CIMA CPD spring academy

These extremely successful two day CPD academies are now in their fifth academic year. Developed by CIMA's centre of excellence, the programme has been redesigned to help finance professionals maximise their CPD learning in a convenient and cost effective format. 

• CIMA members
• CIPFA, ACCA, ICAEW, AAT accountants
• finance and business professionals
• anyone with an interest in developing business knowledge.

The academy runs over two days, 19-20 March 2012.

The content of the two days has been designed to cover a variety of different areas, all of which count towards or even fulfil your annual CPD development.

Sessions will include:

• producing a good business case 
• ethics: cost or return
• IFRS update and important recent developments
• networking know how
• business intelligence / shared services
• tools and techniques to uncover fraud, corruption and unethical business behaviour.

Gillian Butler is a graduate of the Dundee Institute of Technology and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Her previous career was with Coopers and Lybrand, before becoming a lecturer in higher education and a consultant. She joined CIMA in October 2006 as learning and development specialist based in CIMA’s Professional Development Products and Services Department.

Tanya Barman is the Head of Ethics at CIMA. Tanya is responsible for CIMA’s ethics and the business policy strategy and programme for its members and students. Prior roles have included a focus on responsible business, anti-corruption and organisation development in both commercial and non-profit organisations in UK, USA, South Africa and South Asia. She has an academic background in International Relations and Development and is CIPD qualified.
 
Clare Haynes, Wildfire holds a degree in psychology and a post-graduate diploma in marketing and diplomas in performance, neuro-linguistic programming and coaching. Her career spans television, sport, charity and the social sectors. Working on organisation restructuring and start-ups, Clare has worked broadly in team development and in helping directors and CEOs achieve success. Clare specialises in helping people in developing their talent!

Nigel Iyer BSc, MA, ACA is a partner in the Septia Group. After obtaining his university degree in 1985 and subsequently qualifying as a UK chartered accountant, Nigel worked passionately for over 20 years within the prevention, detection and investigation of fraud and corruption. 

In recent years he has specialised in helping international organisations develop strategies to ensure that ethics are fully integrated into the strategy from the top down.  He played a central role in developing the integrity health check, which is used by many organisations to ensure that ethical policies are on track as well as detect the red flags of fraud and corruption as early as possible. 

Richard Mallett gained a degree in economics from Nottingham University. He joined Boots as an economist in 1979. In 1986 he joined the Sainsbury’s group as a financial analyst and qualified as a chartered management accountant. He is also a fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Richard was appointed technical director of CIMA in 2001 with responsibility for maintaining and enhancing CIMA’s authority in management accounting and related business areas such as financial reporting, corporate governance and sustainability. Richard engaged extensively with the wider accountancy profession and, from 2001 to 2009, was technical adviser to the UK member of the professional accountants business committee of the International Federation of Accountants.

He has recently completed six months of freelance consultancy with Intangible Business, the specialist brand valuation consultancy.

Eileen Roddy is the Head of Partnerships and Registrations and located within the education directorate. She previously worked as a principal lecturer in higher education, a development manager in the national brewery sector and a consultant to high growth SMEs. Eileen was educated at Manchester University and Manchester Business School.

Professor Roland Kaye
Professor Roland Kaye is a Past President of CIMA and Dean of BPP Business School.

Day one

9.00am     Registration with tea and coffee

9.30am     Welcome and introduction
                   Gillian Butler 

9.45am    IFRS update and important recent developments
                   Eileen Roddy

                   - timetables moving forward and new standards
                   - effects on reporting practices for 2011-2012
                   - companies and sectors facing major changes.

 11.15am   Tea and coffee

11.30am   Ethics: cost or return
                   Tanya Barman

                   CIMA management accountants have an obligation to uphold professional and ethical standards and
                   are well placed to help advise and guide their colleagues and organisations in doing the right thing,
                   for the ongoing success of both the business and for wider society.
 
                   Drawing on CIMA’s code and recent CIMA research the session will explore:

                   - CIMA’s code of ethics
                   - the ethical organisation
                   - sustainability and ethics

1.00pm      Lunch

2.00pm     Producing a good business case
                   Richard Mallett

                   - how to prepare, present and gain agreement for business cases
                   - the importance of stakeholder management
                   - the valuable feedback from post completion.

3.30pm     Tea and coffee

3.45pm     Networking know how
                   Clare Haynes

                   - how networking can help you
                   - stopping your networking from not working
                   - when to network at work

                   PS Bring business cards!

5.15pm     Close of day one

Day two

9.00am     Welcome back with tea and coffee

9.30am     Insights into the future of finance and the implications for you
                   Prof. Roland Kaye

                   - relentless drive for increased efficiency
                   - better management information
                   - need for increased influential finance personnel
                   - what this means for you.

11.00am   Tea and coffee

11.15am    Tools and techniques to uncover fraud, corruption and unethical business behaviour
                    Nigel Iyer      

                   An interactive and case-based session covering:

                   - fraud and corruption - risk or reality?
                   - what are the footprints left behind in transactions and behaviour?
                   - applied ethics and the implications of recent legislation.

12.45pm    Lunch
                    (submit questions for 4.00pm session)

1.45pm      Case study: Apple Inc. in 2010
                    Gillian Butler  

3.45pm      Tea and coffee

4.00pm      Discussion and feedback

4.30pm      Close of academy