accounting & finance

BAE Systems' accounting and finance
organization offers a unique opportunity to learn about various financial aspects of running a large business. With more than $1 billion in sales from many different programs, keeping track of costs, sales, budgets and schedule status requires individuals whose skills are cross functional. Individuals in this department have the opportunity to move through different assignments and projects in the following areas: accounts payable, general ledger, cost accounting, payroll, financial analysis, government accounting and cash management.
financial processes and
controls analysts Collect, summarize and analyze data to develop financial statements and write queries to explain variances in financial reports. Analyze financial/cost/performance data for use in developing cost proposals, operational trends, budget forecasts and interpretation of financial information. Advise department managers on financial feasibility of new business opportunities and current projects.roject Accounting

Embedded within the project team, our project accountants provide financial support to the decision making process. They ensure robust contract status reporting by working closely with the delivery team, understanding the underlying systems being used and assisting with estimates. This role requires a wide range of skills and will stretch your learning and ability to rise to the occasion.

Management Accounting

This role views decisions from a business unit perspective, combining analysis of the numbers with an understanding of the underlying strategic or operational issues. Management accountants can be involved in a wide range of activities from development of strategy and long-term business planning to assessment of operational efficiency and inventory management. A combination of accounting skill and business acumen is needed to succeed in this type of role.nancial Accounting

Normally based in central finance, this role often challenges individuals to work quickly and accurately under deadlines. It offers a solid foundation of core accounting experience that can be built upon as your career progresses. This type of experience is also a requirement when completing the CIMA log book to gain chartered status.

Business Administration - Event Marketing Management Specialization*

Event Marketing Management is one of the fastest growing fields of marketing. Learn how to create experiences that build value for your customers and their guests. Event Marketing Management encourages companies to creatively communicate ideas to reach their target audience. As part of the program, you’ll be assigned an internship position with an industry client and assist in planning and executing a real world event. You will continue to develop your leadership skills through industry and faculty mentoring. Acquire professional certification and training in Smart Serve, First Aid and CPR.

* As a student of this program, you will obtain industry certifications at a fee. This measure is vital to the program curriculum and contributes to your professional experience.

Business Administration - Marketing Management Specialization:

“My introduction to the foundations and applications of marketing and e-commerce at Seneca helped me focus on what really interested me in the industry, what my options were for the future, and how to think strategically about the world around me. The program also prepared me with the tools to get a job, and now I'm well on the way to realizing my career goals.”

Antonella Leone
Marketing Co-ordinator, Rogers Wireless
Graduate Business Administration - Marketing Diploma

“The faculty in the BA-Marketing program represent a remarkable and outstanding department of educators with an exceptional command of the subject matter within the field of marketing. My professors have consistently prodded me and my fellow class mates to question why and to think critically and creatively. Through their teaching, they imparted and instilled in me the ability to be analytical, to value excellence and to intellectually have the courage to thrive in a rapidly changing market driven environment.”

Business Administration - Event Marketing Management Specialization*:
“The Business Administration - Marketing program has provided me with great hands-on experience in Event Marketing Management as well as valuable volunteer experiences in the event marketing field. I have learned a lot in terms of how to market events, the processes required for the execution of successful events as well as key problem solving skills to resolve issues that often arise in events through executing my own event as well as volunteering for others. The specialization requires students to be dedicated to their events, have strong time management and problem solving skills. Students also need to know that the day of the event is only part of a long planning process. The planning often can take up to months and requires students to be proactive in keeping up with the many tasks related to each event.”

Ella Leung
Business Administration - Event Marketing Management Specialization
Graduate 2007

“I cannot begin to count all of the practical projects, events and client collaborations in which I have gained a great amount of knowledge. The professors are truly dedicated to the program and the students. These were the best three years that I have experienced at Seneca College and it is truly my honour to say that Event Marketing Management is all about creating experiences and building customer value. I am confident that this specialization will benefit me in my future career as an Event Marketing Manager.“

Marketing is crucial to the success of a business organization. Without strategic marketing, there will be no sales; without sales there will be no profit. Professional business marketers are needed to craft marketing strategy and, ultimately, achieve profit objectives. The Business Marketing trains students in formulating and implementing winning marketing strategies. It develops creative skills and out-of-the-box thinking needed to succeed in virtually all industries.
BEA PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS
This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the importance of economics in the business environment. In this course, students are exposed to microeconomics: a local or individual perspective, and macroeconomics: a broader more holistic perspective, to promote a well-balanced approach to the understanding to impact of economics and economic theory.

PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING
This course is designed to provide students with a solid foundation in the dynamic and growing field of accounting. Students are exposed to both the theoretical and practical aspects of accounting and they should be able to outline the importance of accounting and budgeting to the start-up, growth, and competitive development of a company.

BUSINESS COMMUNICATION SKILLS PART 1
This course is an introduction of basic communication concepts and principles, the personal computer, and the Internet, namely communications and the security. Students will be introduced to the Microsoft IT Academy (MSITA) web portal which they will be enrolled into for online computer-based tutorials and assessments related to the three basic Microsoft Office Applications - Word, Powerpoint, and Excel. The fundamental skills acquired through MSITA will equip the students with basic PC skills for business communications when they progress to the Part 2 of this module where they will be required to write reports and letters, resumes, create presentations, and formulate spreadsheets for data analysis.