• Learn the role of the CEO / Executive Director in finance 
• Learn about the ‘FAB’ Continuum to learn the specific roles and responsibilities of the Finance Director/CFO, Accountant and Bookkeeper (hint, they’re different!)
• Learn about the specific finance-related responsibilities that non-finance managers should have in their job descriptions
• Learn how to assess your current finance team job descriptions to determine if there are responsibilities and functions that are not included.

See the course outline below for the list of modules, lessons and topics.

Format

• 2 Video lessons
• Length: 1 hour total viewing time
• 3 resources/tools
• Online self-paced video lessons
• Access to the program and materials for one (1) full year from the enrolment date.

Who is this program for?

• Leaders such as CEOs, Executive Director’s, Directors of Operations, Directors of Finance of nonprofit and charitable organizations
• Leaders representing small to large nonprofit and charitable organizations
• Ready for growth: Most participants, but not all, are either CEOs/Executive Director’s or non-finance management staff that received little to no finance training but now they are in a leadership position and realize that they need to strengthen their financial leadership skills.
• Ready to Expand their knowledge: Many participants are Executive Directors, Non-Finance Directors/Managers and Finance Staff that were never trained to understand the full breadth of finance responsibilities both non-finance and finance staff positions are required to fulfill
• Confident and Satisfied: Nonprofit Finance participants are thrilled that someone like them developed nonprofit finance training programs specifically for them and can’t wait to get started
• Certificate: Individuals that want a certificate of completion to show funders, donors and their board of director’s or their Executive Director that they have invested in themselves and their knowledge in nonprofit finance

Why take this course?

• Maybe you were placed in a leadership role or a finance position without enough training in finance 
• Maybe you want to understand the difference between finance, accounting and bookkeeping roles and assess where the gaps in the organization’s finance job functions exist. 
• Maybe you are unclear what finance responsibilities non-finance staff members should have; 
• Maybe you have sacrificed professional development dollars for program staff and now realize that you need professional development too!; 
• Maybe you are thinking that you just don’t know enough about what each role is supposed to do and need someone to clarify the scope of responsibilities by type of position for you;

What is the curriculum?

Lessons

1. The FAB Continuum – Understanding Finance, Accounting and Bookkeeping Functions
2. Finance Roles for Non-Finance Management Positions

Tools – Resources – Guides Included

1. 3 Position Profiles: Finance, Accounting and Bookkeeper Positions
2. Guide: How to Assess Finance, Accounting and Bookkeeping Functions (provides a list of job functions for the FAB roles and an assessment tool to help you assess the gaps that might exist in your current finance team 
3. The Finance Accounting Bookkeeping “FAB” Continuum Competencies – RASCI worksheet – provides an overview of job functions across the continuum

Oh…and you also get access to the lessons and the resources for one year from your enrolment date 🙂

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