Business Management Finance BA Honours

Understanding contemporary corporate finance is the key to understanding modern business. Covering all areas of finance, you’ll have the tools to solve financial problems faced by businesses today.

This course is tailored towards ambitious students who want a management degree but who also want to develop finance expertise. You’ll will be able to apply financial skills and develop your understanding of corporate finance within business environments and prepare for a future career. You’ll also study the key business functions that organisations require for success.

Career-wise, the BA in Business Management with a focus on finance opens up a broad career path. The skills you'll develop are needed across almost every business and governmental sector, as well as third-party organisations.

What you will gain

On completion of this course, you’ll be ideally placed to begin working across a range of business management and finance-specific roles. Previous graduates have gone on to work in roles with prestigious international banks and financial institutions such as PwC and Lloyds Bank.

It’s important to have a solid foundation in finance and business management if you want a fulfilling career in this industry, and we can help you feel confident to take this on.

After graduating, you'll be able to work effectively in teams and be able to present and communicate business management ideas with confidence. You will understand topics related to managerial decision-making management strategy, managerial leadership, business finance and financial statement analysis. In addition, you will acquire skills of group dynamics and teamwork, as well as being able to demonstrate numerical, communication and analytical expertise. We also ensure you develop specialist knowledge in:

• Stakeholders: their expectations and behaviour
• The environment of business and its impact on strategy
• Design, production and distribution of products and services
• Business resources: acquisition, application and control
• Business process: planning, improvement and control.

We have 145 years of experience delivering professional, creative and technical education that prepares students – like you – for success in global careers, so find out more today.

Accreditations

We received a CIMA Employability Global Silver Excellence award from our professional body as recognition of commitment to employability enhancing education and workshops for our students.

What you will learn

During your BA in Business Management (Finance), you’ll develop key business skills to help you in a management or financial career.

Focusing on topics such as resource management, leadership, business finance and analysis, you’ll be able to work effectively as part of a team. Presenting and communicating your ideas will give you confidence in a fast-paced business environment, and you’ll have specialist knowledge in business strategy and process.

By joining us on this course, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Learn industry-leading software like Bloomberg and DataStream
• Learn in a live environment, with access to data from the London Stock Exchange to help you analyse specific markets
• Enhance your employability prospects and understanding of financial organisations by embarking on a work placement
• Gain unique business management skills combined with a sound understanding of finance
• Innovative use of creative assessments such as personal development portfolios, progressive reflective essays, setting up business plans, in class or video presentations, and continuous assessments
• Transfer to any of our campuses in London, Dubai or Mauritius.

How can the Business Management (Finance) BA support your career?

This is a broad degree leading to a wide range of career opportunities in different roles in public, private and not-for-profit organisations. Our graduates typically work in prestigious international banks and financial institutions, including Lloyds Banks and PWC, in business, HR, finance, marketing, PR and as sales professionals and entrepreneurs.  

Graduate employers

After completing the course, our graduates have gone on to successful careers with well-known organisations including Lloyds Banks and PWC.

Work placements

We encourage you to undertake a paid work placement during your studies, either as a year-long assignment between years two and three, or as pat-time work over years one to three and an option to do an internship in your final year.

The paid, year-long work placement exempts you from paying tuition fees for the full academic year ensuring you gain the necessary practical skills to embark on your chosen career.

Placements and internships can greatly improve your future job prospects after you graduate. They usually boost your confidence and academic results by giving you the opportunity to practise what you have learned in a professional setting.

Our specialist Careers and Employability Service will help you find placement opportunities.

Our north London location ensures that every year our students and graduates gain valuable placement opportunities. A dedicated employability advisor from MDXWorks will help you search for a placement, guide and support you to prepare for it, as well as during and after the placement. You will also be allocated an individual supervisor who provides support and advice for the duration of the placement and who will assess you at the end.

MDXworks

Our employability service, MDXworks will launch you into the world of work from the beginning of your course, with placements, projects and networking opportunities through our 1000+ links with industry and big-name employers in London and globally.

Our dedicated lifetime career support, like our business start-up support programme and funding for entrepreneurs, has put us in the top 10 UK universities for students who want to be CEOs and entrepreneurs (Hitachi, 2021).

Global network

You’ll study with students from 122 countries who’ll hopefully become part of your global network. And after you graduate, we'll still support you through our alumni network to help you progress in your chosen career.