The Managerial Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) concentration is designed to cover the fundamental concepts and techniques of financial reporting, planning, and analysis used by accounting and financial professionals to plan and support the successful management of a business.
The FP&A concentration is particularly relevant for students who plan to work within the finance and/or accounting functions of various-sized businesses ranging from startups to large multinationals and for current or aspiring entrepreneurs as they navigate their businesses through dynamic business cycles.
Students will learn the basic frameworks and processes of financial planning, through budgeting, from forecasting monthly, quarterly, and annual business results to long-range strategic planning.
Students also will learn how to prepare, analyze, and report financial and operational reviews for a business which cover these same monthly/quarterly, annual, and multiyear time frames. Further, students will learn the analytical skills necessary to provide financial support for day-to-day management decision making in such areas as new product/service introduction, pricing, cost control and cost management, outsourcing, and capital spending.
Sponsored by: Accounting and Law Division
Faculty Contacts: Rich Block, Weerapat “Go” Attachot