About the FCI System
Background
The FCI system provides
- A simple web-based system - easy to access and use
- A unique approach to assessing both underpinning knowledge and practical application in key areas of financial management and control
- A solution to ensuring financial management skills are addressed and developed within your organisation
- A value for money solution to assessing competencies, and identifying financial skills training needs
- A practical and efficient way of improving financial management and the use of resources
- An easy to use administrative system
- A free trial access to view the services on offer to users
- A system of identifying training and development needs in key areas of financial competence
- Measurable outcomes for standard setting and benchmarking
- A financial competency assessment process to assist in recruitment and selection
- Learning resources to support training and skills development
- Raised standards of financial awareness and competency
- Budget Setting
- Budget Monitoring and Control
- Finance for Non Financial Managers
- Financial Accounting Techniques
- Financial Strategy
- Business Planning
- Fraud Awareness
- Procurement
- Costing and Pricing
- Basic Maths and Statistics
FCAs currently include the following topics:
- An on-line questionnaire
- Performance scoring
- Personalised individual assessment and training needs report
- Management information on performance for the organisation (through a Systems Administrator)
Each assessment includes:
- Identifying individual and organisational training needs
- Recruitment and selection, as an objective assessment tool of competence
- Appraisals
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Setting standards for levels of financial competency required in each job role
- Evaluating effectiveness of training (comparing competency scores before and after training)
These can be used for:
- Training Material
- Exercises and solutions for each FCA subject area
- PowerPoint slides for each FCA subject area
- The ability for each user to download all of the above
Include:
- In-house trainer led training courses
- Resourcing self managed learning for each user as required
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Developing skills and abilities for staff and managers
Can be used for:
- Discounts available on six excellent public sector management titles, including:
- Managing the Devolved Budget
- Business Planning in the Public Sector
- Finance for Non Financial Public Sector Managers
Include:
- Supporting in-house training programmes
- Further reading before or after attending training
- Resourcing self managed learning
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Developing skills and abilities for staff and managers
Can be used for:
- Available in the administration system area
- An easy to use email link to ask for help
Includes:
Administration System
- Access to an easy to use administration function for the FCI System
- A system administrator logon for each subscriber organisation
- The ability to allocate user logons and control access to, and use of the system
- The ability to view results of FCAs and usage of learning resources
- The ability to produce management reports identifying average scores achieved, etc.
- The use of the email help desk
Includes:
To view screens from the administration system click here.
To view the FCI system go to Trial Access.
