Online Master of Science in Finance

What you will learn

Enhance your ability to lead & manage successfully:
Pride yourself with the confidence to motivate teams and become an effective financial manager in multinational environments.

Engage in the multiplex world of international finance:
The Online Master in Finance teaches students about the fluctuating policies that define the world of finance globally. GBSB Global does this by offering courses geared at international negotiations, doing business in strategic regions worldwide, and global financial markets.

Graduate an expert:
Complex, ever-changing, and evolving, conducting business in today’s globalized world can have its share of challenges across various sectors, in particular the financial market. GBSB Global’s curriculum is based on fundamental theory, time-tested models and simulations, analytical methods, and instruments of financial management, preparing graduates to face turbulent times.

Be competitive, and earn international certifications:
GBSB Global Business School provides students with the framework and guidance to study, prepare and take the highly coveted ACCA exams on campus. By acquiring this award, students will solidify themselves with an incredible advantage over their peers and expand their employment prospects across the globe.

Program Structure:

• Strategic Management and Analytics (8 ECTS)
• Finance for Management (8 ECTS)
• Advanced Corporate Finance (6 ECTS)
• Financial Reporting and Analysis (6 ECTS)
• Digital Transformation, Innovation, and Technology (6 ECTS)
• Operations Management (6 ECTS)
• Effective Teamwork and Project Management (6 ECTS)
• Economics and Geopolitics (6 ECTS)
• Global Financial Markets and Instruments (6 ECTS)
• International Banking, Insurance, and Financial Services (6 ECTS)
• Asset Management and Alternative Investments (6 ECTS)

• Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)
• Awarded as a Five Stars Business School for Teaching Quality by QS Ranking System
• The only higher education institution in Spain accredited by Microsoft as a leader in digital education
• Received 3 top scores in U-Multirank for divisions of Research, Teaching & Learning, and International Orientation

Benefit from GBSB Global Business School’s wide range of resources that help students lay the framework to foster their professional aspirations in finance in Barcelona, Spain, or around the world. GBSB Global supports its students studying for their Online Master of Science in Finance for the next phase in their career by offering professional workshops, corporate business presentations on campus, and career assessment services.

ACCOUNTANT OR AUDITOR

CREDIT ANALYST

FINANCIAL ANALYST

TRADER

BUDGET ANALYST

RISK SPECIALIST

INVESTMENT BANKER

FINANCE MANAGER

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Knowledge:

• Has comprehensive specialized knowledge and understanding of how cultural, economic, political, and technological frameworks affect management practices and how they can be managed effectively;
• Identifies and evaluates theoretical approaches necessary for planning and decision-making in business. These include ideas that support the modeling and management of the decisions across a broad range of functional areas;
• Has relevant knowledge of organizations, and their role in pursuing sustainable business in the context in which they operate and how they are managed in compliance with codes of ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility;
• Has a critical understanding of business continuity management including knowledge of possible risks and regulatory environments that can impact business operations;
• Has comprehensive knowledge about methods to manage innovation processes and digital technologies that are in demand, and the implications of digital technologies for individuals and societies;
• Identifies and evaluates key issues related to administering the human elements when managing projects such as teamwork, communication, motivation, and diversity;
• Has a comprehensive and critical understanding of the principal current research issues in management as well as in a specific industry or functional area of personal professional interest;
• Possesses multi-disciplinary theoretical and practical knowledge of management in a specific industry or functional area of personal and professional interest.

Skills:

• Performs critical evaluation and analysis of the business environment and of the main concepts, structures, and approaches of strategic business management with incomplete or limited information;
• Demonstrates capability in using specialized skills to make decisions and create global strategies in different business operations, digital transformation, and finance in order to adapt to a fast-changing business environment;
• Demonstrates leadership skills necessary to empower, inspire and manage teams, innovation, and creative problem-solving while managing a business;
• Develops new skills in response to emerging knowledge and techniques in the domain of business management including digital skills and the use of modern technologies;
• Develops an ability to identify and assess risks relating to the business, digital and financial environment and to design strategies to mitigate specific managerial risks;
• Monitors and maintains compliance with appropriate business regulations and formulates practical responses to the legal and external environment challenges associated with operating a business;
• Demonstrate capability in using data referring to business analytics to better forecast and execute business strategies and operations;
• Demonstrates capability in using knowledge and skills of management to conduct research within a specific industry or functional area of personal professional interest, taking into account the need for synthesis, setting objectives, methodological process, and application of strategies;
• Demonstrate specialized knowledge of management that include reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the execution of the managerial function.

Competencies:

• Demonstrates the ability to respond to the main political, economic, social, and technological variables and to formulate the priorities and strategies necessary for an organization to succeed considering the global outlook and trends;
• Manages business projects by establishing a global vision that incorporates every facet of business development and constructs innovation and cultural diversity as an advantage in business contexts that are complex and unpredictable and require new strategic approaches;
• Is accountable for managing people and practicing management with a commitment to democratic values and sustainability adopting practices based on learning, service, and social inclusion;
• Demonstrates autonomy in the direction of personal development and lifelong learning applicable to the business environment;
• Creates a research-based diagnosis of problems in management by integrating knowledge from new or interdisciplinary fields in management and makes judgments with incomplete or limited information;
• Engages in critical analysis in the area of management and demonstrates independent thought, evaluation, and problem-solving underpinned by evidence-based arguments;
• Take responsibility for contributing to professional knowledge in management or a specific industry/functional area of personal professional interest by identifying an existing business problem and by conducting original research.