2025-26 Update: CFO Issues

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Stay ahead of the curve by understanding the key trends and challenges facing CFOs today. This course explores forecasting, agility, AI, ethics and more.

£100 +VAT

4 CPD hours

120 days’ access

Use ACPD101 for 10% off any purchase.

2025-26 Update: CFO Issues

£100 +VAT

4 CPD hours 120 days’ access
Use ACPD101 for 10% off any purchase.

2025-26 Update: CFO Issues

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This course will enable you to

  • Discuss the latest economic, political, social and technology trends
  • Use forecasting methods to answer questions about risk and uncertainty
  • Increase the agility of your approach to governance and risk management
  • Operate AI systems fairly, transparently and in alignment with professional standards

About the course

Finance leaders today face a constantly shifting landscape. From global political instability and economic uncertainty to evolving technologies and ESG pressures, CFOs must keep pace with complex challenges – and respond with clarity, agility, and integrity.

This course explores the most pressing issues impacting CFOs and finance leaders. You’ll begin with a global PEST analysis to identify short-term political, economic, social, and technological trends. From there, you’ll examine practical challenges around forecasting in uncertain times, increasing the agility of governance and risk management, and applying ethical principles to the use of AI within your organisation.

This course will give you the insight and confidence to lead through complexity, manage risk proactively, and uphold the integrity and trust central to the accounting profession.

Contents

Global trends

PEST analysis
Overview
Political factors
Recent elections
Economic factors
Debt and tarrifs
Social factors
Environmental, Social, and Governance
Technological factors

Planning for uncertainty

Forecasting is not compulsory
When to forecast
Building forecast models
Keeping danger at bay
Scenario management
Dealing with risk
Key performance indicators
Decision-making
Making mistakes
Long-term forecasts

Governance and risk

Risk management issues
The governance balance
Keeping control
The illusion of control
Risk and control tactics
Test and adapt
Control without reports

AI and ethics

Ethical concepts and AI
Frameworks and principles for AI
When to use AI
The danger of bias
Assessing the risks
Accountability
Taking responsibility
Building trust in AI
Incorporating ethics into AI tools
AI ethics committees

How it works

Author

accountingcpd

This course has been written by the accountingcpd author team.