CIPFA and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants have today announced a new fast-track path for qualified CIPFA members to enhance their qualification and gain full CIMA membership.
The gap between demands on the NHS and the finances to pay for it is widening. Can getting financial and clinical staff to think as a team help to bridge it?
The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) has named Matthew Vickerstaff as its deputy chief executive and the new role of head of the project finance profession within government.
Applicants for interim roles – whether providing specialist expertise or covering a vacant post – need certain qualities to succeed and even leave a legacy
Donna Herdsman’s varied career has taken her from CIPFA training in local government to the top of the tech industry. She shares her story and why diversity and inclusion is good for business
County and metropolitan councils have been the biggest losers from the switch away from grants to 50% local business rates retention, according to Institute for Fiscal Studies research for the Local...
Amid funding pressures across the service, NHS Future-Focused Finance has developed a ‘four strengths’ framework to help finance teams and staff members develop their skills
Janet Senior, the executive director for resources and regeneration at the London Borough of Lewisham and CIPFA council member, has been appointed to the International Federation of Accountants’...
Integrated reporting can help deliver improved service outcomes at a time when austerity and tight budgets are weighing on public sector organisations across the world, according to a joint report by...
The safety/privacy balance is a hard one to strike – allowing governments to access encrypted data risks leaving security systems with as many holes as a Swiss cheese
Unprecedented spending cuts, ballooning demand and political upheaval have seen strategic priorities change rapidly in the public sector. The impact of political and economic shocks has hit finance...
Accountants must be ready to adapt to the impact of technology on the profession in the years ahead, delegates at CIPFA conference were told yesterday.
A new CIPFA and EY service for accounts closedowns will free up professional accountants in local authorities for work for which consultants may now be used, CIPFA’s annual conference in Manchester...
All parts of the public sector must assess their financial resilience following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union in order to be prepared for the consequences of Brexit, the new CIPFA...
Whether you are starting out or experienced, it pays to enhance your profile to attract employers’ attention. There are plenty of tricks to make yourself more visible
