Translate CMA internal control topics into practical governance and control patterns for planning and performance work.
🧠 Control mindset: Understand how internal control frameworks apply to planning, reporting and analytics, not just audits.
🤝 Cross team trust: Work better with audit, IT and operations when designing or testing controls around financial processes.
🛡️ Risk and resilience: Support frameworks that reduce errors, fraud risk and process downtime in budgeting and performance loops.
Controllers and finance managers designing and testing internal controls around planning, budgeting and reporting data flows.
FP&A or performance leads and CMA candidates involved in governance, policy and control discussions with audit or IT.
Knowledge: Familiarity with core financial processes (close, planning, reporting) and basic control concepts.
Tools: Access to process documentation, control matrices or system diagrams where available; CMA approved calculator as needed.
Describe internal control frameworks and governance roles relevant to planning and reporting.
Evaluate control designs and testing approaches for key finance processes.
Identify system control weaknesses and recommend remediation steps.
Integrate control considerations into planning, budgeting and performance frameworks.
Eligibility: currently not eligible
Watch time: about 2.5 hours
Total learning: about 5 hours
Estimated credits: 3.0