This course is part of CPA Australia’s suite of Digital Finance micro-credentialed courses. Successfully complete this course and receive a digital badge that you can share on LinkedIn and other social media platforms.
Description
About Digital Finance
The Digital Finance suite of micro-credentialed courses examines the skills necessary to deal with finance and accounting in a digital world and equips you with the tools to apply emerging technologies in a real-world context.
About CPA Australia Micro-credentials
CPA Australia’s Micro-credentials are based on technical and non-technical competencies and align to our Accounting and Finance Capability Framework. Our partner, Credly will provide you with a digital badge on successful completion. Your digital badge allows you to demonstrate your capability and achievement, and can be placed on your LinkedIn profile, digital CV or email signature.
About Data Interpretation and Visualisation
Finance departments are being relied upon to demystify complex sets of data, and derive insights that shape an organisation's strategy. Effective teams use visualisation when communicating with stakeholders, to translate the data into easily understood concepts and demonstrate significant findings.
Through this course you will learn to interpret and present data in a meaningful and effective way to support organisational goals including developing the best practice data security strategy.
This course consists of activities, videos and simulations to keep you engaged. It also features cases from leading companies, including Acxiom, Amazon, Bloomberg, Equifax, Netflix, Thoughtspot, Uber and Venmo to showcase real world application.
Key topics of the course include:
Data literacy
- Introduction to data literacy
- Data literacy culture and the role of the finance professional
- Basic data science concepts
Data interpretation
- Introduction to data interpretation
- Data-informed decision making
Data visualisation
- The role of visualisation - telling a story with data
- Understanding the context
- Choosing the right visual display
- Using cognitive principles
- Dashboards
Data governance and security
- Data Governance
- Ethics and Privacy
- Data Security
AI and data analytics
- Overview of AI and Data Analytics
- Benefits, Risks and Examples of AI Data Analytics
- Case Study: Detecting Money Laundering
This course consists of one online course and assessment.
The assessment will be subject to security measures such as identification verification and webcam monitoring. Please read the Assessment and security policy and system requirements prior to making your purchase.
If you have commenced, or are about to commence, the CPA Program, please contact us before enrolling to this course.
Learning objectives
- Evaluate and compare data visualisation tools and their use
- Develop appropriate data visualisation reports in the context of the organisation’s strategic goals
- Examine data analytics results and apply to inform the organisation’s decision making
- Develop best practice data security strategy
Audience
This course is suitable for all finance and accounting professionals