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The CBA Standards as typeset editions, with practice notes on applying them to specific work. Free to download, print and cite, for personal study and within any organisation.
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The CBA Standards
Each edition sets out a discipline’s domains and their weighting, the learning objectives a competent practitioner meets, the level at which it is certified, and a glossary of the field’s terms. Each carries its version number and a citation for use in job descriptions, course specifications and development plans.
Finance
Financial Modelling & Analysis with AI
Version 7.1 · 11 pages · 239 KB
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FP&A Professional
Version 7.4 · 11 pages · 232 KB
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Accounting Manager
Version 8.1 · 11 pages · 227 KB
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IFRS Specialist
Version 7.3 · 11 pages · 237 KB
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AI-Driven Management Professional
Version 6.0 · 13 pages · 270 KB
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Operations Manager
Version 8.0 · 13 pages · 277 KB
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Procurement & Supply Manager
Version 7.2 · 13 pages · 275 KB
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Compliance & Risk Professional
Version 7.1 · 13 pages · 268 KB
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Digital Marketing Professional
Version 1.0 · 13 pages · 285 KB
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AI Governance Professional
Version 6.1 · 11 pages · 231 KB
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Artificial Intelligence Professional
Version 6.2 · 11 pages · 233 KB
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Data Analytics Professional
Version 7.0 · 11 pages · 231 KB
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Generative AI Practitioner
Version 6.0 · 11 pages · 227 KB
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Practice notes
Longer guidance on applying the standards to one specific piece of work, step by step, with the common pitfalls and a checklist. Each is written alongside a working template from the practitioner toolkits.
Finance
Building a driver-based rolling forecast
How to design, build and run a rolling forecast that is driven by the operational quantities behind the numbers, kept separate from the budget, and measured for accuracy.
Accounting
Designing a faster month-end close
A method for shortening the month-end close by redesigning it rather than rushing it: mapping the work, moving it before period-end, setting materiality in advance and protecting the review.
Management
Evaluating supplier bids
A method for evaluating competitive bids that is fair, defensible and focused on value: criteria and weightings set in advance, total cost of ownership, independent scoring and a recorded rationale.
Technology
Establishing an AI system inventory
How to find, record and classify the AI systems an organisation uses, assign owners and proportionate controls, and keep the inventory current as the foundation of AI governance.
Practitioner toolkits
Working templates for the tasks the standards describe, with live formulas and a guide to each.
Glossary
The terms used across the four fields, defined as CBA uses them and cross-referenced.
Self-assessment
Rate yourself against every learning objective in a standard and see where the gaps are.