This diploma is offered to ICAS Members via online learning at a special discounted rate.

Transform your finance role with new technical and behavioural skills to become a driver of your organisation’s strategic direction and performance: this fresh and practical programme will help you to adapt and stay relevant in a business landscape that is volatile and dynamic.

The next cohort of the Diploma in Corporate Finance commences from 10 October 2024.

To find out more please review the information on this page and contact Chartered Accountants Ireland Member Experience Team.

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Course Overview

Blending technical expertise with leadership training, the programme draws on a wide range of examples, practice and theory and as such is relevant to any industrial, organisational, or international context. The syllabus addresses emerging topics that are changing the face of the finance function, including finance business partnership, thriving in uncertainty, strategic thinking, sustainable purpose, and techniques adapted from the tech world (such as agile hybrid working and data analytics.)

Across the six modules, the Diploma in Strategic Financial Leadership combines theory with hands-on practical application of skills to boost the value of your contribution to the business. You will learn how to transform and enrich the content and style of your role, apply your skills to strategy and performance, improve your confidence in human engagement, and harness technology.

The Diploma in Strategic Financial Leadership is delivered through a mix of:

  • self-paced, on-demand micro lectures
  • participation in interactive live online sessions
  • self-study and preparation of an assessed portfolio of practical work.