RECRUIT, DEVELOP AND RETAIN YOUR FINANCE TEAM
The CIPFA Professional Qualification is the best accountancy training you can provide for new trainees and existing employees simply because of it’s direct, tailored relevance to the modern public services environment.
Why CIPFA?
CIPFA is the only professional accountancy qualification that truly matches the needs of organisations working within the public services. Reasons to choose CIPFA training include:
- Relevance – the only chartered body to specialise in public services and offer comprehensive coverage of public finance.
- Expertise – We are the leading experts on public financial management issues.
"Our experience has shown that CIPFA trained accountants best meet the challenging demands of Local Government."
Gerald Almeroth, Chief Finance Officer, London Borough of Haringey - Increased Staff Retention - CIPFA students and members tend to be hard-working, loyal employees. Over 80% of our Members choose to remain in the public sector upon qualification.
"We are very keen for our employees to continue their studies with CIPFA – we find this improves staff retention."
Mick Bennett, Group Manager, Treasury Services, Durham County Council
"The CIPFA professional qualification has a broader scope than just dealing with accounts – as such, we believe that CIPFA qualified accountants have better skills in public sector financial management and strategic financial planning."
Jon Roberts, Partner, Grant Thornton UK
Qualifications
Our courses have been developed with extensive consultation with stakeholders. Our ‘Statement of Expertise’ has been developed to outline the areas of expertise which mark out CIPFA Members as key and highly influential.
For further information on our qualifications, please feel free to download any of the following e-brochures:
Professional Qualification
Certificate in Charity Finance & Accountancy
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Finance & Leadership
How can CIPFA help build your Finance team?
Supporting staff through the CIPFA Professional Qualification is one of the best management decisions you will make. We know you’re busy, so why not let us do some of the work for you?
CIPFA’s Business Development team is responsible for supporting employers like you, in meeting your training and development needs – all at no charge.
With your very own designated Business Development Advisor, we can:
- Help you recruit new CIPFA trainees with various marketing campaigns including attendance at careers fairs, regular emails to thousands of students, and use of our newly launched Trainee Vacancy website – www.cipfa.org.uk/tv
- Assist in devising job descriptions and preparing CIPFA training programmes tailored to your needs.
- Arrange CIPFA induction workshops on site, for new and existing Finance staff.
- Keep you involved and up-to-date with developments of the CIPFA professional qualification.
"Our recruitment has historically been through graduate publications, but last year we used CIPFA’s own trainee advertising for the first time and we were delighted with the response we had.."
Chris Gill, Principal Accountant, Staffordshire County Council
Contact Us
If you are interested in setting up a CIPFA training scheme, or would like further information on the professional qualification, please contact us:
Telephone: 020 7543 5671
E-mail: employers@cipfa.org
We look forward to working with you.
