Make sound investments within the hospitality and tourism industry
Expand your knowledge of accounting and financial management in the hospitality and tourism sector with a fully online graduate certificate in Financial Management from UCF. This certificate offers specialized accounting and financial analysis tools specific to the hospitality and tourism industry. It provides working professionals the opportunity to build upon their existing skills and professional experience.
Students will learn how to analyze pricing models, manage internal and external budgets, and gain knowledge of advanced revenue and financial management techniques in optimization, customer segmentation, forecasting and pricing. This 9-credit graduate certificate is designed for students who may have an undergraduate degree in an area other than finance or accounting, entry-level accounting or financial management experience and interest in growing their career in financial analysis and management within the hospitality and tourism industry.
In order to earn your graduate certificate in Financial Management for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry, you’ll need to complete 9-credit hours of graduate course work.
Number of Core Classes
Students in the Financial Management for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry certificate will complete 3 three-credit-hour core courses towards the completion of this degree.
Build upon revenue management fundamentals in hospitality and tourism organizations to develop advanced revenue management techniques in optimization, customer segmentation, forecasting and pricing analytics.
Skills You’ll Gain
How to analyzing pricing models, capital project feasibility and internal and external budgets.
Create and analyze comparative/common size financial statements, internal controls and break-even analysis.
Implement advanced revenue and financial management techniques in optimization, customer segmentation, forecasting and pricing.
Explore the full course list within the program brochure.
This program will help you develop the knowledge and skills needed to excel in your field. The skills gained from this program combined with your professional experience will enable you to grow within your field. Some positions that may be available to you upon graduation include:
2%
Job Growth between 2020 and 2030
$121K/yr
Median Salary for the financial manager in hospitality nationwide
Source: Emsi Burning Glass – economicmodeling.com
Job Titles
Entrepreneur
Convention and Conference Management
Hotel General Manager
Destination Marketing Manager
Restaurant General Manager
Why UCF Online?
With over 25 years of experience in online teaching and learning, UCF Online offers students an innovative approach to education. Our degrees are accessible, convenient, and designed with working professionals in mind so you can receive a quality education on your terms.
Online Support for Success
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