Master Finance

The Master's in Finance trains high-level financial executives for companies, banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and research organisations. The programme strives for excellence through the quality of the courses offered, the diversity of the professions covered, its international outlook and the importance attached to research.

The main objective of the programme is to provide advanced courses in corporate and market finance, enabling students to Master the financial system, its overall operation and its products, as well as national and international regulations in an increasingly complex environment.

By the end of the first year, students will have acquired a global view of the complex, cross-disciplinary problems facing financial institutions and establishments, or which drive the major financial decisions that determine the creation of value for stakeholders. They will be able to handle the quantitative tools needed in finance and will have a solid knowledge of micro- and macro-economics. Particular attention is paid to fostering a responsible approach to finance and to sustainable finance.
The second year of the Master's programme enables students to acquire a high degree of specialisation in five distinct career orientations, each corresponding to specific professions.

Another aim of the programme is to encourage international mobility through several international exchange agreements.

The Master's degree in Finance is divided into five standard M2 courses providing specialisation in:

Financial Modelling (this track is open to students registered in the programme Magistère Economics, Data Science, and Finance).
Financial Risks and Sustainable Finance (this track is open to students registered in the programme Magistère Economics, Data Science, and Finance).
Wealth Management.
Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering.
Research in Finance (this track is open to students registered in the programme Magistère Economics, Data Science, and Finance).

Whatever the M2 track, graduates must acquire a capacity for initiative and autonomous decision-making that makes them suitable for positions of responsibility in administrative and financial departments, in banking, investment banking and private banking, in insurance companies, as well as in management companies, investment funds and services and financial consultancy firms.

This Master is co-organised with the engineering school Centrale Méditerranée.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Examples of jobs on graduation: Chief Financial Officer, Business Development Manager, Management Controller, Wealth Engineer, Wealth Manager, Family Officer, Portfolio Manager, ESG / ISR Analyst, Credit Risk Analyst, Actuarial Analyst, Assistant Trader, Junior Quantitative Trader, and more.

Training flyer of the "Master Finance"

M1 Finance

M2 Financial Modelling

M2 Financial Risks and Sustainable Finance

M2 Wealth Management

The aim of this programme is to meet the significant and ever-growing need for wealth management executives. Students will be able to Master all the facets of asset and wealth management through a global, long-term approach to private client profiles (both individuals and companies) and in-depth knowledge of wealth management issues, income flows and investment products.

Courses are designed to combine theory and practice in such a way as to enable students to become fully autonomous, multidisciplinary, and capable of developing cross-disciplinary approaches in various fields (Finance, Law, Tax, Insurance, Real Estate, Management, Strategic Management, etc.). Students develop high-level analysis and consultancy skills that combine client knowledge, negotiation, ontology, and ethics.

In addition to this technical know-how, students are trained in how to present, express themselves orally and act with ease in both French and English. Emphasis is placed on developing intellectual curiosity, the ability to manage a variety of information and networking skills.

By the end of the programme, students will have acquired the following key professional skills:

Managing and valuing asset portfolios.
Operating in a complex and international context.
Negotiating to develop a customer and partner network.
Analysing and evaluating to perform a wealth study.

A partnership is in place with the SFAF (Société Française des Analystes Financiers) for the M2 "Asset Management" course completed by the DESU "Gestion d'Actifs et de Fortune". This M2 GP + DESU partnership integrates the preparation and passage of the AMF Certification and allows students to pass, at their choice, via equivalences and preferential conditions, the international professional diplomas CIWM (Certified International Wealth Manager) or CIIA (Certified International Investment Analyst).

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Academic head of the programme: Laurence GIALDINI (laurence.gialdini[at]univ-amu.fr)
Administrative secretary: Felicina CAFICI (felicina.cafici[at]univ-amu.fr, tél : +33(0)4.13.94.27.14)

Training flyer of the "M2 WM"

List of courses

M2 Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering

The aim of the Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering programme is to train high-level professionals for a variety of positions in corporate finance departments, investment banks, management companies, private equity firms and the consulting professions.

After completing this Master's programme, students will be able to develop a strategic and operational vision of a company to ensure its development and long-term survival. This involves designing and drawing up all the financial packages, from the most conventional to the most innovative, that are essential to support internal and external growth.

The course provides students with the financial, legal and tax skills needed to successfully carry out equity transactions and restructure financing, while integrating market logic, the international dimension and the complex environment in which companies operate.

Skills to be acquired at the end of the M2:

Analysing and interpreting accounting and financial data under IFRS.
Valuing a company with a view to a transaction.
Implementing an internal and external growth strategy with associated financing.
Setting up a performance monitoring and analysis system.
Developing and implementing cash management and financial risk management on derivative markets.
Restructuring complex and innovative financing.
Setting up mergers and acquisitions.
Implementing private equity, LBO, MBO and structured finance transactions.

Students in the FEM program can also take the DESU Advanced Engineering and Corporate Finance, which, in addition to consolidating their knowledge of financial engineering and adding an international dimension, prepares them for AMF certification, as well as the BEST certification issued by the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce.