Diploma in Strategic Financial Leadership

Course overview

The Diploma in Strategic Financial Leadership builds the set of skills required to excel in the finance function today. Transform your role with new leadership and strategic finance 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 syllabus addresses emerging topics that are changing the face of the finance function, including the importance of human engagement and emotional intelligence, finance business partnership, thriving in uncertainty, strategic thinking, sustainable purpose, and techniques adapted from the tech world such as data analytics.

How you study

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

Online sessions and programme assessments are all facilitated through a virtual learning environment.

Assessment

The course is assessed through a portfolio of work: two reflective learning logs, two practical application reports, and a final capstone presentation delivered to examiners with questions from the panel.

The portfolio body of work links the concepts with real workplace issues, providing you with a tangible output that you can take back and use to advance your role and career.

CPD hours

This programme offers structured and unstructured CPD hours contact time. The exact number of hours that can be claimed as CPD will vary for each individual depending on time expended and the requirements of their professional body.