EAE Business School Barcelona

Master in Financial Management

Barcelona, Spain

DURATION

12 Months

LANGUAGES

Spanish

PACE

Part time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Request application deadline

EARLIEST START DATE

Sep 2025

TUITION FEES

EUR 14,400

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Introduction

EAE Barcelona’s Master’s in Financial Management furthers the knowledge and use of tools such as balanced scorecards, instruments for risk coverage discounted cash flow valuation or the multiples method.

You will be able to better understand the advent of fintechs, blockchain and cryptocurrencies. This master’s degree will provide you with the ability to analyse in order to design and lead an optimum financial strategy.

The programme is aimed at professionals who already have experience in the economic areas of companies (production and/or distribution), in auditing or consulting services, or in the financial sector, in banks or investment funds.

Complete your EAE finance experience with a real Fintech Challenge released by ID Finance, an important fintech company collaborating with the programme.

The challenge will be exposed in the ID Finance offices in Barcelona, where students will have a guided visit in order to know the working reality of a real fintech company.

To perform the project, you will have a tutorial follow-up before the final presentations.

Key Points

Financial Risk

You will gain an in-depth understanding of profitability, risk and financial asset evaluation methods to ensure efficient decision-making in relation to financial investments.

Financing Decisions

For executive profiles with a dual finance and accounting perspective: you will gain a command of company financing instruments and learn to calculate the effective cost of its activities.

Working Capital Management

You will be equipped to analyse new techniques and technologies in companies' dealings with banks to maximize the results of using the daily cash flows generated.

Admissions

Curriculum

Training Complements

Financial accounting - 0 ECTS

Cuentas anuales
Valuation standards
Accounting regulations
Marco conceptual

Financial mathematics - 0 ECTS

Simple interest
Compound interest
Income
Loans

Financial Strategy

Corporate Strategy and Sustainability - ECTS

Corporate and business strategy
Estrategia internacional
Economic and financial environment
Taxation and legal context
Socially responsible investment and sustainable investment
Traditional business models versus innovative business models

Big Data and New Technologies in the Financial Field - 5 ECTS

Leadership in the process of digital transformation of finances
Financial and credit granting algorithms
Omnicanalidad
Customer Experience
Fintech
Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrencies
Banking computer applications

Financial Planning and Management Control

Financial Planning and Treasury Management - 5 ECTS

Budget process
Functional, capital and master budgets
Financial modeling techniques
Treasury management
Cash pooling and internal banking

Management Control - 5 ECTS

Financiación de proyectos
Activity-based costing and management
Cost structure for business models
Financial perspective: the management system and the balanced scorecard
Balanced scorecard (KPIs dashboard)

Finanzas Corporativas

Financial Analysis and Business Valuation - 5 ECTS

Main financial statements
Reformulation and analysis of the profit and loss account
Análisis del balance
Working capital management
Analysis of ratios and financial diagnosis
Cost of capital and value creation
Business valuation

Corporate Finance - 5 ECTS

Models of financial difficulties and restructuring
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
Purchase audit (Due Diligence)
Legal and tax aspects in the restructuring process
Internal and external financing
Venture capital, angel financing and venture debt

Investment decisions - 5 ECTS

The role of investments in the leadership of modern companies
Variables involved in an investment project
The impact of investments on the company's financial statements
Taxation and inflation in investment projects
Investment evaluation criteria (NPV, IRR, etc.)
Analysis of corporate investments

Risk management

Financial Markets and Instruments - 5 ECTS

Initial public offering: primary market vs secondary market
Macroeconomic factors and actors in financial markets
Interbank market
Digital financial services
Fixed and variable income assets
Short-term asset optimization
Factoring & confirming

Risk Analysis and Portfolio Management - 5 ECTS

Assessment of investment opportunities
Sustainable investment criteria
Operational, market and country risk
Financial and operational risk models
Standard deviation: variance and covariance
Modern portfolio theory
Risk-adjusted profitability measures
Fondos de inversión

TFM

15 ECTS

No es solo el trabajo de investigación necesario para obtener el título del máster. Es el momento y el lugar adecuado para unificar tu experiencia académica con tu ambición profesional, tu visión personal y tu creatividad. Es la oportunidad de poner en práctica todo lo aprendido y trabajar para llegar donde te propongas.