A series of on-demand, virtual financial training courses. Learn at your own pace with interactive online modules – including quizzes and knowledge checks to evaluate your progress. Choose which course or courses best suit your learning objectives or take them all sequentially. Visit our Learning Center to browse the course catalogue. 

Learn how to bundle and save on multiple courses below.  


Financial Training: Essentials Courses

Cost per course: $220 members/$240 nonmembers


  • Introduction to Companies, Funding & the Capital Markets - Enroll​​

    Covers the basics of financial markets and instruments; how the capital markets work and the role of key participants; how companies access the capital markets and what it means to be a listed company.
  • The Basics of Business Finance - Enroll

    Designed to give you a good understanding of the basics of business finance. Learn how businesses are funded and what the money’s used for; how they make profits and generate cash; how to measure business performance; where to find the information you’ll need. See how income statements and balance sheets work and you’ll also understand key financial jargon, concepts and commonly used financial metrics.

  • Understanding Shareholder Value - Enroll

    Provides a good understanding of shareholder value, including what it means from a shareholder’s point of view; what it means from a company’s point of view; the levers a company can pull to create more value; making the link with strategic actions that drive value creation and communicating shareholder value.

  • Budgeting & Forecasting - Enroll

    Learn all about budgeting and forecasting. Understand how to go about preparing a budget including what information you’ll need to ask for before you start and how to review your numbers for reasonableness. See how to use typical monthly reports and learn how to input to the forecasting process.

  • Investment Appraisal - Enroll

    Understand investment appraisal from first principles. This covers payback period, ROI, NPV, IRR and making the business case. Learn how to think about the inputs to your spreadsheet and how to challenge the assumptions to ensure that you’re making the best possible decisions.
     

Financial Training: Short Courses

Cost per course: $95 members/$110 nonmembers
  • Initial Public Offering - Enroll

    Understand initial public offers (IPOs), the implications, the process, how the shares are priced and the role of advisers. 

  • Adjusted Profits - Enroll

    Provides a good understanding of what companies mean by “adjusted” or “underlying” profits and the advantages and pitfalls of using these numbers.

  • Understanding Cash Flows - Enroll

    Examines the difference between profits and cash flows, cash flow statements, and the impact of working capital management on cash generation.

  • Leverage and How Much is Too Much - Enroll

    This course looks at leverage (gearing). Discover what makes a company suitable for high leverage, how to measure it and consider how much is too much, using real examples.

  • Understanding DCF Valuation - Enroll 

    Learn how companies are valued using discounted cash flow techniques. Look at the principles, the math, and a real company example.

  • Understanding Valuation Using Multiples - Enroll

    Learn how companies are valued using multiples. Review P/E ratios, P/B, dividend yield and ratios using enterprise value.

  • Evaluating M&A from a Financial Point of View - Enroll

    Examine how deals are evaluated from a financial point of view.

  • How To Analyze a Company - Enroll

    Learn how to analyze a company in just 20 minutes with a series of six steps that will give you a quick and easy view of how a company’s doing.

  • The Macro-Economic Backdrop - Enroll

    Understand the major factors affecting the global economy – growth, inflation, interest rates, currencies and more. Review how they all fit together and consider the likely implications for companies.

     

Bundle Multiple Courses & Save

Bundles are priced at 10% off the fee of individual courses when combined. 

Finance for Non-Financial Managers Bundle - Enroll

Includes:
  • The Basics of Business Finance
  • Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Investment Appraisal 

Investor Relations 101 Bundle - Enroll

Includes:
  • Introduction to Companies, Funding & the Capital Markets
  • The Basics of Business Finance
  • Understanding Shareholder Value

Financial Analysis Skills for IR Bundle - Enroll

Includes:
  • The Basics of Business Finance
  • Adjusted Profits
  • Understanding Cash Flows
  • Leverage & How Much is Too Much
  • How To Analyze a Company

Corporate Finance Skills for IR Bundle - Enroll

Includes:
  • Understanding Shareholder Value
  • Initial Public Offering
  • Understanding DCF Valuation
  • Understanding Valuation Using Multiples
  • Evaluating M&A From a Financial Point of View

Investor Relations Toolkit Bundle - Enroll

Includes:
  • Introduction to Companies, Funding & the Capital Markets
  • Initial Public Offering
  • The Basics of Business Finance
  • Adjusted Profits
  • Understanding Cash Flows
  • Leverage & How Much is Too Much
  • How To Analyze a Company
  • Understanding Shareholder Value
  • Understanding DCF Valuation
  • Understanding Valuation Using Multiples
  • Evaluating M&A From a Financial Point of View
 

Why You Should Take These Courses

Practical & Self-Paced

Developed specifically for IR and corporate communications by FinanceTalking, NIRI's financial training courses are designed to help you understand the specific financial concepts you need to communicate your company's financial story effectively. Courses are available on a variety of topics and learning levels.

Questions? Contact us at prodev@niri.org.
IRC credential holders can claim professional development units (PDUs) for completing each course.