CFO Programme 26/27

  • CFOs - Chief Financial Officers Programme

Delivered by ICAEW, this programme will support you to become more effective as strategic business partner within an organisation and work better with your peers to drive strategy forward.

Who is this for?

This programme is open to Finance Directors and Chief Finance Officers.

Programme structure

The programme consists:

  • online e-learning
  • a residential
  • 1-2-1 coaching

What will you gain?

Delivered by ICAEW, this programme will support you to become more effective as strategic business partner within an organisation and work better with your peers to drive strategy forward.

CORE LEARNINGS

Strengthen capability to lead and sustain transformation, using structured change approaches that build momentum, reduce risk and deliver measurable improvement across the organisation.

Develop the confidence and judgement to act as a strategic partner, providing direction, commercial insight and balanced challenge to CEOs, executives and senior stakeholders.

Build a commercial outlook grounded in the FE business and college context, enabling CFOs to support profitable growth and make informed, forward‑looking financial decisions.

Create a finance function that is sustainable, future‑focused and able to support organisational priorities, manage risk effectively and contribute to long‑term institutional resilience.

Enhance influencing skills and relationship‑building capability to support balanced, productive partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in demanding and fast‑moving environments.

Develop the ability to challenge and influence CEOs and senior stakeholders, verbally and non‑verbally, ensuring decisions are commercially grounded, strategically aligned and well‑balanced.

Course fees and Fully Funded Places

For Department for Education (DfE)-funded courses, a limited number of fully funded places are available to participants. These places are offered to support greater diversity in access to high-quality CPD.

For Department for Education (DfE)-funded courses, a limited number of fully funded places are available to participants.

These places are offered to support greater diversity in access to high-quality CPD. To qualify, participants must either:

• consider themselves to have a disability; or

• come from a Black or minority ethnic community.

Eligible participants can claim their place via the booking form below. Complete the form and select your eligibility option. A member of the team will be in touch to confirm your place and booking. 

If you do not qualify for a fully funded place, full course fee per participant is £570.

Book places now

View all available cohorts, dates and booking deadlines below. Simply click the relevant date and follow the instructions to book a place for you and/or your team.

If you require an invoice for any payment please contact enquiries@etfoundation.co.uk with your request.

February 2027 cohort

Starts: 4 February 2027

Booking deadline: 28 January 2027

Hear about future dates

Please complete our expression of interest form and we will get in touch as soon as new dates are released.

Need more support with your booking?

If you have any other questions regarding payment or booking, please contact:

T: 0800 0831 830 
E: enquiries@etfoundation.co.uk

Or if you want to talk to us more about your organisation's needs or can't see a suitable date, please fill in our short form and a member of the team will be in touch.

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