MSc/PgDip

Financial Services Management

3 good reasons to study Financial Services Management at Salford:

Gain a management qualification to boost your employment prospects in the rapidly expanding financial services industry
Learn about the most up-to-date developments in financial services from our expert staff
Take a Business Innovation Project module, increasing your practical skills and experience

This course provides an exciting opportunity if you wish to be involved in one of the world's most complex industries and in activities such as property, transport and shipping insurance, credit cards, wealth management and home and commercial mortgages.

The current, demanding, financial environment also offers significant opportunities. The banking and financial services sector has now recognised that it needs to re-think its strategies. The opportunity to develop long and profitable client and customer relationships is open to firms that can think and act strategically, embrace new approaches, work creatively and innovate, manage costs and improve their understanding of individual customer needs.

Course details

This course will provide you with the appropriate advanced-level skills and knowledge you need to contribute to the growing and sophisticated international banking and finance industries.

On completion you will be able to place yourself favourably in a managerial or consulting role. You will be equipped with the skills and understanding necessary to effectively and efficiently perform tasks relevant to your organisation. You'll learn to develop your ability to work effectively in teams and independently, to evaluate critically, think creatively and communicate effectively with respect to issues in the industry; and to recognise good practice in the analysis, planning and management of international banking and finance products and services. You'll also develop an advanced level of understanding of research methods and their application to a wide range of international banking and finance problems.

Semester 1

Accounting and Finance

Gain a critical perspective of theoretical and practical issues in accounting and learn to distinguish between and evaluate the trading characteristics and capital raising abilities of sole traders, partnerships, limited and public limited companies. You will apply and evaluate tests of profitability and solvency to a range of trading organisations and learn to interpret, evaluate and criticise accounting regulation, especially in relation to International Financial Reporting standards (IFRS).

You will also learn to apply and evaluate the principles of financial management and develop the expertise to evaluate the relationship between an organisation’s context and its corporate financial decisions in the real world.

International Financial Management

Examine the impact of such factors as exchange rates, inflation rates and interest rates on the performance of firms and assess their significance in decision making in an international/global context.

Semester 2

Risk, Regulation and Compliance

Learn to employ critical reflection and thinking regarding domestic and international regulatory frameworks for financial and non-financial companies. You will also develop an understanding of the economics of regulation and the problems of compliance.

Marketing and Service Management

Develop an understanding of the role of marketing within the global organisation and the processes involved, with particular emphasis on the service sector. You will gain knowledge and skills applicable to managing quality and a wide-ranging analysis of the issues involved in managing the strategic marketing/management functions within a global service context.

Semester 3

Business Innovation Project

Choose one from:

Six Month Work Placement: an integrated period of work-based learning in a suitable organisation, as agreed by Salford Business School
Assessed Internship: a one-to-three month monitored work or service/volunteer experience agreed by Salford Business School, in which you will have specified learning goals and will need to actively reflect on what is being learned throughout the experience
Live Project: work as part of a team on a project provided by a UK or international business organisation. The allocation of teams and responsibilities will be dependent on the type of organisation
Dissertation: a conventional dissertation of 12,000 to 15,000 words, consisting of research question, aims and objectives, rationale for undertaking the study, literature review, research methodology, analysis of findings, conclusions and recommendations

Part-time

If you are on the part-time course, you will be able to register for individual modules as part of CPD. The following is an example of how the course could be taken on a part-time basis over three years.

Year 1

Semester 1

Accounting and Finance - 30 credits

Semester 2

Risk Regulation and Compliance - 30 credits

Year 2

Semester 1

International Financial Management - 30 credits

Semester 2

Marketing and Service Management - 30 credits

Year 3

Semesters 1 and 2

Business Innovation Project

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