About the Department

The Department of Financial Management was established in 2020 with the aim of providing finance-related courses for the degree and continuing professional education programs of the HSE University Graduate School of Business. The Department brings together faculty and researchers whose professional interests include corporate finance management, investments, financial and management accounting, and other related disciplines. Unlike other HSE departments with a focus on finance, the Department of Financial Management is oriented toward developing courses for students and participants of educational programs in the fields of “Management” and “Business Informatics.” The Department’s instructors have created unique courses delivered in both on-campus and online formats for all levels of education—from bachelor’s and master’s programs to MBA and DBA—using modern educational technologies.

As of 01 September 2025, the Department of Financial Management employs 18 full-time faculty members (9 of them on 1.0 FTE). Among the full-time faculty, there is 1 Doctor of Sciences, 10 Candidates of Sciences, and 9 visiting instructors. The average age of the full-time faculty is 44, while the average age of visiting instructors is 33.

In 2022–2024, the Department’s instructors contributed to the preparation of the textbook Project Management: A Fundamental Course, and also developed a number of cases in financial management and management accounting: “Winners and Losers,” or Were the Terms of the Asset Split Between Yandex and Sberbank Mutually Beneficial?, The Roller Coaster of the “Krasnaya Ploshchad” Garment Manufacturing Association, Manufactories of the Digital Age: Developing the Manufacturing Segment of Craft Ceramics at Claytrade, as well as methodological guidelines for using the cases and other publications.

The Department’s staff (including 1.0 FTE positions and part-time appointments) includes 3 Professors of Practice, 4 Associate Professors of Practice, and 2 Practice Lecturers. Among them are experienced top managers with extensive professional backgrounds, who have worked—or are currently working—as heads of business units at leading Russian companies (Sberbank, Alfa-Bank, Gazprom).