How long is the MSc in Financial Management?

The MSc in Financial Management runs for one year full-time or two years part-time, with on-campus, fully online and distance-learning routes sharing the same City-grade syllabus.

Can I study the MSc in Financial Management fully online?

Yes. The MSc in Financial Management is offered fully online with live valuation workshops, on-campus near the City, or by structured distance learning with quarterly submissions.

Is the MSc in Financial Management recognised by ACCA, CIMA and UK employers?

The MSc in Financial Management is mapped to ACCA, ICAEW and CIMA exemption pathways and reflects FCA listing, market abuse and SMCR standards expected by City employers.

What are the entry requirements for the MSc in Financial Management?

You need a 2:2 honours degree in a quantitative or finance subject (or equivalent senior experience), IELTS 6.5 — and a short numerical reasoning assessment for this programme.

How much does the MSc in Financial Management cost and are scholarships available?

Fees for the MSc in Financial Management vary by route and domicile; merit scholarships and employer-sponsored places are available — contact LSCT admissions for current funding.

MSc in Financial Management London Course | LSCT London | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The MSc in Financial Management sits inside the Business & Commerce department at LSCT and is a one-year postgraduate programme for finance graduates, working analysts and career switchers who want City-grade corporate-finance depth before chartered exams. Taught over 12 months on-campus in central London, fully online or by structured distance learning, the programme develops corporate finance, financial reporting, treasury, risk management and the FCA-regulated reality of working inside a UK listed group or asset manager.

From your first term you will be building DCF models on real LSE-listed companies, running mock investment committees and reading actual annual reports the way the buy side reads them. By the end you will have completed a 12,000-word research dissertation, a working portfolio of valuation models and a clear exam-progression map across ACCA, CIMA or the CFA programme.

The programme runs on a monthly assessment rhythm with live cases, peer review and structured presentations to the cohort. Tutors include working UK practitioners — finance directors, operations leads, senior buyers and consultants — who bring in real anonymised business problems each term. Cohort sizes are deliberately small so each student can defend their analysis face-to-face rather than hide behind a written submission.

Key Features

ACCA, ICAEW and CIMA exemption pathways mapped onto MSc modules where possible.
Three study modes — on-campus near the City, fully online with live valuation workshops, or distance learning with quarterly submissions.
Bloomberg-style live data lab using real LSE-listed market data and recent IPO and rights-issue documents.
FCA module covering the listing regime, market abuse, MiFID II conduct rules and SMCR-aware behaviour.
Mock investment committee with feedback from working UK buy-side and corporate-finance practitioners.
CFA Level I-aware embedded coverage of ethics and quantitative methods.

What You Will Learn

You will graduate able to build a defendable valuation, read a UK annual report at investor-call depth, write a credit memo and explain to a board why a financing choice is or is not appropriate under UK rules. Modules include:

Corporate Finance: Capital Structure, Cost of Capital, Capital Allocation
Financial Reporting and Analysis under IFRS
Valuation: DCF, Comparables, LBO and Sum-of-the-Parts
Treasury, Cash Management and Working Capital
Financial Risk Management and Derivatives Basics
UK FCA Regulation, Listing Rules and Market Abuse
Behavioural Finance and Investment Decision-Making
Research Methods, Statistics and the MSc Dissertation

Assessment is portfolio-led with structured presentations: you are graded on the written analysis, the supporting model and the live defence of your conclusions in front of the cohort and a working UK practitioner. This pattern is deliberate — it mirrors how UK finance, operations and consulting candidates are actually tested at interview, and it forces every student to develop the habit of defending a number on a slide rather than producing a beautifully designed deck that falls apart under questioning.

Who This Course Is For

Finance, economics or business graduates targeting City corporate-finance and FP&A roles.
Working analysts in audit, banking or fintech preparing for ACCA, CIMA or CFA progression.
International applicants seeking a UK postgraduate finance qualification recognised by the City.
Mid-career professionals pivoting into senior finance from operations or consulting.

Hybrid candidates with one foot in operations, finance or marketing and the other in data are particularly well-served, since UK employers increasingly hire for analytical generalists rather than narrow specialists.

Career Pathways

Graduates step into the analyst and associate seats that staff City banks, asset managers, corporate-finance boutiques and UK FTSE finance teams. Typical first roles include:

Corporate Finance Analyst (M&A, debt or equity advisory)
FP&A Analyst (UK listed group)
Investment Analyst (buy or sell side)
Treasury Analyst (UK FTSE corporate)
Credit Risk Analyst (UK bank or building society)
Equity Research Associate

Graduates often progress to CFA charter, ACCA / CIMA full membership, or PhD study in finance.

Beyond the obvious sector employers, graduates are also picked up by UK consultancies and Big Four advisory practices building internal capability, and by mid-market private-equity-backed firms looking for analytically literate generalists. Hiring conversations typically test how you defend a number on a slide rather than how many slides you can produce, so the analytical portfolio you build during the programme matters more than the certificate itself.

Entry Requirements

A UK 2:2 honours degree (or international equivalent) in finance, accounting, economics, mathematics or a quantitative business subject.
Applicants from non-cognate fields may apply with five years' senior professional experience in a finance or analyst role.
IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers — and a short numerical reasoning assessment for this programme to confirm baseline quant fluency.
A personal statement, two references and (where applicable) a research proposal of 500-800 words.

Why Study at LSCT

The London School of Commerce and Technology (LSCT) is a specialist higher-education provider based in central London and part of Harold International College. We teach in small cohorts so every student is visible to their tutor, run a single intake schedule that students can rely on, and partner with UK professional bodies so qualifications carry weight with employers. London puts Whitehall, the City, Silicon Roundabout, the Royal Courts of Justice, the West End and the NHS estate within a short tube ride of every classroom — and our students use that proximity in their projects, placements and graduate job hunts. For finance students the City is, frankly, the lab — working corporate-finance bankers and FCA-side senior managers run case sessions and mock interviews directly with cohorts each term.

We also run a structured careers service from intake onwards: scheduled mock case interviews with working UK practitioners, CV reviews aligned to the way UK finance, operations and consulting recruiters actually screen, and live cohort sessions on UK assessment-centre formats. Every student is paired with an alumni mentor working in the relevant UK sector — a small touch but one that compounds over the year and tends to be the single most-cited reason students recommend the programme.

Apply for MSc in Financial Management

Specialise at postgraduate level with the MSc in Financial Management. Click Enrol Now to apply; admissions teams reply within one working day with scholarship and funding guidance, including a personalised ACCA / CIMA / CFA exam-progression map.