Agenda

• Being able to identify the public sector context from both a general and a financial management perspective

• Being able to recognize the unique qualities and importance of financial management in the public sector

• Being able to explain the delivery of public services and goods

• Being able to describe the key competencies necessary for effective financial management in the public sector

• Being able to identify the key areas critical to successful governance and accountability in the public sector

• Knowing how to explain the attributes of governance and oversight

• Being able to describe accountability and risk management in the public sector

• Being able to explain resource management and how the financial professional can add value as a skillful resource manager

• Knowing the nature and characteristics of effective resource management

• Knowing how to use logic models

• Being able to identify stakeholders, external monitoring, strategic reviews and reallocation

• Being able to explain the nature of planning and budgeting in the public sector, along with the most relevant topics

• Knowing how to plan and budget in public sector finance

• Being able to identify effective planning and budgeting techniques

• Being able to explain costing and accounting and how they relate to budgeting

• Knowing how to ensure the sustainability of programming through the budget process

• Being able to recognize leading ways that performance can be managed and measured for optimal results

• Knowing how to identify performance management and measurement in the public sector

• Being able to explain performance improvement opportunities in the public sector

• Being able to link performance management to financial management and describe the role of public sector financial professionals