Bachelor of Business Finance

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Business Finance is a 3-year program that provides students with a solid understanding of business operations, specializing in finance. The program prepares graduates for careers in finance or further studies in a Master of Science Financial Expert. Students develop skills through internships, associative projects, and international experiences, and can choose to specialize in corporate finance or finance in alternation.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• The Bachelor of Business Finance is a 3-year program that provides students with a solid understanding of how businesses operate and gradually specialize in finance.
• The program prepares graduates to enter the labor market or continue their studies in a Master of Science Financial expert to apply for positions of responsibility (financial director, executive manager, etc.).

Outline:

• Year 1
• Discover the world of corporate finance.
• Acquire knowledge of the finance function in a company, its role in advising managers, its technical challenges, and its contemporary issues.
• Develop skills through a 2 to 3 months internship, collaborate and work in project mode by choosing to participate in one of the ten associative projects offered by the school.
• Immerse in the company, observe in the field what has been learned in class, develop skills alongside professionals and build professional project.
• Develop essential soft skills such as autonomy, adaptability, sense of organization, etc., and improve language skills.
• Year 2
• Develop skills in corporate finance.
• Acquire knowledge by developing a deeper understanding of finance, management skills and how to maximize the value of a business by making rational decisions.
• Complete knowledge of finance and management in one of the partner universities, and develop social and linguistic skills, and create an international network.
• Make a bold choice and create own business under the status of student-entrepreneur with the national PEPITE program within the ESAM incubator, the Why Not Factory, and develop ideas and make them profitable.
• Continue taking part in one or more associative projects offered by the school.
• Year 3
• Professionalize in finance at school.
• Acquire knowledge in research methodology which will lead to writing first professional dissertation.
• Choose a path according to professional and personal projects in the second semester.
• Experience cultural and linguistic immersion and lay the solid foundations for an international career through 1 semester of study at a partner university.
• Enrich with concrete professional skills learned in the field and with valuable experience for resume through 1 internship in France or abroad.
• Take off on a world tour punctuated by university courses, seminars, and professional meetings to create an international network through 1 semester of Intercultural Management (SMI).
• Create a business and give substance to ideas under the status of student-entrepreneur supported by the national PEPITE program within the ESAM incubator, the Why Not Factory.
• Year 3
• Professionalize in finance in alternation.
• Deepen knowledge of corporate finance while training alongside seasoned professionals and addressing with them the strategic and operational issues of the company.

Careers:

• The ESAM Corporate Finance Bachelor allows graduates to continue their studies in BAC+5 with the MSc Financial Expert program to become an expert in corporate finance.
• Potential career paths include:
• Financial and Administrative Manager
• Management control manager
• Merger/Acquisition Advisor
• Treasurer
• Statutory auditors
• Budget Controller
• Product Manager
• Financial Analyst
• Financial audit
• Financial Advisor
• Risk Manager
• External auditor