Target Audience: CPAs, other qualified accountants working in and leading finance functions in Irish and International SMEs and larger organisations, in the for profit and non profit sectors. These accounts would be at managerial level and above; managing staff and/or the finance function and are looking to plan for the future, increase capacity and resilience in themselves, their teams and finance function infrastructure.
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Learning Outcomes:
This course covers eight major areas of work to future proof the finance function. At the end of the course each delegate should be able to:
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Hire the right people for roles, set objectives, ensure motivation and retain them at the right pay scale.
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How to build your leadership style and create a responsibility culture.
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Data analytics and how to utilise it effectively in your function.
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Ensure security of the company’s IT infrastructure.
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Start the process of automate routine tasks and choose a platform to accomplish this.
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Manage internal and external stakeholder relationships and expectations.
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Plan for eventualities where key members of the team move on, including yourself.
Introduction
Whether you are a leading a finance team in a large, long established company, or are working part time in a small new non profit, we all need to constantly innovate, sense check are we doing the right things and in the right way, and finally start planning for the day we leave.
In this five-day programme, CPA Ireland’s team of expert lecturers will cover all the aspects of strategically managing a finance team, how to put together the right team, communicate with stakeholders and ensure business continuity when key members of the team move on.
Indicative content of the Programme:
Day 1 Staffing
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Employee Lifecycle
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Recruitment
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Remuneration
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Retention Strategies
Day 2 Leadership and Ethics in your Team
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Creating a Culture or Personal Responsibility
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Letting others lead
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Your leadership style
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Ethics
Day 3 Data Analytics
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How Big Data Can Help Your Company
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Costs, KPIs, Platforms
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Gathering, Storing and Using Data
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Automation to prevent customer churn
Day 4 Cyber Security & Automation
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Protecting your company’s information and infrastructure
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Security Hardware
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Automating transactional processes
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Selecting Platforms
Day 5 Stakeholder Relationship Management & Succession Planning
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Business Continuity Planning
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Building Team Capacity
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Expectation Setting & Communication
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Getting to Yes & Negotiation Strategies
Key Course Details:
Venue: Livestreaming
Date: starting on the 10th May 2019 (this may be subject to change)
Duration: 5 days / 1 Friday per month
CPD Hours: 40 hours
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Make sure that you input your CPA member ID as the attendee when booking, as the CPD credit will not be automatically allocated to your account otherwise.