CIBA

You qualified in finance. You still can't get hired.

Every advert wants experience. No employer will give it. And you have no professional title to prove what you can already do. That trap stops careers before they start.

𝗖𝗜𝗕𝗔 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗧 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁. 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲.

This 12-month programme builds the exact skills a finance department needs, while you work towards the Chartered Financial Administrator (CFAdmin) designation, a professional title employers recognise.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀:
✅ Free. Fully funded by FASSET. No stipend, because this is a designation pathway, not a placement.
✅ 100% online, around six hours a week
✅ Starts August 2026
✅ Applications close 29 June 2026

You can apply if you:
1️⃣ Hold an NQF 6 finance qualification (Diploma in Accountancy or N6)
2️⃣ Are a South African citizen, currently unemployed
3️⃣ Are not on any FASSET grant
4️⃣ Do not already hold a CIBA designation

No work experience needed. At the end you write the CFAdmin professional evaluation and earn the title. CIBA then adds a free one-year subscription to the Chartered Financial Management (CFM) designation.

This is how a finance career actually starts, and how the business that hires you gets someone who keeps it compliant and helps it grow.

Apply before 29 June 2026: https://cpd.myciba.org/cfa-skills-development-programme-2026/

Three CPD sessions next week. Three very different ways to protect your clients and your income.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝘂𝗽: 👇
1️⃣ 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽 (𝟯𝟬 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲)
undefinedWhen a business fails, security decides who gets paid and who loses. Heynes Kotze on secured vs unsecured debt, priority of claims and enforcement realities.

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸: https://cpd.myciba.org/product/law-of-security-when-debt-needs-backup/

2️⃣ 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 (𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆)
In agriculture, one funding decision can save a season or break it. Leana van der Merwe on funding structures, grant conditions, cash flow timing and Agri risk.

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸: https://cpd.myciba.org/product/farming-on-thin-margins-funding-grants-and-risk-that-can-make-or-break-a-season/

3️⃣ 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 (𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆)
Most accountants are not underpaid for lack of skill. They negotiate badly. Nosheena Mansoor on under-pricing, scope creep and agreements that hold.

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸: https://cpd.myciba.org/product/negotiation-mistakes-that-cost-professionals-money-control-and-respect/

Each session is 2 CPD units, 14:00, R230 VAT incl.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗥𝟯 𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵?

They're costing you six hours of resentful admin, a F**A compliance gap you can't explain, and WhatsApp messages that put your professional judgment in writing.

Every month you keep them, the exposure gets deeper.

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀:

🔴 The F**A ghost won't verify, won't respond, won't cooperate. Their gap is your gap. The FIC inspects your systems, not your excuses.

🔴 The pressure merchant "𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚" You bend once. The requests don't stop. When it goes wrong, you carry it alone.

🔴 The chronic non-payer not just a cash flow problem. A client you resent is a client whose work you're not doing at your best.

Walking away is a professional act. Doing it badly is a professional risk.

The full five-step exit, including the STR obligation most practitioners don't know about, is on Accounting Weekly. This one is worth reading before you need it.

👇 https://www.accountingweekly.com/practice-management/the-client-you-keep-is-the-risk-you-own