Business Management with Finance

Business management with finance is a combination that gives you both the broad organisational perspective of management and the specific quantitative and analytical skills of finance, producing a graduate profile that is genuinely versatile and in consistent demand across the commercial world. Management covers strategy, marketing, operations, human resources, and organisational behaviour, developing your understanding of how businesses operate and how leaders make decisions in complex environments. Finance adds the skills to analyse financial statements, assess investment decisions, manage risk, and understand the capital markets that shape what organisations can do.

At Southampton Solent University, this three-year full-time programme is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute, which means that graduates are eligible for CMI membership, a recognised professional credential that adds value to your CV from the moment you graduate. You will develop management and finance skills alongside each other throughout the programme, with a practical emphasis that builds the commercial awareness and professional competence that employers look for. The course includes a foundation year that provides a supported entry route for students who need additional preparation, and a sandwich year with work placement that gives you direct professional experience in a business environment.

Graduates from business management with finance programmes go on to careers in financial management, commercial management, banking, consulting, marketing, and operations management across a wide range of organisations. The CMI accreditation and the practical orientation of the programme give graduates a strong starting point in the graduate market. Further study at postgraduate level in business administration, finance, or management is available for those who wish to develop their expertise further.