Cost Accounting in the Public Sector

Finance and Accounting|3 days|Classroom or live online

Cost Accounting in the Public Sector takes the discipline and works it through the constraints of this operating context, including working capital management, lease accounting and the compliance obligations that come with it. The sector framing is necessary because reporting standards keep moving and finance teams carry the consequence of getting them wrong, and generic training rarely survives contact with the local rules. Delegates leave able to work confidently with audit readiness, financial statement preparation and cost allocation in their own organisation.

What delegates leave able to do

Improve audit readiness within their own organisation, measured against GRAP for public entities
Explain financial statement preparation to someone who does not do the work
Make a decision about cost allocation without waiting for a specialist
Bring impairment testing into line with current good practice

What the course covers

Working capital management
Lease accounting
Audit readiness
Financial statement preparation
Cost allocation
Impairment testing
Management accounting

Who should attend

finance business partners
CFOs and finance directors
audit committee members
internal auditors

Fees

South Africa	R13 000
Elsewhere in Africa and the Gulf	USD 1 500
Live online	USD 900

Per delegate, for the full 3 days. Covers tuition, course materials and refreshments. Excludes travel and accommodation. South African courses carry VAT at 15%; on deliveries outside South Africa the VAT position is confirmed on the quotation, because it depends on where your organisation is registered.

Scheduled dates

2 to 4 Nov 2026	Lusaka	USD 1 500
18 to 20 Jan 2027	Accra	USD 1 500
1 to 3 Mar 2027	Windhoek	USD 1 500
5 to 7 Apr 2027	Online	USD 900
10 to 12 May 2027	Johannesburg	R13 000
14 to 16 Jun 2027	Pretoria	R13 000
19 to 21 Jul 2027	Accra	USD 1 500
30 Aug to 1 Sep 2027	Cape Town	R13 000
4 to 6 Oct 2027	Johannesburg	R13 000
8 to 10 Nov 2027	Windhoek	USD 1 500

Dates are the published schedule at the time this page was printed. We also run this programme on request, and in-house for a full team.

How to book

Call 069 221 6943 or email info@isptrainings.co.za with the date and the number of delegates. We reply with a written quotation and an invoice. A registration is not a confirmed booking until we confirm it in writing.

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