Business and Finance Comparison Guide

Business and Finance

The Certificate in Financial Planning is ideally suited for professionals from the financial services industry, including securities and investments, accounting, insurance, banking, and financial advising. As the comprehensive curriculum provides a solid foundation in financial planning, career changers interested in the field are also encouraged to apply.

If you are interested in establishing a financial planning career dedicated to determining how best to manage your clients’ finances in order to guide them toward achieving their financial goals, consider this program. Learn to analyze all aspects of a client’s finances income, assets, tax management, and more. Identify the client’s financial strengths, weaknesses, and goals. Forge a detailed plan to outline how your client’s finances can be best managed.

Graduates may work as financial planners in a variety of practice settings. Many financial planners work in small, high-end firms serving an affluent and influential clientele. A growing number of large firms seek to employ financial planners, including*:

Insurance companies
Brokerage firms
Banks
Financial service companies
Accounting firms
Law firms
Investment banks

Project Management Certificate

The Project Management Certificate is ideally suited for business, information technology, and construction professionals. It is specially designed to provide a strong foundation in project management that may be applied to a wide variety of employment settings. The program offers advanced lessons in one of three core practice areas business, information technology, and construction. All interested applicants are encouraged to apply.

If you are interested in establishing a project management career dedicated to achieving organizational goals while optimizing resources, including time, money, and human capital, consider this program. Learn to select, govern, fund, and implement organizational activities to maximize return on investment. Utilize project management tools, processes, and techniques to control all facets of the project management process.

The universal applicability of project management skills provides graduates with opportunities for advancement in a variety of industries*:

Business
Information technology
Construction
Insurance
Financial services
Health care
Training and education
Manufacturing
Government

Utilities
Engineering
Telecommunications
Pharmaceuticals
Real estate
Consulting
Aerospace
Resources (agriculture, mining, etc.)
Food and beverage

Risk Management Certificate

The Risk Management Certificate is ideally suited for individuals with backgrounds in business, human resources, operations, accounting, insurance, or finance. The program is specially designed to provide a broad base of essential knowledge and practical skills in risk management to meet the growing needs of risk analysis and control for organizations. All interested applicants with a minimum of an associate’s degree are encouraged to apply.

If you are interested in establishing a risk management career dedicated to risk control and loss prevention for property, liability, human resource, and net income risks, consider this program. Learn to assess risks, evaluate risk management solutions, make decisions under conditions of uncertainty, and monitor a risk management system. Utilize the techniques of enterprise risk management (ERM), rapidly growing due to the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley and the need for risk transparency, to focus on all of an organization’s risks and how they interact in a portfolio effect. Create a risk management program for corporations, public entities, or any organization.

With a Risk Management Certificate, you can work as an independent consultant or in private or public organizations dedicated to risk management, loss prevention, operations, accounting, and more in a wide variety of industries, including*:

Business
Management
Insurance
Finance
Accounting
Government

Retail
Utilities
Manufacturing
Engineering
Information technology
Independent consultancy

Executive Coaching Certificate

The Executive Coaching Certificate is ideally suited for individuals with backgrounds in business, management, human resources, organizational development, consultancy, career counseling, education, or training. The program is specially designed to provide the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to enter the field as a professional coach to senior managers. All interested applicants are encouraged to apply.

If you are interested in establishing a career dedicated to coaching leaders to develop high-performing cultures that strengthen business results, consider this program. Learn to artfully listen and question to assess the client’s strengths, needs, and coachability. Develop skills needed for observing, recognizing, and intervening for maximum effectiveness. Coach leaders to understand organizational culture and advance within the corporate hierarchy. Utilize the strategies, tools, and processes of seasoned coaches. Develop a powerful coaching presence and discover techniques to successfully market a specialized coaching practice.

Graduates may work as executive coaches with managers, corporate executives, and board members in a variety of business practice settings*:

Independent consultancy
Nonprofit organizations
Corporations
Government agencies

Six Sigma Certificate

The Six Sigma Certificate is ideally suited for professionals who are planning to spearhead complex process improvement projects. Expertise in statistics is not required, but strong math and analytical skills help. Candidates must be willing to question all things, and exhibit a high level of self confidence and motivation. Executives, managers, support employees, sales representatives, and operational managers of all kinds are suitable candidates.

If you are interested in a career that helps business improve production with a disciplined, data-driven approach, consider enrolling in this program. Reduce defects from every product, process, and customer transaction utilizing the Six Sigma "DMAIC" methodology (define opportunities, measure performance, analyze opportunity, improve performance, and control performance). Gain breakthrough knowledge on how to improve processes to do things better, faster, and at a lower cost. Provide tangible business results and savings directly traceable to the bottom line.

Graduates may find work as a Six Sigma quality professional in myriad industries, including*:

Manufacturing
Information technology
Health care
Banking
Financial services
Marketing
Media

*Kaplan Continuing Education’s programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, KCE does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.