Public Financial Management: Budgeting, Execution & Fiscal Reporting
Public money carries a double duty — to be spent well and to be seen to be spent well — and the second duty is what public financial management exists to prove.
Format
Classroom · Virtual
Upcoming sessions
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Between a national budget speech and a school actually built runs a machinery most citizens never see: budget preparation, appropriation, commitment control, cash management, procurement interfaces and fiscal reporting. This programme trains that machinery for the officials who run it — credible budget preparation linked to plans and honest revenue forecasts; execution with commitment and cash controls that prevent arrears rather than record them; IPSAS-aligned fiscal reporting; and the accountability chain — internal audit, supreme audit institutions and the public accounts committee — engaged as the system working, not the enemy arriving.
What you will do
Who attends
Ministry of finance and line-ministry budget staff; treasury and accountant-general teams; state-owned enterprise finance officers; auditors and oversight staff; development partners’ PFM specialists.
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.The budget, prepared
- From plan to ceiling to line: a budget that means something
- Revenue forecasting without optimism — the credibility test
- Programme budgeting honestly applied, not relabelled
II.The budget, executed
- Commitment control: stopping arrears before they are incurred
- Cash management and the treasury single account in practice
- In-year adjustment: virement, supplementary budgets, discipline kept
III.Accounted for
- Fiscal reporting: IPSAS-aligned statements and what they reveal
- The audit chain: internal audit, the SAI, the public accounts committee
- PFM reform that sticks: sequencing, ownership, the politics admitted
Frequently asked
Who should attend public financial management training?
The programme is designed for ministry of finance and line-ministry budget staff, treasury and accountant-general teams, finance officers of state-owned enterprises, auditors and oversight staff, and development partners’ PFM specialists. It suits officials who run the machinery between the budget speech and actual delivery.
What does the course cover across the budget cycle?
It works the full cycle: budget preparation linked to plans and honest revenue forecasts; execution with commitment and cash controls that prevent arrears rather than record them; IPSAS-aligned fiscal reporting; and the accountability chain — internal audit, the supreme audit institution and the public accounts committee. The course is professional training, not legal or regulatory advice.
Is the programme available in French or as an in-house edition?
Yes. BIZENIUS delivers the programme in English and French, and a tailored in-house edition can be built around your ministry’s or institution’s own budget cycle. Sessions run on a rolling calendar with dates confirmed on request; fees and quotations are provided on enquiry.
Who teaches this
Practitioners, not presenters.
Led by practitioners who have carried governance, risk and compliance accountability themselves: chief risk officers and heads of enterprise risk, heads of financial-crime compliance and certified anti-money-laundering specialists, internal-audit leaders and directors who sit on the committees these programmes prepare you for. Several hold current seats; all advise institutions under supervision between cohorts.
What the bench brings
- Corporate governance and board practice
- Board induction, effectiveness and committee work
- Risk oversight and risk appetite at board level
- Compliance, financial crime and senior accountability
- IFRS 9 impairment and expected credit loss models
- Financial-instrument accounting and hedge accounting
Where they have practised
Current and former practitioners — people who hold the seat today alongside those who have held it.
Sectors: Banking & financial services · Professional services · Government & public sector · Insurance
Regions: Africa · the Middle East · Europe · Asia · the Americas
How they teach
- Board-pack and committee case work
- Chaired role plays and committee exercises
- Group discussion of real incidents and findings
- Self-assessments against supervisory expectations
- Knowledge checks and a personal action plan
Cohorts are kept small so every exercise is worked on the participants’ own situations — in person or live virtual.
The faculty profile for your cohort is sent with the full agenda and the next dates when you enquire.Request brochure →
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In their words
Knowledge transfer, emphasised throughout
“We worked with BIZENIUS for our Fresh Graduates Programme — they are simply amazing. Knowledge transfer and practical learning were emphasised throughout.”
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