NonProfit Company SAQA recognized professional body for financial
Non-Profit Company SAQA recognized professional body for financial Management in the public sector.
CIGFARO - Vehicle of Choice Why choose CIGFARO as your vehicle of choice? We embody Professionalism in the areas of competence, work practices, ethos, behaviour and attitudes typically displayed by members of such a body.
CIGFARO - Vehicle of Choice Vision: ü To be the recognised statutory professional body for the development, regulation and promotion of finance and governance practitioners in the public sector. ü To preserve and maintain the integrity and status of the Profession. ü To determine the eligibility criteria for membership of the body. ü To determine the entry requirements for student. ü To promote the education, training and certification of Accountants
CIGFARO History ü 1929 – IMTA Institute Municipal Treasurers and Accountants ü 1998 – IMFO Institute Municipal Finance Officers ü 2016 – CIGFARO Chartered Institute of Government Finance, Audit & Risk Officers
WHY CHARTERED? ü Repositioning the Profession to provide more on PFM ü Professionalising FM = greater impact on Service Delivery ü Robust Assessment Criteria = New certification ü New Premier designations = enhance status ü Enhance & Enforce Code of Conduct ü Mandatory professional Registration (CFOs, CAEs & CROs)
Service Offering ü Membership ü Training ü CIGFARO Journal (Quarterly) ü CIGFARO Newsletter (Monthly) ü National Workshops and Seminars v CIGFARO Audit & Risk Indaba; v CIGFARO Public Sector Finance GRAP Seminar; v CIGFARO Annual Conference ü Provincial Branch Workshops and Seminars ü Project Management Services / Stakeholder Relations § Capacity-building programs administered on behalf of the LG SETA, finance institutions and other private companies
Designations Previously Student (SIMFO) New Student (Student-CIGFARO) Registered Government Finance Practitioner (RGFP) Junior (JIMFO) Registered Government Internal Auditor (RGIA) Registered Government Risk Practitioner (RGRP) Registered Government Finance Technician (RGFT) Licentiate (LIMFO) Registered Government Internal Audit Technician (RGIAT) Registered Government Risk Technician (RGRT) Professional Government Finance Officer (PGFO) Associate (AIMFO) Professional Government Internal Auditor (PGIA) Professional Government Risk Officer (PGRO) Senior Associate (SAIMFO) Chartered Government Finance Officer (CGFO) Chartered Government Internal Auditor (CGIA) General (GIMFO) Affiliate (Affiliate-CIGFARO)
Professionalism ” Professionalism: It's NOT the job you DO, It's HOW you DO the job” We commit to: • Rebuild not restructure • Professionalise, not politicise • Financial viability, not financial favours • Standardise, not customise/proliferate • Under promise, over deliver • Responsibility that requires authority • Manage, not being managed • Consider short-, medium- and long-term solutions You won’t regret it!!!!
Limpopo has 176 members of which 27 have migrated, 139 members will loose their membership. The old designation will be suspended as from 31 March 2020. Members that have not migrated and paid their membership fees will be terminated. To re-apply you will have to pay outstanding and apply as new member as per the requirements set-out for new designations.
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