MSc Financial Management: Programme Overview

This flexible MSc programme introduces you to sophisticated tools and techniques that finance practitioners regularly exploit in their profession. Whether you are looking to upskill or progress in your career, this programme will equip you with financial management knowledge and skills sought by organisations worldwide, and it will give you the confidence to pursue a successful career in financial management.

Specifically, the MSc Financial Management programme will equip you with the following skills and knowledge which financial managers and other similar finance practitioners require for a successful career in finance:

• A deep understanding of the tasks that financial managers and other similar finance practitioners undertake and the objectives they pursue;
• The ability to describe and interpret the functioning of financial markets;
• An understanding of why and how successful companies rely on and benefit from well-functioning financial markets;
• The skills and knowledge to analyse and synthesise complex information from corporations and financial markets, and the ability to offer solutions to challenging problems;
• The capability to search and gather relevant financial information from several sources such as companies’ annual reports and financial databases;
• Flexible and relevant transferable skills that finance practitioners require in their career.

Programme Description

This MSc offers a balance between theoretical foundations and practical applications to solve complex and relevant business challenges. You will be able to study a full range of financial techniques that, for instance, will allow you to evaluate the performance and riskiness of a security or a company, select valuable investment projects, determine the type of capital a company should raise to fund investments and analyse a company’s financial strategy. Practical experience is gained through the use of case studies and other hands-on activities, requiring the application of financial techniques and the ability to process real-world financial data from markets and companies. 

The programme comprises foundational units in finance and accounting alongside advanced units in the following areas:

• Financial Management
• Financial Markets
• Financial Strategy
• Private Equity
• Data Analysis & Statistical Techniques
• Quantitative Methods for Financial Management

A final supervised project allows you to deepen your finance knowledge and apply the skills and techniques you have learned by analysing real-world information and addressing questions with practical implications.

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The units are mainly delivered in a web-based format, with each unit being studied over a five-month period with a total of 150 hours of study. Most units also include a three-day face-to-face workshop which takes place either at the start, or around the middle, of the teaching period.

You will be taught by a team of academics that have several years of experience delivering course content both online and face-to-face within blended programmes. Our academics are on the cutting-edge of finance research, which informs their teaching. They regularly utilise our wide range of financial databases in their learning and teaching activities. This is a significant strength of our MSc in Financial Management.

Alliance Manchester Business School
Our MSc in Financial Management is developed and delivered by Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS). AMBS was established in 1965, as one of the UK’s first two business schools. We have a global network of over 60,000 alumni, spread across 176 countries. With triple accreditation from AACSB International, AMBA and EQUIS, we provide world-class, industry-focused education to professionals across the globe. Visit the AMBS website