Financial Management
Financial management is the discipline concerned with how organisations make and implement decisions about money. Where accounting focuses on recording and reporting financial information, financial management deals with using that information to allocate capital, balance risk and reward, fund growth, manage cash flows and create value over time. It draws on economics, accounting and strategic thinking to equip people who will work in and around the financial decision-making functions of businesses and institutions.
At Hull, this three-year full-time programme develops your understanding of the tools and frameworks that financial managers use, including corporate finance, investment appraisal, risk management, working capital management and the strategic dimensions of financial decision-making. You will engage with the unpredictable and competitive environments in which financial decisions are actually made, learning to think about strategy alongside numbers and to understand how professionals who manage significant sums of money operate in practice.
The programme develops your analytical and quantitative skills alongside your understanding of financial markets, business strategy and the international dimensions of finance. You will learn to work with financial data, to model and evaluate different courses of action, and to communicate financial reasoning clearly to different audiences. Hull's business environment and its connections to the region's economy provide a grounding context for these skills.
Graduates of financial management programmes move into roles in corporate finance, financial analysis, treasury, banking, investment, accounting practices and the financial management functions of organisations across the public and private sectors. Professional qualifications in finance, accounting or investment are commonly pursued alongside or after the degree, and postgraduate study in finance, business or accounting is a natural progression for those who want to develop their expertise further.