Public sector financial management

Excellent financial managers are in high demand in the public sector, and there is a need for continuous skills growth in this complex area.

Get the essential skills to deepen your understanding of the public sector’s financial context, governance and accountability, resource management, planning, budgeting and costing, as well as performance management and measurement.

This course is developed in partnership with the Financial Management Institute of Canada (FMI). It features content created by experts in public sector financial management that reinforces learning with knowledge checks, assessments and case studies at the end of each module.

See the course outline for detailed learning objectives.

This course represents a portion of our Public Sector Certificate Program. If you are currently enrolled in that program, we do not recommend that you register for this stand-alone course.

However, upon completion, if you are interested in signing up for the Public Sector Certificate Program, you are eligible for advanced standing. To learn more, please contact Alyssa Hammerstrom.

• the public sector from a financial management perspective
• the critical components of successful governance and accountability in the public sector
• resource management and how to add value as a skilled resource manager
• planning, budgeting and costing in the public sector
• leading insights in performance management

• financial professionals in the public sector
• CPAs who work with public sector bodies
• financial executives with positions in government