INTHEBLACK July 2026 - Magazine - Page 5
Professional development
INTERDISCIPLINARY SKILLS
For accountants and finance professionals, technical expertise alone is no longer enough. A broad skill
set provides greater value to organisations in a dynamic and competitive environment, and a competitive
edge when jobseeking.
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Leading change in accounting practices
EXPLORE
This course explores the essentials of leading change
within the accounting profession, including frameworks
for managing resistance, strategies for stakeholder
communication and methods to implement sustainable
improvements. Learn how to balance regulatory
obligations with innovative practices and understand
the leadership qualities required to drive transformation.
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Sustainability essentials for financial
leaders or professionals
Offered in partnership with Quitch, this course
provides a practical introduction to the core concepts
of sustainability, explores stakeholder and regulator
expectations, and explains how ESG factors are
reshaping strategy, compliance and long-term
value creation.
with CPA Australia’s
mentoring program
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AI for Excel formulas
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are changing rapidly
and results are often inconsistent, which makes learning
how and when to use them all the more important.
In this case study, walk through multiple formula-based
tasks to help compare AI tools and establish what
prompts get the best answers.
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Member Connect
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Ethics and learnings from
financial disasters
Understand how governance and control failures
contributed to real-world financial disasters in these
6 hours of CPD. Offered in partnership with Learnsignal,
professionals will learn to describe the causes and risk
management breakdowns behind major financial
disasters, how failures in operational controls can
lead to institutional collapse, and more.
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