Finance and Accounting Training Programs

Some people balk at the thought of money—but those with the interest and specialized training to handle an organization’s finances help keep the business running. Finance and accounting professionals understand their business’s finances at the highest levels, creating value for themselves within their organization.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, accounting jobs are projected to grow 7% between 2020 and 2030, and finance jobs are projected to grow 6% in the same time frame. Organizations around the world value and would benefit from professionals with finance and accounting training. Whether you’re looking to move into a finance or accounting position, develop your finance and accounting skills, or understand fundamental concepts for non-financial managers—we have courses available to help you excel. 

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Many looking to enter into a profession in finance or accounting may misconstrue that both of those fields are the same. While they are similar, there are noteworthy differences. 

Finance

Finance entails the management of money and investments for individuals, corporations, and governments. Investment banking, financial planning and analysis, and wealth management are common career tracks for finance professionals. In essence, finance professionals manage capital to create value for individuals, businesses, and government entities. 

 

Accounting

Accounting involves the recording, maintaining, and reporting of an entity’s financial records. There are many different tracks for accounting professionals—you could work for individuals, at a corporation, or on behalf of other businesses at a public firm. As an accounting professional, your main responsibility will be to ensure that all financial transactions are entered correctly, that account balances are up-to-date and correct, and that any financial statements are without error. 

 

Finance

Finance professionals have many opportunities for employment or for job growth. With the skills developed in AMA’s finance and accounting training programs, you could move into several different types of finance jobs, such as:

Corporate finance
Corporate finance professionals handle the finances of a company or organization. You’ll ensure that the organization’s capital is creating further value for the corporation, oversee budgeting and forecasting, corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and much more.

Banking
Perhaps the most common job in finance, commercial banks offer a wide spectrum of opportunities to finance professionals. Banking professionals will work with individual checking accounts, savings accounts, loans, and IRA accounts. 

Financial planning and advising
As a professional in financial planning and advising, you’ll be responsible for meeting with individuals or clients and assisting them to create a strategy for their finances. Your skills in financial planning and advising could be immensely valuable to any organization. 

Investment
As a finance professional with a focus on investing, you will connect individuals and organizations with investors. Many individuals and organizations rely on the expertise of an investment professional to advise them on which investments will be mutually beneficial to all parties.  

Accounting

Professionals with skills and talents in numbers and attention to detail will find many opportunities in accounting positions. Here are some options for accounting jobs that you could explore with skills learned through AMA’s accounting training courses.

Controller

Controllers manage the accounting department at an organization; this is a senior-level position. They possess years of experience in accounting work and oversee the financial activities of a company.

CPA

Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) are accountants, financial auditors, and business consultants. CPAs oversee a range of financial responsibilities, including corporate finance and tax preparation.

Tax Accountant

Tax accountant professionals help their clients prepare state and federal income taxes. As a tax accountant, you could be self-employed, work within an accounting firm, or as part of in-house accounting staff.

Accountant

Professionals with skills and talents in numbers and attention to detail will find many opportunities in accounting positions. Here are some options for accounting jobs that you could explore with skills learned through AMA’s accounting training courses. 

Finance and accounting professionals benefit from analytical and detail-oriented skills to excel in a finance and accounting role. From helping to manage capital for an organization to entering transactions accurately, finance and accounting professionals must possess many skills, including but not limited to:

• Accounting principles, standards, and techniques
• Budgeting
• Calculations
• Cost analysis
• Financial data processing
• Financial management
• Profit and loss analysis
• Reporting
• Tax planning, filing, and reporting
• Risk analysis
• Financial strategic planning
• Financial modeling
• Fluency in finance programs, software, and platforms

Expert-led finance and accounting training programs can help you develop these skills in a more accelerated way—rather than learning these skills on-the-job through experience or mentorship. AMA’s training programs can guide you to become a valuable asset to any organization looking for finance or accounting professionals.