter 1 - Finance & Accounting for Managers1 lecture • 4min

Chapter 2 - Accounting : Understanding Financial Statements21 lectures • 1hr 24min

Chapter 3 - Basic of Investment Evaluation : The Tools9 lectures • 31min

Chapter 4 :The Basics of Investment Evaluation5 lectures • 14min

Chapter 5 - Investment Evaluation: How to deal with cash flows of Differing time11 lectures • 35min

Chapter 6 - A Capital Budgeting problem2 lectures • 12min

Conclusion2 lectures • 2min

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