Financial statements courses can help you learn how to analyze balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, along with understanding financial ratios and performance metrics. You can build skills in interpreting financial data, assessing company health, and making informed investment decisions. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for financial modeling and software for accounting and reporting, that support applying your skills in real-world business contexts.

University of California, Santa Barbara
Skills you'll gain: Audit Planning, Auditing, External Auditing, Financial Auditing, Auditors Report, Generally Accepted Auditing Standards, Certified Public Accountant, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Internal Controls, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Statements
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Retail Management, Case Studies, Competitive Analysis, Market Analysis, Strategic Planning, Market Intelligence, Business Strategy, Competitive Intelligence, Milestones (Project Management), Performance Analysis, Organizational Strategy, Analysis
★ 5 (13) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Interactive Brokers
Skills you'll gain: Market Data, Business Metrics, Financial Trading, Business Economics, Market Dynamics, Market Trend, Consumer Behaviour, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Economics, Financial Market, Investments, Financial Data, Forecasting, Financial Policy
★ 4.9 (9) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Data Preprocessing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Feature Engineering, Model Deployment, Data Analysis, PySpark, Model Training, Data Cleansing, Data Import/Export, Data Transformation, Apache Spark, Data-Driven Decision-Making, AI Enablement, Decision Tree Learning, Predictive Modeling, Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning
★ 4.7 (26) · Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Expense Reports, Payroll Tax, Expense Management, Payroll Processing, Accounting Software, QuickBooks (Accounting Software), Data Entry, Payroll Administration, Accounts Payable, Billing & Invoicing, Administrative Support, Payment Processing and Collection, Ledgers (Accounting), Accounting Records, Invoicing, Tax Compliance, Document Management, Vendor Relationship Management, Workflow Management, Compliance Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Record Keeping, Document Management, Accounting Records, Records Management, File Management, Compliance Management, Regulatory Compliance, Document Control, Regulatory Requirements, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Auditing, Financial Regulations, Data Security
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Council on Foreign Relations
Skills you'll gain: International Finance, Policy Development, Policy Analysis, Research, and Development, Crisis Management
★ 4.3 (6) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

SkillsBooster Academy
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Data Storytelling, Prompt Patterns, AI Orchestration, Data Presentation, Microsoft Excel, Predictive Analytics, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Financial Forecasting, AI Workflows, Microsoft Copilot, Artificial Intelligence, Excel Formulas, Workflow Management, Data Manipulation, Business, Generative AI, Microsoft 365, Data Management, Interactive Learning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Skills you'll gain: Fraud detection, Loss Prevention, Asset Protection, Insurance, Budgeting, Credit Risk, Insurance Policies, Budget Management, Personally Identifiable Information, General Finance, digital literacy, Investments, Finance, Mobile Banking, Wealth Management, Risk Mitigation, Financial Planning, Financial Management, FinTech, Expense Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Yunus Social Business Fund Bengaluru
Skills you'll gain: Cash Flows, Cash Flow Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Decision Making, Risk Analysis, Business Valuation, Risk Management Framework, Strategic Decision-Making, Cost Benefit Analysis, Social Impact, Capital Budgeting, Finance, Stakeholder Analysis, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Business Acumen
★ 4.9 (9) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Product Lifecycle Management, Digital Transformation, Customer experience improvement, Business Communication, Business Acumen, Cost Benefit Analysis, Financial Acumen, Customer Relationship Building, Stakeholder Communications, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Innovation, Strategic Decision-Making
★ 4.4 (7) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Preprocessing, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Model Training, Data Transformation, Financial Forecasting, Model Evaluation, Statistical Visualization, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Exploratory Data Analysis, Deep Learning, Predictive Modeling, Forecasting, Predictive Analytics, Artificial Neural Networks, Network Model, Development Environment, Project Implementation
★ 4.5 (13) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks