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As uncertainty continues in the global and local economy, the role of finance leaders within companies is becoming increasingly critical. BMI, Turkey's business school, announced that it will train the leading CFOs of the future with the Strategic Financial Leadership Certificate Programme to be held between 21 September and 27 October. The programme aims to prepare professionals with experience in financial management for the CFO role.

The future of the global economy, increasing interest and inflation rates continue to deeply affect the business world and trade. While making financial strategies more agile and sustainable is on the agenda of many companies this year, the role of finance leaders within the organisation is becoming increasingly critical. This is based on the fact that CFOs (Chief Financial Officers) undertake financial management with critical tasks such as managing cash flow, evaluating resources and making the right decisions to protect the financial health of businesses, especially in times of such economic fluctuations. The Business Management Institute (BMI) Business School, which organises training programmes to bring individuals who make a difference to the business world and enable professionals to achieve their goals, announced that it will train the leading CFOs of the future with the Strategic Financial Leadership Certificate Programme to be held only on weekends between 21 September and 27 October.

60 hours of training for CFO candidates

BMI Business School Istanbul General Manager Hasan Altunkaya stated that they will prepare professionals who aim to have experience in financial management and develop their career in this field for the CFO role with the training programme and said, ‘CFOs, who hold the financial steering wheel of a company, secure both the present and the future of their organisations thanks to their expertise, strategic thinking skills and experience in risk management. We took action to prepare CFOs, who play such a crucial role for the business world, for leadership. We have created a certified training programme in order to provide the business world with CFOs who have leader skills and competence’, and shared the details of the programme.

The Strategic Financial Leadership (CFO) Certificate Programme, which will be held face-to-face for 8 days and online for 2 days at Le Meridien Istanbul Etiler, will last 60 hours in total. Professionals who have at least 7 years of experience in finance, accounting, budget, audit, tax and similar fields, who work as a middle-senior level manager in their institutions or who are nominated as manager candidates will be accepted to the programme. Participants in the programme, which covers the technical knowledge, social skills and leadership competencies that a CFO should have, will have the opportunity to improve themselves in the areas of effective financial management, strategic thinking and visionary leadership. They will work with valuable experts and academicians in the fields of economics, financial management, accounting, auditing and taxation in Turkey. Through coaching and experience transfer sessions with the leading CFOs, finance managers and management consultants of the sector, they will analyse current and successful examples. They will acquire knowledge and competences that can be applied in practice.

Those who successfully complete the training will receive an official certificate

According to the information obtained from Hasan Altunkaya, General Manager of BMI Business School Istanbul, who stated that the participants will gain up-to-date information on strategic financial analysis, reporting and planning techniques within the scope of the training, those who fulfil the 70% attendance requirement and are successful in the exam held at the end of the programme will be entitled to receive the ‘Strategic Financial Leadership’ certificate. At the same time, programme graduates will be accepted as members of the BMI Alumni Community exclusive to Executive Education programme participants. Thus, they will be able to benefit from workshops, seminars and events organised exclusively for community members free of charge.

The next term of the programme will start in February.

Underlining that an interactive virtual classroom environment will be created with question-answer and discussion sections in their programmes, BMI Business School Istanbul General Manager Hasan Altunkaya concluded his words as follows:

‘We will hold the next term of our programme, in which we will train the equipped CFOs of the future, in February 2025. The fact that we have already determined next year's calendar is an indicator of our determination to bring equipped leaders to the business world. In fact, with our 20 years of experience, we have completed more than 800 certified training programmes so far and graduated more than 12 thousand participants. As Turkey's leading business school, in the light of this success, we will continue to organise qualified programmes in the future by continuing to support our trainings with international collaborations.’