Analytical Tools for Enterprise Financial Management

2026/2027

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент финансов

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 4 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The purpose of the discipline is to form the student's knowledge of analytical methods of tools in the management of enterprise finances. As part of the course, students will study decision-making methods in various functional areas of enterprise finance, as well as methods and algorithms for quantitative assessments of the processes of providing enterprise activities with financial resources. The main goal of the course is to familiarize with modern approaches to modeling and optimization of financial operations and functions, approaches to the problem of making economically sound decisions in conditions of uncertainty.

Learning Objectives

• Introduction to relational database management systems with MS SQL Server as an example
• Learning solid basis of SQL querying
• Exploring Window Functions
• Acquiring bases in Pandas and Numpy for data transformation, including Effective Pandas, as well as simple data visualization

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Analyse financial and non-financial statements to select metrics for building the financial model.
• Apply Regression Tools to make Predictions, and improve Forecasts with Multiple Regression.
• Ability to write SQL queries in a relational DBMS

Course Contents

• Financial and non-financial statements of the company as sources of information for building financial models.
• Accounting and cost models of analysing company performance.
• Logic of complex evaluation of business liquidity and financial stability.
• Business risks under uncertainty. Assessing the probability of bankruptcy of a company based on classical models.
• Concept of company's financial health and financial health diagnostics models.
• Financial model of the company as part of general business model. Analysis of internal financial risks.
• Case-writing practical session
• Lecture 1. MS SQL Server and SQL foundations.
• Lecture 2. Single-Table Queries, Data types and built-in functions
• Lecture 3. Table Joins and Set operators.
• Lecture 4. Subqueries and table expressions.
• Lecture 5. Window functions.
• Lecture 6. Data modification, transactions and concurrency
• Lecture 7. Query optimization and indexing.
• Lecture 8. T-SQL programming fundamentals: stored procedures and functions.

Assessment Elements

• Final Examination
• In class test 2
• In class test 1

Interim Assessment

• 2026/2027 4th module
  0.25 * In class test 2 + 0.5 * Final Examination + 0.25 * In class test 1

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• McKinney, W. (2012). Python for Data Analysis : Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=495822
• McKinney, W. (2018). Python for Data Analysis : Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython (Vol. Second edition). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1605925
• Michael Rees. (2018). Principles of Financial Modelling : Model Design and Best Practices Using Excel and VBA. Wiley.
• Rees, M. (2008). Financial Modelling in Practice : A Concise Guide for Intermediate and Advanced Level. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=319172

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Date, C. J. (2015). SQL and Relational Theory : How to Write Accurate SQL Code (Vol. Third edition). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1099367
• Day, A. L. (2012). Mastering Financial Modelling in Microsoft Excel 3rd Edn : A Practitioner’s Guide to Applied Corporate Finance (Vol. Third edition). Harlow: FT Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1419889

Authors

• Soloveva Ekaterina Evgenevna
• Churakova Iiia Iurevna