Municipal Finance for Non-Specialists
2 days|Delivered on request
Municipal Finance for Non-Specialists is built for delegates who need to be useful in this area quickly. It starts at first principles and works through asset management and intergovernmental relations without assuming prior specialist training. The programme exists because audit outcomes have become the dominant measure of municipal performance, and because capability in this area is usually built on the job with no structure behind it. Delegates leave able to work confidently with public finance management, ethics in the public service and council procedure in their own organisation.
What delegates leave able to do
- Put public finance management on a footing they can defend to a reviewer, measured against the Municipal Systems Act
- Explain ethics in the public service to someone who does not do the work
- Take ownership of council procedure rather than escalating it
- Review annual reporting and say plainly whether it is working
What the course covers
- Asset management
- Intergovernmental relations
- Public finance management
- Ethics in the public service
- Council procedure
- Annual reporting
- Supply chain compliance in government
Who should attend
- municipal managers
- departmental heads
- public sector finance officials
- internal auditors in the public sector
