Accounting Analytics
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About this course: Accounting Analytics explores how financial statement data and non-financial metrics can be linked to financial performance.  In this course, taught by Wharton’s acclaimed accounting professors, you’ll learn how data is used to assess what drives financial performance and to forecast future financial scenarios. While many accounting and financial organizations deliver data, accounting analytics deploys that data to deliver insight, and this course will explore the many areas in which accounting data provides insight into other business areas including consumer behavior predictions, corporate strategy, risk management, optimization, and more. By the end of this course, you’ll understand how financial data and non-financial data interact to forecast events, optimize operations, and determine strategy. This course has been designed to help you make better business decisions about the emerging roles of accounting analytics, so that you can apply what you’ve learned to make your own business decisions and create strategy using financial data.Â
Created by:Â Â Â University of Pennsylvania
Taught by:Â Â Â Â Brian J Bushee, The Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor
Accounting
Taught by:Â Â Â Â Christopher D. Ittner, EY Professor of Accounting
Accounting
Basic Info
Course 4 of 5 in the Business Analytics Specialization.
Commitment
4 weeks, 3 -5 hours per week
Language
English
How To Pass
Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
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Course 4 of Specialization
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About University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn) is a private university, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. A member of the Ivy League, Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and considers itself to be the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies.
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Ratios and Forecasting
The topic for this week is ratio analysis and forecasting. Since ratio analysis involves financial statement numbers, I’ve included two optional videos that review financial statements and sources of financial data, in case you need a review. We will do a rati...Â
9 videos, 2 readings
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Graded: Ratio Analysis and Forecasting Quiz
WEEK 2
Earnings Management
This week we are going to examine "earnings management", which is the practice of trying to intentionally bias financial statements to look better than they really should look. Beginning with an overview of earnings management, we’ll cover means, motive, and o...Â
6 videos, 2 readings
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Graded: Earnings Management
WEEK 3
Big Data and Prediction Models
This week, we’ll use big data approaches to try to detect earnings management. Specifically, we're going to use prediction models to try to predict how the financial statements would look if there were no manipulation by the manager. First, we’ll look at Discr...Â
7 videos, 2 readings
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Graded: Big Data and Prediction Models
WEEK 4
Linking Non-financial Metrics to Financial Performance
Linking non-financial metrics to financial performance is one of the most important things we do as managers, and also one of the most difficult. We need to forecast future financial performance, but we have to take non-financial actions to influence it. And w...Â
8 videos, 2 readings
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Graded: Linking Non-financial Metrics to Financial Performance