# Advanced Finance Leaders Programme

> A two-week programme for senior finance professionals stepping into CFO and finance director roles.

- **Provider:** Afriskora Training Solutions
- **Category:** Finance, Accounting & Audit
- **Duration:** 2 weeks (10 days)
- **Formats:** classroom (cities across Africa), live virtual (Zoom/Teams), in-house for teams
- **Certificate:** Afriskora Certificate of Completion, verifiable online
- **Booking:** request dates and a quote; invoice and EFT payment
- **Web page:** https://afriskora.co.za/courses/finance-accounting-audit/advanced-finance-leaders-programme
- **Request dates:** https://afriskora.co.za/request-training?course=advanced-finance-leaders-programme

## Overview

Finance leaders today must combine technical mastery with strategy, capital allocation, risk oversight, digital transformation and executive influence. This intensive programme prepares senior accountants and financial controllers for the CFO seat. It covers corporate finance and valuation, funding strategy, treasury and risk, governance and reporting, finance transformation and leadership, with a capstone strategic finance plan reviewed by the facilitators.

## Who should attend

- Finance directors, CFOs and deputy CFOs
- Senior financial controllers preparing for executive roles
- Heads of finance in state-owned and public entities
- Senior treasury and FP&A leaders

## Learning outcomes

- Shape strategy and capital allocation as a member of the executive team
- Evaluate investments, acquisitions and funding options
- Oversee treasury, risk, controls and regulatory reporting
- Lead finance transformation, automation and AI adoption
- Communicate financial performance persuasively to boards and investors

## Course outline

### Module 1: Week 1: Strategic finance

- The modern CFO's mandate
- Strategy, value drivers and capital allocation
- Investment appraisal and valuation
- Capital structure and funding in African markets
- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments

### Module 2: Week 1: Treasury and risk

- Liquidity and working-capital strategy
- Currency and interest-rate risk
- Enterprise risk and internal control
- Tax strategy and governance

### Module 3: Week 2: Governance and reporting

- IFRS developments and integrated reporting
- ISSB sustainability disclosures
- Audit committee relationships
- Investor and lender communication

### Module 4: Week 2: Leading finance

- Finance operating models and shared services
- Automation, analytics and AI in finance
- Building and developing the finance team
- Executive influence and presence
- Capstone: three-year strategic finance plan