NewIntegrated Financial Reporting under IPSAS

Dates

• 26 - 30 July 2027

Workshop Overview

This two-week programme combines:

• Financial Reporting Requirements and  Good Practice
• Application of Financial Reporting to Improve Performance

Achieving an organisation’s objectives needs accurate, timely and relevant management information.  Financial reporting is a key element of providing the information that enables success.

The current environment provides both opportunities and challenges in terms of financial reporting.  We have major opportunities through the application of technology, including AI, to improve many aspects of and the insightfulness of management information.  In Finance we have the challenge of developing reporting in the context of the IPSAS and IFRS accounting standards, though these also provide opportunities to improve the financial information generated.   

This course will assist you to improve your financial reporting and make it a more effective part of wider integrated management reporting.  The course will also help you to effectively deal with the current and emerging requirements under IPSAS and IFRS, including these regarding sustainability.

Week one of the programme examines the application of the standards and the generation of financial information to ensure internal and external:

• Compliance under IPSAS or IFRS
• Accountability and transparency
• Effective performance management

Week two looks at how we can integrate financial reporting with the wider reporting regime and generate reporting that assists in improving the ability to achieve the objectives set for the organisation.  This will include the application of technology, report presentation and generating information on major areas including assets, people and revenue generation. 

On completion you will be able to:

• Understand application and reporting requirements of IPSAS and IFRS
• Identify the improvements in financial management that can be achieved through effective application of the standards
• Improve the quality and timeliness of internal decision-making
• Link financial information more clearly to outcomes or delivery objectives
• Integrate financial and non-financial reporting (including sustainability)
• Improve the financial reports you produce
• Identify approaches to integrate financial and other management information to assist in the achievement of organisational objectives
• Consider the use of technology to improve the analysis and presentation of financial information
• Appreciate the importance and application of the sustainability reporting standards

Key Topics

• Features of effective financial reporting
• Key elements of IPSAS/IFRS compliance
• External financial reporting including annual reports
• Preparing high quality financial reports
• Major areas of application of IPSAS/IFRS
  • Asset management,
  • Human resource
  • Investments and debt
  • Sustainability
• Information for decision making including business case development
• Integrated management reporting in the context of the achievement of the organisation’s set objectives
• Application of the latest technology including AI to improve information provision