Categories Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting - Financial and cost accounting
- Interim and annual financial reporting
- Internal control and financial auditing
Budgeting and Financial Planning
- Operating and capital budgeting
- Financial forecasting
- Multi-year budgeting
- Long-range financial planning
- Revenue and cost analysis
- Fiscal trend monitoring
Capital Finance and Debt Administration
- Capital financing techniques such as municipal bonds and lease-financing
- Debt planning, issuance, and control
- Creative uses of debt finance
Economic Development and Capital Planning
- Projects that have been completed and show a positive demonstrated economic impact
- Economic development planning, policies, and procedures that provide groundwork for future economic development initiatives
e-Government and Technology
- Citizen portals and links to back-office systems
- Constituent relationship management
- E-commerce and e-procurement
- Inter-jurisdictional cooperation on systems
- Data warehousing and business intelligence
- Technology for budgeting
- Innovative system procurement and contracting methods
- Implementation methodology
- Change management programs (e.g., training, end-user documentation)
Management and Service Delivery
- Innovative service delivery (e.g., privatization, vouchers, franchises)
- Purchasing, risk management, and grants administration
- Quality and productivity tools relevant to finance officers
- Performance measurement
Pensions and Benefits
- Retirement and health benefits and other employment and postemployment benefits such as family leave, childcare, and wellness programs
Treasury and Investment Management - Public funds investing policies and practices
- Cash forecasting, monitoring, and control
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