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The Professional Qualification Syllabus 2012

The syllabus details the learning outcomes, which newly qualified CIPFA’s should have achieved, and is the core of the new Professional Qualification.

There are three Stages :

The Professional Certificate
The Professional Diploma
Strategic Stage

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE

Financial Accounting Syllabus
Double-entry accounting | ethics | financial statements
Syllabus Guidelines | Specimen Paper

Management Accounting Syllabus
budgeting | costing | decision-making | sustainability
Syllabus Guidelines | Specimen Paper

Financial Reporting Syllabus
IFRS | company financial statements | consolidation | interpretation and analysis
Syllabus Guidelines | Specimen Paper

Audit and Assurance Syllabus
audit environment | risk assessment | audit evidence | external and internal audit
Syllabus Guidelines | Specimen Paper

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PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA

Public Finance and Taxation Syllabus
public expenditure | revenue and debt | taxation systems | corporation tax | income taxes | VAT
Syllabus Guidelines | Specimen Paper

Public Sector Financial Reporting Syllabus
reporting frameworks | financial statements | performance reporting
Syllabus Guidelines | Specimen Paper | Annex

Governance, Public Policy, and Ethics Syllabus
reform and regulation | contemporary issues | policy environment | good governance | ethical behaviour
Syllabus Guidelines | Specimen Paper

Financial Management Syllabus
treasury management | investments | financial risk | working capital management
Syllabus Guidelines | Specimen Paper

Business Strategy Syllabus
organisational strategy | environmental analysis | strategic choice | organisational structures | public value
Syllabus Guidelines | Specimen Paper

Business Management Syllabus
procurement | commissioning | quality | performance management | project management | information systems
Syllabus Guidelines | Specimen Paper

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STRATEGIC

Strategic Leadership Syllabus
contemporary approaches | innovation | communication
Syllabus Guidelines | Specimen Paper

Strategic Financial Management Syllabus
strategic decision-making | problem-solving | professional judgement | effective communication | ethical dilemmas
Syllabus Guidelines | Specimen Paper | SFM Specimen Exam Part 1 | SFM Specimen Exam Part 2 |
SFM Marking Scheme | SFM Appendices

Assessment Strategy

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