St Marys University Londons 100% online MBA in Finance deepens your knowledge of economics, cost-based decision making, corporate financial management, operations, marketing strategy, organisational management, corporate planning and more. In our digital classroom, you will apply the theories you learn to real-world workplace challenges, collaborate and work effectively in teams across and within functional areas, enhance your communication skills, sharpen your critical and analytical thinking, deepen your ethical decision-making in business contexts, and proactively anticipate rapidly changing business challenges in a global economy.

The finance specialisation comprises three courses designed to enhance your knowledge and ability in financial markets operation and the strategic management of financial entities. You will learn how to analyse project investment and corporate valuation as well as the best forms of and ways to raise capital identify the key financial challenges faced by entrepreneurial ventures and various ways to fund new ventures and explore the key elements of international financial regulation as well as how to manage risk.

Youll develop your capacity to:

• analyse investment decisions and assess their impact on cash flow streams and calculate capital cost to determine a firms optimal capital structure
• evaluate stocks and bonds value, assess a portfolios risk and return, and analyse derivative markets to make hedging decisions to manage risk exposure
• develop strategies to mitigate agency problems and information asymmetry in decision-making and evaluate how corporate governance can reduce risk exposure
• create a strategic plan integrating finance and entrepreneurship to create a successful business and use financial analysis to assess business opportunities and challenges
• analyse the challenges and opportunities faced by micro and small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
• develop and apply financial management and investment strategies for SMEs
• conduct a risk assessment of international financial markets and evaluate the effectiveness of various regulatory frameworks in mitigating risk and promoting stability in the international financial system.

And grow your career

Finance skills are in high demand, and the sector is continually growing. An MBA in Finance will develop your skills across all facets of finance to carve out a career in roles such as: Financial Analyst, Head of Finance, VP of Finance, CFO, Financial Controller, Financial Advisor and more.

Career path

14 industry-focused MBA degrees and 5 MSc Computer Science programmes.