Advanced Public Finance Management

Advanced Public Finance Management focuses on how the public sector and its entities of various kinds make the best use of the vast resources entrusted to them in creating public value. Public sector accounting is a core body of knowledge supporting financial management. The purpose of this course is to impart public sector financial management skills necessary to function in public sector environments of low to medium complexity and low uncertainty. The course addresses governance and decision-making processes; government budgeting and planning; government financial reporting; financial analysis of government and not-for-profit programs; and public sector auditing.