ACCOUNTING

Accounting is one of today’s fast-growing professions, with numerous career path options. This certificate program will help you establish an in-depth understanding of foundational accounting principles and how to apply them in practice. In the courses, you will construct and interpret accounts of revenue, accounts receivable, inventory, assets, long-term debt, and equity. You will have the opportunity to examine the rules for financial statements and learn how the field of financial accounting has evolved over time to meet the needs of businesses. This understanding of core financial accounting principles will enable you to independently analyze an organization’s financial standing and viability as well as understand when organizations are using gaps in accounting rules to their financial advantage.

Upon completion of the program, you will be able to converse confidently in the language of finance and present a company’s financial performance to internal stakeholders as well as investors, creditors, suppliers, and customers. This knowledge will help you inform the strategic decision-making process using concise and relevant financial data appropriate to your audience in any industry.

Organizations and their leaders have diverse obligations: business, social, and moral obligations to customers, suppliers, employees, investors, regulators, and the public. To live up to these obligations, leaders need systems that cascade responsibility throughout the organization and hold everyone accountable.

In this certificate program, you will discover how to diagnose common accountability problems and lead deliberations to best address them. You will focus on improving several different facets of performance, from improving margins, capacity investment and use, efficiency, coordination, and motivation to the increasingly important obligations that organizations owe to their employees, their communities, and the environment. You’ll have the chance to discuss the new opportunities and challenges that come with the burgeoning “Fourth Industrial Revolution”: engaging employees, assigning obligations to artificially intelligent agents while holding them accountable, and accountability with independent contractors and remote employees. Overall, you will gain understanding through a comprehensive framework that allows you to utilize the power of accountability systems wherever your organization is falling short of their obligations.