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    Understand cost accounting principles for managing and controlling costs. Learn to analyze cost behavior and prepare cost reports.

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      Google Cloud

      Performance and Cost Optimization with BigQuery

      Skills you'll gain: Performance Tuning, Database Management, Star Schema, Dashboard, Data Management, Cloud Storage, Data Storage

      Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • C

      Coursera Project Network

      Expenses in ProfitBooks

      Skills you'll gain: Expense Management, Small Business Accounting, Accounts Payable, Inventory Management System, Accounting and Finance Software, Payment Processing, Invoicing, Payroll Processing, Vendor Management, Accounting, Cloud Security, Data Security, Order Processing, Purchasing

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      U

      University of Virginia

      Cost and Economics in Pricing Strategy

      Skills you'll gain: Price Negotiation, Market Dynamics, Product Strategy, Revenue Management, Cost Accounting, Economics, Demand Planning, Cost Benefit Analysis, Consumer Behaviour, Case Studies, Marketing Channel, Customer Analysis, Regression Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Statistical Methods

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      681 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Whizlabs

      AWS: Security and Cost Optimization strategies

      Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Disaster Recovery, Identity and Access Management, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Security, Cloud Management, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Data Security, Public Cloud, Infrastructure Security

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • G

      Google Cloud

      Exploring Cost-optimization for GKE Virtual Machines

      Skills you'll gain: Scalability, Virtual Machines, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud-Native Computing, Cloud Management, Load Balancing, Capacity Management, Network Architecture

      Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
      I

      Intuit

      Liabilities and Equity in Accounting

      Skills you'll gain: Payroll, Payroll Administration, Payroll Processing, Payroll Tax, Sales Tax, Balance Sheet, Accounting, Accounts Payable, Financial Accounting, General Accounting, Equities, Bookkeeping, General Ledger, Mortgage Loans, Loans, Tax Compliance

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      761 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      C

      Coursera Instructor Network

      Azure CloudOps: Automating Infrastructure & Cost Control

      Skills you'll gain: Cloud Management, Azure DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, Microsoft Azure, DevOps, Virtual Machines, Automation, User Provisioning, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), YAML, Process Optimization, System Monitoring, Compliance Training, Git (Version Control System)

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
      U

      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Accounting Data Analytics with Python

      Skills you'll gain: Jupyter, Matplotlib, Data Visualization, Pandas (Python Package), Data Manipulation, SQL, Data Visualization Software, Seaborn, Data Processing, Data Structures, NumPy, Programming Principles, Business Analysis, Databases, Accounting, Relational Databases, Data Modeling, Python Programming, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Machine Learning

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      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      109 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • G

      Google Cloud

      Optimizing Cost with Google Cloud Storage

      Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Storage, Cloud Management, Cloud API, File Management, Data Storage Technologies

      Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • G

      Google Cloud

      Setting Up Cost Control with Quota

      Skills you'll gain: Query Languages, Data Access, Database Management, Data Manipulation, Cloud API, Google Cloud Platform, Data Analysis

      Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • U

      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      Accounting Foundations Graduate Certificate

      Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Management Accounting, Fund Accounting, Operations Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Statement Analysis, Marketing, Risk Management, Machine Learning Algorithms, Business Strategy, Financial Auditing, Descriptive Statistics, Process Improvement, Variance Analysis, Generative AI, Financial Market, Strategic Decision-Making, Corporate Tax, Global Marketing, Organizational Change

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      Graduate Certificate · 6 - 12 Months

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      IE Business School

      Basics of Accounting for Liabilities

      Skills you'll gain: Case Studies, Balance Sheet, Financial Accounting, Accounting, Equities, Accruals, Accounts Payable, Risk Analysis, Finance, Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting, Loans

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular cost accounting courses

    • Performance and Cost Optimization with BigQuery: Google Cloud
    • Expenses in ProfitBooks: Coursera Project Network
    • Cost and Economics in Pricing Strategy: University of Virginia
    • AWS: Security and Cost Optimization strategies: Whizlabs
    • Exploring Cost-optimization for GKE Virtual Machines: Google Cloud
    • Liabilities and Equity in Accounting: Intuit
    • Azure CloudOps: Automating Infrastructure & Cost Control: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Accounting Data Analytics with Python: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Optimizing Cost with Google Cloud Storage: Google Cloud
    • Setting Up Cost Control with Quota: Google Cloud

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