Accounting and Finance

XBIT 4500U
Closed
Ontario Tech University
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Capstone and Internship Coordinator
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Timeline
  • January 7, 2025
    Experience start
  • April 5, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
3/3 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Banking & finance, Business & management, Business services

Experience scope

Categories
Accounting Sales strategy
Skills
project planning business consulting business strategy marketing strategy
Learner goals and capabilities

Accounting major is designed for students interested in becoming a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), and for students who want to develop a strong foundation in accounting.

Finance Program offers the students foundations in finance that allow them to pursue various career paths in the financial services industry or a higher degree in finance.

Our students participate in various external case competitions, gaining hands-on experience, and meeting industry practitioners. Our finance faculty is involved in a variety of research

Beginning in January 2025, teams of 3-5 students will work with your organization to support you with achieving your key business objectives by developing a recommended plan of action.

* Please note that the course dates are subject to change depending on University scheduling*

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Beginner, Intermediate levels
5 learners
Project
50 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables
  • Project plan and weekly status reports
  • Final project report with recommendations and an executive summary
  • Presentation of recommendations from top one or two teams (via a virtual webinar format)
Project timeline
  • January 7, 2025
    Experience start
  • April 5, 2025
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Statistical Analysis

The appropriate model will be developed to predict how much a customer will spend at your business. This development will include the following:

  • Performing the appropriate statistical regression modelling techniques—in this case, a multiple regression statistical model.
  • Determining which data attributes provided are predictive.
  • Interpreting the model output.
  • Providing the formula from the statistical model that can be used to predict what a customer will spend.
  • Students will design, interpret, and provide the statistical regression model for your business to predict customer spend.

Financial Business Plan

  • Sales forecasting
  • Expense budget
  • Income projections (conservative and aggressive)
  • Assets and liabilities
  • Break-even analysis
  • Future recommendations

Financial Risk Analysis

  • Application of mathematical/statistical analysis and computing methods to analyze data.
  • Estimation of the volatility, correlation for returns, forward contracts, and industry-specific futures.
  • Presenting findings on market risk exposure and provide recommendations.
  • By using private (provided by your organization) and publicly available data on industry-specific derivatives, students will also perform a sensitivity analysis to identify the reliability of risk estimates.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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  • Q5 - Text short
    Complete Capstone Project Proposal documentation one week after initial Riipen project meeting with the university.  *
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