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5 day residential school

Future-Ready PFM Leaders in the Age of AI & Automation

Smart PFM and IPSAS leadership for officers who must turn data, analytics and automation into measurable delivery.

Location Cape Town, South Africa
Dates 19 to 23 October 2026
From USD 599 per delegate
Early bird 10 per cent until 19 September 2026
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The course

Public finance is being rebuilt around data. Accrual IPSAS reporting, tighter audit scrutiny and rising demand for value-for-money have raised the bar for every finance office. At the same time, analytics and automation are changing how the work gets done. The leaders who thrive will be those who can turn all of this into results their governments can see.

This five-day course is built for that leader. It joins three disciplines usually taught apart, PFM leadership, IPSAS reporting, and applied data, analytics and AI, into one practical programme. You leave able to lead the change, not just react to it.

Most training covers compliance or technology. Few place a finance leader where IPSAS, analytics and automation meet. That intersection is where clean audits, credible budgets and public trust are now won.

Who it is for
  • Finance officers
  • Accountants
  • Auditors
  • Budget controllers
  • Treasury leaders
  • Revenue managers
  • Senior decision-makers

What you leave with

  • Lead your finance function's shift to data-driven, automated operations.
  • Produce IPSAS-compliant, audit-ready reports with confidence.
  • Turn financial and non-financial data into clear decisions and oversight-ready dashboards.
  • Apply AI and automation responsibly to reconciliations, reporting, risk and fraud detection.
  • Build and sequence a realistic digital-finance roadmap for your institution.
  • Return with a 90-day action plan you can put to work immediately.
Agenda

5 days, one arc

  • 01 Day 1

    Future-Ready PFM Leadership

    • The finance leader's changing mandate
    • leading digital and cultural change
    • moving from stewardship to strategic delivery.
  • 02 Day 2

    IPSAS That Earns Clean Audits

    • Accrual reporting in practice
    • asset and liability recognition
    • the audit findings that recur, and how to prevent them.
  • 03 Day 3

    Data Analytics for Public Finance

    • Data quality
    • budget, revenue and performance analytics
    • dashboards and KPIs that satisfy oversight bodies.
  • 04 Day 4

    AI & Automation in Government Finance

    • Practical use cases
    • automating reconciliations and reporting
    • anomaly and fraud detection
    • responsible, well-governed AI.
  • 05 Day 5

    From Insight to Delivery

    • Building your digital-finance roadmap
    • change management
    • measuring impact
    • a 90-day action plan and certification.
Pricing

Three delegate tiers

Regular USD 599 per delegate
  • Full access to all five days of technical sessions
  • Course materials and digital toolkit
  • Certificate of completion
  • Daily refreshments and lunch
Select the Regular tier and register
VIP USD 1,999 per delegate
  • Priority seating and fast-track registration
  • Exclusive leadership briefing session
  • Executive networking dinner
  • VIP delegate recognition package
Select the VIP tier and register
VVIP USD 2,899 per delegate

Limited to 15 seats

  • Private executive roundtable with the lead facilitators
  • One-on-one PFM advisory clinic for your institution
  • Reserved front-row seating throughout the course
  • Cape Town waterfront gala dinner and airport transfers
  • Recognition as a Sovereign Circle delegate in all course materials
Select the VVIP tier and register

Early bird discounts apply by registration date and are calculated when you register. Group registrations of four or more delegates are invoiced together.

Save 10 per cent until 19 September 2026

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