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Estimated Study Time: 12 hours
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Language
English, Finnish
Scope
Fundamentals of Accounting Online Course
What does the profit and loss statement or the balance sheet tell us? What are the key financial indicators? How can I assess the profitability of investments? And what are the key principles of budgeting? How can I use accounting in support of strategic business management?
The Fundamentals of Accounting online course introduces basic financial and management accounting. During the course, you will learn everything experts and management need to know about financial matters.
The course comprises 19 video lectures, with a duration of approximately ten minutes each. It also includes exercises that enable students to evaluate their mastery of each theme area. The total duration of the course is approximately six hours.
This course is also ideal as pre-study material for the training programs offered by Aalto EE. You can revise the fundamentals of accounting before participating in the course's contact teaching module, allowing the class to focus on the special questions concerning your organizations and business areas.
The course is available both in English and Finnish.
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Fee: € 200 (+ VAT)
Recommended study schedule: 2–3 hours per week for 3–4 weeks
Course language: English
By completing the course, you will get an Aalto EE Fundamentals of Accounting certificate worth 0.5 ECTS.
The course is also available in Finnish.
Please note that the training is to be paid at the time of registration in the online store.
This program has adopted Aalto EE's new Customer ID, and it is delivered on Canvas e-learning environment. Before ordering, please visit aaltoee.fi/customerid.
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Gain a comprehensive understanding of key concepts and terminology in accounting

Online exercises to check your mastery of each theme

Over 2,500 participants have developed their skills through the Fundamentals of Accounting online course
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Benefits
The course provides a cost-effective and flexible way of improving the accounting skills of managers and experts. It also provides selected teams, groups, or departments with a consistent skill level.


For
New Learners
This course is aimed at managers accountable for financial results and experts willing to learn the fundamentals of accounting and the skills required to interpret financial indicators.
Learners in Need of Revision
The course is suitable for those who need to revisit or acquaint themselves with the basic concepts of accounting and the contexts in which they are typically used. It also provides excellent preparatory training for students before enrolling in any of the training programs offered by Aalto EE.
Contents and Schedule
Accounting can be regarded as the language of business. Those who wish to operate successfully in a management position in any organization must understand and be able to speak this language. The Fundamentals of Accounting online course will cover the main areas of accounting and its key concepts. The course provides a basic understanding of accounting concepts, methods, and uses.
The course will cover, e.g.:
- What you can read from the profit and loss statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement
- How can you analyze the financial performance of an organization by using key performance indicators
- How you can assess the profitability of products, services, and customers
- How you can evaluate the performance of different kinds of organizations
- How to conduct financial planning
- How accounting can support various decision-making situations
The estimated study time of the course is 12 hours. The course allows flexible study patterns; you can decide on your schedule and the speed of your progress. The recommended study schedule is 2-3 hours per week for 3-4 weeks.
- Definition of accounting
- Financial accounting
- Bookkeeping
- Balance sheet
- Income statement
- Cash flow statement
- Financial statement analysis, part I: profitability
- Financial statement analysis, part II: capital structure and liquidity
- Financial statement analysis, part III: efficiency
- Accounting for strategic management
- Management of an investment center organization
- Ad hoc calculations and cost-volume-profit analysis
- Pricing
- Capital budgeting - Estimating the profitability of investments
Structure

Ten Online Modules
Videos, podcasts, and narrated visualizations, each approximately 10 min

Knowledge Check
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Workbook
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Instructor

Teemu Malmi
Teemu Malmi is a Professor of Accounting and Head of the Department of Accounting at Aalto University School of Business. Also, he has previously been the Chairman of the Board at Aalto University Executive Education Ltd. and Sannäs Manor Ltd.
Professor Malmi specializes in management systems, strategy implementation, and cost and profitability accounting. He teaches frequently in a variety of Executive Programs and has served as an advisor to a large number of companies from various different industries: IT, electronics, energy, finance, food, health care, media, metal and engineering, paper and pulp, pharmaceuticals, rental services, retail, telecom and transportation/logistics and the public sector.
Teemu Malmi holds a Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance from The Helsinki School of Economics, which was merged into Aalto University in 2010.
Fee and Registration
The fee for the Fundamentals of Accounting online course is € 200 (+ VAT).
This program has adopted Aalto EE's new Customer ID, and it is delivered on Canvas e-learning environment. Before ordering, please visit aaltoee.fi/customerid.
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