Public Affairs Public Financial Administration - Indiana University - Bloomington

Public Affairs Public Financial Administration from Indiana University - Bloomington is a Campus Master Finance degree that prepares you for a Business career. The School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) is a global leader in public finance education, research, and government service. Students concentrating in Public Financial Administration enjoy the advantages of this leadership position as they embark on their professional careers, whether in the United States or in other countries, in national, state or loval government, or in the public or private sectors. The School offers professional master's specialization in public financial administration and its faculty participate in government finance training programs for in-career professionals working for both American and foreign governments. The education forms a strong base for development and acceleration of careers in government finance and budgeting, applied program and policy analysis, and management in public, private, and nonprofit organizations throughout the world. The professional distinction of our faculty, the great success of our alumni, and the hands-on nature of our professional degree programs ensure a high demand for our graduates. SPEA's faculty are undertaking leading-edge research in a wide range of government finance areas and publishing that research in the best public finance journals. Indeed, the leading journal in the field, Public Budgeting and Finance, is currently edited at Indiana. Current faculty research projects include work with new performance budgeting, property and sales taxation in domestic and international settings, government finance in the states of the former Soviet Union, environmental finance, and the finance of economic development. School faculty regularly accept government service assignments, foreign and domestic, sometimes on leave from their university assignments and sometimes along with their university activities. These practical experiences, sometimes done with the assistance of advanced public finance students, enrich their work with students and ensure the relevance of what they teach to the world of practice. Careers in Public Financial Administration SPEA prides itself in graduating students who can become productive finance and budgeting employees immediately, without a long learning period. That is the result of the applied and experiential nature of our advanced courses. Students learn how government finance is done, not just the theoretical concepts that might be implemented under certain conditions. Our graduates are beginning professionals, not students, by the end of the degree program. That is because our faculty, along with being serious and productive scholars, are in the field, applying their ideas to governmental practices throughout the world. SPEA's public finance graduates are employed in a wide array of positions. These include the usual Federal suspects (GAO, OMB, CBO, Treasury, agency budget shops), state and local budget agencies (executive and legislative), city management, state revenue departments, international organizations (IMF, World Bank, UNDP, etc.), foreign governments, investment banks, rating agencies, and Big Five accounting firms. Recent placements include: Fiscal Analyst, Arizona Legislative Budget Office Municipal Bond Analyst, State Farm Program Analyst, Government Accountability Office Program Examiner, U.S. Office of Management and Budget Budget/Tax Analyst, Indiana State Budget Agency Financial Analyst, H.J. Umbaugh & Associates Director of Policy Research, Indiana Department of Revenue Bank Examiner, Central Bank of Haiti Heritage Finance Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy Director of Tax Review, Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners Government Affairs Specialist, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Financial and Administration Coordinator, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs View more details on Indiana University - Bloomington, IN . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Finance courses.