Finance Careers 2021 - Discover the best Certifications

CFOs and Finance colleagues,  training and certification is a key success factor in ensuring your competitive advantage regardless of which sector in the global finance sector you participate. We have hand-picked best in-class programs in five sectors that you and/or your teams will benefit: Securities, Accounting, Banking, Cryptocurrency and Corporate Finance. You can also download a complementary copy of our new Certification Guide for 2021 (below):

Securities: Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA): Financial Math for Capital Markets, Economics for Capital Markets, Bloomberg Essentials, Equity Markets, Fixed Income Fundamentals, Foreign Exchange, Commodities, Technical Analysis, Derivatives, Options, Swaps, Futures and Forwards 

Accounting: Certified Public Accountant (CPA): CPA license is the foundation for all of your career opportunities in accounting. To get your license, keep 3 E's in mind: education, examination and experience - program includes video lectures, quiz generator, exam simulator, digital flashcards, CRAM courses.

Banking: Certified Banking & Credit Analyst (CBCA): The 5 C's of Credit, Business Plans, Drivers of Business Growth, Cash Flow Cycles, 3 Statement Financial Model, Loan Security and Covenants. 

Cryptocurrency: Certified Cryptocurrency Trader™ (CCT): Learn Crypto Trading with Real Money in CoinDCX, making optimal trading decisions in the bustling Crypto market, participants will also learn about the fundamentals of the technological infrastructure that powers Blockchains.

Corporate Finance: Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst Certification (FMVA): Financial planning and analysis, 24 courses, certificates, PitchBook Data access, one-on-one financial model feedback, extra case studies.

Download your “Finance” Certification Guide today: https://tinyurl.com/y36mp2gq

Success awaits you, Lawrence Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)

Data Scientists - Here are Three Career-boosting Strategies

Colleagues, Indeed.com projects Data Scientist salaries over $122k in the US. Yes, opportunities abound. First, Get Trained: Here are three of our top picks. Data Scientist with Python: Solve data science problems, software and data engineering for  data scientists, experiment design and recommendations, data science project. Advanced Data Science with IBM: Massive parallel  data processing, data exploration and visualization, and advanced  machine learning and deep learning. And Python for Data Science Certification: Become a Python for Data Science Certified Professional. Second, Get Connected: Join the Linked In - Big Data and Analytics group (461k members), Reddit - Data Science reddit (370k members) and Twitter - Data Science Central group (226k subscribers). And third, Get Published: Create an account and submit a brief, yet substantive article to Medium, Linked In  Articles and VentureBeat. 

Download your D. S. Certification Guide and enroll today:  https://tinyurl.com/y2k9b9tk 

Much career success, Lawrence Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)

Project Management Certification Guide (2021)

Colleagues, download your free PM Certification Guide today and discover the highest demand and well compensated certifications. Leading this list is the Project Management Professional (PMP) - which according to Global Knowledge - has a salary of over $143k. Next up, the ITIL Foundations cert garners a $129k+ salary. Also consider the  Professional Scrum Master Certification (PSM): Certification Training designed by industry experts, 150+ PSM exam practice questions help you prepare for the PSM certification exam. Forth,  Six Sigma Green Belt Certification:  DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) Model-Council for Six Sigma Certification., And fifth is the PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner Certification: Structured project management using Principles, Elements, Themes and Processes. Our guide includes many more certifications.

Download your complete Certification Guide and enroll today: https://tinyurl.com/yyfjyrmf 

Much career success, Lawrence Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)

Three Strategies to Jumpstart your Python “Dev” Career

Developers,  Glassdoor and Indeed project salaries for Python developers over $111k USD. First, Get Certified: Python Django Training and Certification: Django REST framework, Django Models, Django AJAX, Django jQuery;  Python Spark Certification and Training: Master how Hadoop solves the Big Data problem, Hadoop ecosystem components, Hadoop Architecture, HDFS, Rack Awareness and Replication; and Python Scripting Certification and Training: Sequences, file operations, Functions, OOPs, Modules, Errors and Exceptions,  NumPy, Pandas, data visualization. Second, Get Published: Prepare a succinct article (2-3 paragraphs) on best practices, key ‘developer’ insights or a critique on new features-functions on the latest Python release. Publish it - with your contact info - on Medium, as a Linked In “article” or VentureBeat. And third, Get Connected: Join and contribute to relevant online forums-communities such as Reddit’s Python subreddit (731k members), Linked In’s Develoopers-Engineers-Techies group (195k members) or the Python Software Foundation group (364k members) on Twitter.

Success awaits you, Lawrence Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)

Certified Banking and Credit Analyst (CBCA)™ Certification & Training - 10% Discount [Corporate Finance Institute]

Banking & Lending Professionals, the Corporate Finance Institute’s premium CBCA bundle, the Full Immersion bundle provides a comprehensive program with real insights into tasks faced by credit analysts and those in commercial banking on a daily basis. This program never expires and gives you full access to 17 courses and certificates. Enroll today and start gaining a competitive edge in commercial banking with advanced knowledge, real-world analysis skills, and career confidence. Suggested prerequisites: Fundamentals of Credit, Accounting Fundamentals, and Forms of Business Structure. Learning modules include: 1) The 5 C's of Credit, 2) Reading Business Financial Information, 3) Evaluating a Business Plans, 4) Assessing Drivers of Business Growth, 5) Assessing Management, 6) Cash Flow Cycles and Analysis, 7) Financial Analysis Fundamentals, 8) Building a 3 Statement Financial Model, 9) Loan Security, 10) Loan Covenants, 11) Credit Administration and Documentation, 12) Account Monitoring and Warning Signs, 13) Business Writing Fundamentals, and 14) Completing a Credit Application.

Register today at: https://tinyurl.com/y3twodq9 (10% Coupon “CFIPartner10”)

Much career success, Lawrence Wilson – Online Learning Central (OLC) 

Certification Guide for 2021 - Information Technology, Finance and Project Management (new)

Colleagues, our new Certification Guide for 2021 has been published. Information Technology, Finance and Project Management. Certs-Degrees-Specializations for 11 domains (including over 150 certification and training programs): Development; Project, Program and Process Management; Cloud Computing; Networking; Data Center and Virtualization; Cybersecurity and InfoSec; Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Data Science; Blockchain, Ethereum and Decentralized Platforms; Finance; and IT and Help Desk Support.

Advance your career. Download your free copy today at:: https://tinyurl.com/y6fmjpfu 

Lawrence E. Wilson - Genesys Ventures (Silicon Valley)

Capital Markets and Securities Analyst - CMSA™ Certification Program - 10% Discount (Corporate Finance Institute)

Finance colleagues, the Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA)™ certification program from CFI will open up new career and income opportunities for you. Join professionals from J.P. Morgan, Deloitte, PWC, Amazon and Ferrari as you are equipped in asset classes, trading strategies and procedures used in capital markets (whether on the buy-side or sell-side). Core courses include: Financial Math for Capital Markets, Economics for Capital Markets, Bloomberg Essentials, courses include: Financial Math for Capital Markets. Intermediate courses address: Equity Markets, Fixed Income Fundamentals, Foreign Exchange, Commodities, Technical Analysis, Derivatives, Options, Swaps, Futures and Forwards. Electives cover: High Yield Bonds, Subordinated Debt, and Loans, Convertible Bonds, Short Duration Products, Hedge Fund Strategies and Behavioral Finance. This program is offered in both Full Immersion Instructor-Led and Self-Study formats.

Enroll today (10% discount - use code “CFIPartner10”): https://tinyurl.com/y5scrqvf    

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)

Wharton Business and Financial Modeling Capstone

Colleagues, the Wharton Business and Financial Modeling Capstone program is ideal for mid-level management and professionals seeking executive development. Using a data set designed by Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), you will implement quantitative models in spreadsheets to identify the best opportunities for success and minimizing risk. WRDS is the leading data research platform and business intelligence tool for over 30,000 corporate, academic, government and nonprofit clients in 33 countries. WRDS provides the user with one location to access over 200 terabytes of data across multiple disciplines including Accounting, Banking, Economics, ESG, Finance, Insurance, Marketing, Summary Statistics. Gain high-demand skills in Financial Modeling, Diversification (Finance), and Investment and Statistics. Courseware modules address: 1) Getting Started, 2) Yahoo Finance, 3) Creating an optimal risky portfolio on the efficient frontier, 4) Using Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) tables, and 5) Creating Your Asset Allocation & Final Presentation. (View the complete curriculum on our website).

Enroll today (individuals & teams): https://tinyurl.com/ychjh7a6 

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Review - exam prep

Finance colleagues, the accounting profession is a growing field and is one of world's fastest growing career choices for both young graduates and seasoned professionals. The CPA designation is a highly sought after designation and a requirement for career advancement in the field of accounting. The Yaeger CPA Review has the best value, pricepoint, and personal service in the industry. Yaeger has been in the field since 1977 and has a strong brand. Many of our affiliates are able to generate multiple sales daily.  The Yaeger Review fully integrates the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Blueprints into its review program … ensuring the highest possible “pass” rate. The CPA Exam consists of four, four-hour sections: Auditing and Attestation (AUD), Business Environment and Concepts (BEC), Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) and Regulation (REG). You must pass all four sections within 18 months, earning a minimum score of 75 on each part.

Register today (individuals & teams): https://tinyurl.com/yyw4ke2f 

Career success awaits you, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)

Python Django Training and Certification

Python colleagues, the average salary of a Django professional is $117,000 per annum - Indeed.com. Edureka’s Python Django Training and Certification course is curated by top industry experts. This extensive online interactive course is created to help you gain expertise in the Django REST framework, Django Models, Django AJAX, Django jQuery, and much more. You will also master the Django web framework while working on real-time use cases and receive Django certification at the end of the course. Enroll now to become a certified Python Django expert with Edureka.  You will gain proficiency in Python programming and develop real-world web applications using Django. This course will cover both the basics and the advanced concepts like writing Python scripts, file operations in Python, working with Databases, creating Views, Templates, Forms, Models and REST APIs in Django. Skill-based training modules address: 1) Sequences and File Operations, 2) Deep Dive – Functions, Sorting, Errors and Exception,, 3) Regular Expressions and Packages, 4) Object Oriented Programming in Python, 5) Debugging, Databases and Project Skeletons, 6) Introduction to Django Web Framework, 7) Templates and Forms, 8) Models and Dynamic Webpages, 8) Serialization, and 9) Parsing XML and JSON with Python.

Register today (individuals & teams): https://tinyurl.com/yyfl9wxa 

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)

Microsoft’s Azure Developer Associate Expert Certification (AZ-204 Exam Prep)

Cloud colleagues, this Microsoft’s Azure Developer Associate Expert Certification (AZ-204 Exam Prep) program is designed for intermediate programming experience, familiarity with SQL databases and version control with Git. You will learn to build cloud-based applications on Microsoft Azure, the cloud services platform used by 95% of Fortune 500 companies. The program duration is 4 months with 5-10 hours per week. The Developer for Microsoft Azure Nanodegree program teaches students how to deploy, build, migrate, and monitor applications on Azure, thereby preparing learners for success on Microsoft’s AZ-204 Azure Developer Associate Expert certification. Four skill-based training modules - each with a unique hands-on project include: 1) Azure Applications (Project: Deploy an Article CMS to Azure), 2) Azure Microservices (Project: Deploy the Neighborly app with Azure functions), 3) Azure Migration (Project: Migrate app to Azure), and 4) Azure Performance (Project: Enhancing applications). 

Register today (individuals & teams): https://fxo.co/AGPG 

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)

Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) - FINRA (Prep course)

Finance colleagues, the Securities Industry Essentials® (SIE®) Exam is a FINRA exam for prospective securities industry professionals. This introductory-level exam assesses a candidate’s knowledge of basic securities industry information including concepts fundamental to working in the industry, such as types of products and their risks; the structure of the securities industry markets, regulatory agencies and their functions; and prohibited practices. The exam is comprised of 75 multiple choice questions structured into four domains: 1) Knowledge of Capital Markets (12 questions), 2) Understanding Products and  Their Risks (33 questions), 3) Trading, Customer Accounts and Prohibited Activities (32 questions), and 4) Overview of Regulatory Environment (7 questions). Students have a 90% exam pass rate - working with an SIE tutor will help increase your exam score by 10 points.

Register today (individuals & teams): https://tinyurl.com/y632cnrf 

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)

Financial Analysis and Decision Making with Xero and Tableau

Finance colleagues, this 12 week training program will fully equip you to Financial Analysis and Decision Making with Xero and Tableau. Learn how to translate financial data insights into deliverable actions. Boost your financial planning and analysis - Xero and Tableau are two of the most important financial planning and analysis tools available. This financial analysis course will give you the skills you need to analyse finances to improve performance and get ahead of the market. The two core skill-based modules address: 1) Financial Analysis for Business Performance: Learn how to use Xero accounting software for budgeting and finance analytics and drive business performance using data.(6 weeks, 12 hours per week), and 2) Financial Analysis for Business Decisions. Discover data visualisation with Tableau and make investment decisions with business case analyses and new market strategies (6 weeks - 13 hours per week). Microcredentials are designed to upskill you for work in rapidly-growing industries, without the time and cost commitment of a full degree. 

Register today (individuals & teams): https://tinyurl.com/yxfdxpnc 

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)

Mastering Git and GitHub (Training)

Dev & DevOps colleagues, this Certified Git and GitHub Professional program designed to provide expertise in Git tool. The course consists of important concepts like: branching and merging, how to deal with conflicts, rebasing, merge strategies, Git workflows and so on. You will get an in-depth knowledge of these concepts and will be able to work on related demos. The course creates an understanding about how the industry uses Git in Real-Time Projects. Learn to apply branching and merging concepts in your projects, configure upstream and downstream for your project, create and push merge requests, use  merge strategies, understand how to work on Open-source projects using Git, apply rebasing, reverting and resetting in Git, and implement different Git workflow strategies in Real-time projects Training modules include: 1) Introduction to Git, 2) Getting Started With Git And Its Architecture, 3) Remote Repositories, 4) Branching and Merging, 5) Git Methodology, and 6) Git plugin with IDE (Eclipse).

Enroll today (individuals & teams): https://fxo.co/AEaI 

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)

Certified Robotic Process Automation Developer in UiPath

Dev colleagues, this interactive online RPA certification training course is curated by industry experts and equips you to pass the UiPath RPA Developer Advanced Certification exam. This RPA online course using UIPath helps you master the key concepts while designing an RPA solution, perform Image and Text automation. Throughout this online Instructor-led RPA training, you will be working on real-life industry use cases. Robotic Process Automation eliminates the need for human intervention for performing repetitive, less complex tasks. This course elaborates on the features and benefits of using Robotic Process Automation techniques in businesses. Skill-based training modules that are mapped to the RPA certification exam include: 1) Introduction to Robotic Process Automation, 2) Overview of UiPath, 3) Process Components and Activities, 4) App Integration, Recording and Scraping, 5) Data Manipulation & PDF Automation, 6) Programming, Debugging and Logging, 7) Orchestrator Community Edition and Other RPA Tools, and 8) Implementing REFramework.

Enroll today (individuals & teams): https://fxo.co/AEaB 

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)

Oracle SQL and PL/SQL + Python Developer (Training)

Dev colleagues, this in-depth online program will teach you Oracle SQL and programming in Python. You will have the skills to launch your career as an Oracle programmer or Python programmer. You will gain high-demand and highly marketable skills  building applications or generate business reports using Structured Query Language (SQL), master SQL using an Oracle database, use PL/SQL extension language to write sophisticated queries against an Oracle database, master Python works and grasp  Python's place in the world of programming languages. Skill-based training modules include: 1) Oracle SQL, 2) Oracle PL/SQL, 3) Introduction to Python, 4) Advanced Python, 5) Python Analytics with Numpy and Pandas. The program is self-paced, on-line course, can be completed in 12 months, has open enrollment, (begin anytime) and 275 course hours of training.

Enroll today (individuals & teams): https://tinyurl.com/y6r7w7fq 

Much career success, Lawrence E. Wilson - Online Learning Central (OLC)