Master of Business in Finance

Summary

This degree expands your opportunities as a finance specialist with the knowledge, analysis techniques and tools required to guide financial decisions at the highest levels in business.

About this programme

The Master of Business in Finance is a comprehensive postgraduate degree and approved within the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) University Affiliation Program.

It expands your opportunities as a finance specialist with the knowledge, analysis techniques and tools required to guide financial decisions at the highest levels in business.

With a programme that incorporates 70 per cent of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) as well as encompassing the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.

How you’ll grow

• Study finance and financial strategies from New Zealand and international perspectives
• Expand your knowledge of business management, corporate finance, banking, investments, accounting, managerial economics, derivative instruments, small and medium business financials, sustainability, agribusiness, entrepreneurship, innovation and principles of commercialisation
• Gain the abilities to analyse and reflect on contemporary business issues, then respond from an informed financial perspective
• Lay the foundation for the globally recognised CFA professional financial qualification
• Experience studying in a world-class trading lab with full access to Bloomberg financial data.

Benefits of the CFA Program

The CFA Institute sets the standard for professional excellence and administers the global gold standard CFA Charter. The CFA Program ensures development of superior skills, standards of competence and integrity for financial analysts, portfolio managers and other investment professionals worldwide.

Lincoln University is eligible to receive a limited number of student scholarships for the CFA Program each year.

Career opportunities

You'll be ready for general management positions involving analysing and interpreting organisational and financial data.

You’ll be ready for management roles in:

• Finance and banking
• Positions requiring management of financial portfolios
• Coordinating accounting functions
• Financial planning roles in business, government and non-profit organisations.

Programme delivery

The Master of Business (Finance) is primarily taught through face-to-face classes on campus. However, to complement these classes, you will also have access to:

• Recorded lectures
• Online forums where you can ask questions and participate in online discussions with other students outside normal lecture times.

International students who are on a Student Visa are expected to attend all classes on campus.

Graduate Attributes

Graduate Attributes refer to the knowledge, skills, and values that you gain from completing your qualification. These high-level qualities will prepare you for career success, further study or research and making a valuable contribution to society in your chosen field.

Knowledge

• The relationship between sustainable value creation and economic growth, in the context of the theory and practice of commerce.
• A range of current finance issues with reference to small and medium sized enterprises, sustainability, agribusiness, entrepreneurship, innovation and commercialisation.
• Quantitative tools and techniques for analysing problems and issues in finance.

Skills

• Identify and critically analyse, using appropriate frameworks, a range of current finance issues and discuss their implications on business activities and the finance professions.
• Investigate and resolve new and challenging problems in the realm of commerce, with specific capabilities to find, use, apply and synthesise financial information.
• Be self-reliant, reflective and capable of forming opinions that they can believe in, defend with logic and integrity, and gain support for.
• Identify relevant research, and use academic and professional literature to form literate opinions about the strategic role of finance.
• Apply finance theories and principles to solve complex business problems, and in a professional capacity guide processes of change.

Values

• The impact of business decisions on stakeholders, including the environment and society.
• The ethical principles and finance professional standards in analysing situations and making informed decisions.