How long does this certification take?

The programme takes 11 Weeks and can be completed self-paced or with live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications carry CPD credits and are internationally recognised.

What level is this certification?

This is a Advanced Level certification.

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What is included in the fee?

All study materials, study guide, examination, digital certificate and badge. Live option adds tutor sessions and priority support.

Certified Tax Planning and Compliance Professional in Fiji

Executive Summary

Certified Tax Planning and Compliance Professional

Designed for today’s high-impact professionals, the Certified Tax Planning and Compliance Professional (CTAX) delivers a rigorous Advanced-level curriculum that equips participants with the knowledge, tools and frameworks needed to excel in financial management, accounting, budgeting and financial analysis.

This 11 Weeks programme is structured around IFRS, GAAP and recognised financial management and reporting standards, ensuring every graduate applies internationally validated methods to real-world challenges.

GLI’s CTAX holders are recognised by leading organisations across Africa, the Gulf, Europe and the Americas as qualified, results-driven professionals. Whether you are advancing your current career or transitioning into new responsibilities, this certification provides the competitive edge you need in 2026 and beyond.

Programme Overview

Certification at a Glance

Certification

Certified Tax Planning and Compliance Professional

Acronym

CTAX

Who Should Enrol?

Finance Officers and Accountants
Budget and Cost Analysts
Finance Managers and Controllers
Auditors and Financial Analysts

Programme Inclusions

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

All study materials and study guide
Access to GLI online learning portal
Online examination and assessment
Digital certificate and digital badge
Physical certificate (shipped to you)
CPD credits for professional bodies
GLI alumni network membership
Facilitator and tutor support
Resource downloads and reference library
Automatic enrolment confirmation

Certification Benefits

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Career Advancement

Accelerate your career towards senior finance, controller and CFO roles

Professional Recognition

Credential aligned with IFRS, GAAP and recognised financial management and reporting standards

Leadership Capability

Develop the strategic and operational skills to lead complex financial management functions

Organisational Impact

Design and implement financial management systems that drive performance and measurable results

Compliance Readiness

Master the standards, compliance and ethical governance central to financial management

Global Employability

Qualify for financial management roles across corporates, banks, NGOs and public-sector organisations worldwide

Competency Framework

Core Competencies You Will Develop

✦Financial Accounting, Reporting and Analysis

✦Budgeting, Planning and Cost Control

✦Corporate Finance, Investment and Valuation

✦Treasury, Working Capital and Cash Management

✦Financial Controls, Audit and Governance

✦Professional Ethics and Governance

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

Click any module to explore the detailed curriculum topics included in this certification.

Foundations and Strategic Context of Certified Tax Planning and Compliance Professional

Certified Tax Planning and Compliance Professional: industry context, trends and professional standards
The role of finance in organisations and value creation
Financial, management and cost accounting distinguished
The finance operating model and business partnering
Accounting concepts, principles and the regulatory landscape
Financial statements and the accounting equation
Stakeholders and users of financial information
Ethics and professional standards in finance
Corporate objectives and shareholder value
The finance function and digital transformation
Building a finance career and professional development

Planning, Budgeting and Provision

Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
Accrual accounting and the profit-cash gap
Investment appraisal and the cost of capital
SME and relationship lending in practice
Reading financial statements as a manager
Internal control and the fraud triangle
Audit evidence, sampling and professional scepticism
Credit assessment and the five Cs
Expected credit loss and portfolio quality
AML, KYC and financial crime prevention
Treasury, liquidity and currency exposure
Financial regulation and prudential supervision
Financial inclusion and serving underbanked markets
Working capital and the cash conversion cycle
Costing methods and relevant cost for decisions

Control Over Tax Processes

Internal control and the fraud triangle
Audit evidence, sampling and professional scepticism
Financial regulation and prudential supervision
Payables, procurement controls and supplier fraud
Payroll, statutory deductions and employment cost
Tax compliance and the tax risk agenda
Applying reporting standards and accounting judgement
Digital finance, mobile money and payment operations
Insurance, risk transfer and retained risk
The finance function, month-end close and reporting cycle
Financial modelling and forecasting discipline
Receivables, collections and credit control

Cross-Border and Currency Matters

Treasury, liquidity and currency exposure
Financial regulation and prudential supervision
Investment appraisal and the cost of capital

Accounting Basis and Tax

Accrual accounting and the profit-cash gap
Reading financial statements as a manager
Financial regulation and prudential supervision

Records, Evidence and Audit

Audit evidence, sampling and professional scepticism
Internal control and the fraud triangle
Reading financial statements as a manager

Compliance and Regulatory Duty

Financial regulation and prudential supervision
AML, KYC and financial crime prevention
Internal control and the fraud triangle

People and Development

Virtual and distributed teams
Team leadership and motivation
Leading project teams
Team development and effectiveness
Coaching and developing team members
Managing virtual and cross-cultural teams
Building high-performing project teams
Your one-year professional development trajectory
Sales enablement and coaching
Team leadership in sales and marketing
Version control and collaborative development
Team leadership in technology
Analytical techniques and bias
The working alliance and coaching presence
The boundary between coaching and therapy

Communication

Professional portfolio and presentation
Presentation and public-speaking skills
Language and communication training
Setting and communicating strategic direction
The strategic narrative
Investor relations and market communication
Presenting financial information clearly
Crisis and reputation communication
Communication strategy in change programmes
Communicating and reporting to leadership
Professional presentation and defence
Presenting risk and recommendations
Communication during crises
Presenting and demonstrating
Communications and coordination

Stakeholders and Clients

Diagnosing client problems before prescribing solutions
Ethics and independence in advisory relationships
The project environment and stakeholders
Stakeholder and sponsor management
Stakeholder rights and fair treatment
Delivery, quality and stakeholder plan
Stakeholder identification and analysis
Stakeholder engagement strategy
Managing expectations and influence
Negotiation and conflict management
Building project relationships
Partnership building and multi-stakeholder platforms
Relationship management and retention
Stakeholder mapping and collaboration
Influencing and presenting insights

Markets and Customers

Pricing, promotions and markdowns in retail
Customer loyalty and repeat purchase in retail
Integrated and sustainability reporting
Telecom products, tariffs and customer lifecycles
Creating content that performs: formats, hooks and production
Pricing, value articulation and professional fees
Market analysis and environmental scanning
Customer personas and insight
Product and portfolio strategy
Go-to-market and channel strategy
The marketing concept and customer orientation
Brand strategy, identity and architecture
Brand equity and positioning
Brand guidelines and consistency
Measuring brand health

Technology and Systems

Marketing technology stack
CRM and marketing automation platforms
Reporting quality and governance
Scaling technologies and business models
Forecasting and planning
Digital and market transformation
Digital advisory, e-extension and mobile services
Traceability, recall and quality assurance systems
Quality management systems and audits
Digital and self-service transformation
Closed-loop feedback systems
Digital permits and inspections
Automation and safety technology
Data visualisation for finance
Digital transformation and IT strategy

Strategic Context

Communicating financial results
Customer service and CX strategy
Sustaining strategic customer focus
Customer experience strategy
Communications strategy and planning
Category management and strategy
Competitive bidding processes
Financial inclusion strategy
Strategic analysis: PESTLE, SWOT and Porter’s Five Forces
Learning strategy and business alignment
Real options and strategic investment
Sourcing strategies and portfolio (Kraljic)
Negotiation strategy and planning
Strategic customer relationships
Manufacturing strategies: make-to-stock, make-to-order and batch versus flow

Projects and Delivery

Driving measurable delivery improvement
Developing the project business case
Project budgeting and financial control
Financial risk in projects
Realising and measuring project value
Capstone scoping: a real project or programme
Designing the project plan and schedule
Project initiation and chartering
Integrated project planning
Project management plan development
Resource planning and levelling
Marketing planning and budgeting
Campaign planning and execution
Account planning and whitespace analysis
Leading campaigns and sales projects

Performance Measurement

Setting objectives, indicators and targets
Yield, productivity and profitability metrics
Linking CX to business performance
Service KPIs: CSAT, NPS, CES, SLAs
Net Promoter Score and satisfaction metrics
Performance management in service
Coaching for performance
Banking KPIs and branch scorecards
Service quality and turnaround metrics
Sales performance and pipeline management
Social performance and outreach
Managing team performance and dynamics
High-performance team rituals and cadence
Contract performance and exit
Dashboards, reporting and the metric that misleads

Procurement and Suppliers

Vendor, venue and supplier contracting for events
Water supply systems: sources, treatment and distribution
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Attachment and developmental theory
Procurement and stock management for health commodities
Conflicts of interest and procurement ethics
Procurement and contract value
Procurement and contract management
Vendor selection and management
Negotiation with vendors
Supply market analysis
The procurement cycle and operating models
Procurement’s contribution to organisational strategy
Public versus private procurement
Supply markets and the enabling environment

Ethics and Conduct

Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Ethical principles and codes of practice
Roles, standards and professional conduct
Ethics and fair customer treatment
Professional ethics in customer service
Responsible and ethical service
Ethics and integrity in banking
Professional ethics and banking conduct
Integrity, confidentiality and conflicts
Anti-corruption and financial-crime ethics
Bribery, corruption and conduct risk
Professional standards and ethics (CIPS)
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Legal and ethical protection
Digital ethics and algorithmic accountability

People Administration

Future of work and workforce transformation
The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
Communicating risk to the workforce
Workforce and shift management in retail
Workforce management and scheduling
Workforce planning and scheduling
Employee experience and engagement
Talent, succession and workforce learning
Employee engagement models and drivers
Employee engagement and what actually drives it
Employee relations, discipline and fair process
Workforce planning and the capability gap
Belonging, culture and employee resource groups
Customer (employee/manager) satisfaction

International and Currency

Cross-cultural and global inclusion
International and cross-border tax
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Peer support and consultation
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Risk treatment and countermeasures
Intelligence-led risk assessment
Risk registers and reporting
Continuous risk monitoring
Emergency preparedness and planning
Discovery and needs analysis
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Duty of care and risk management

Change

Large-scale transformation and agile ways of working
Record-keeping and data protection
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Designing a strategic or change intervention
Variations, claims and delay: managing change on site
Change talk and readiness
Habit change and behaviour design
Change control and configuration
Organisational change management
Change and adoption in projects
Agile and digital transformation projects
Regulatory change management
Measuring change and project impact
Baseline setting and change control
Sales and marketing transformation

Sustainability and ESG

Sustainability, ESG and integrated value
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
The regulatory and legal environment
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism
Responsible and sustainable governance
ESG principles and frameworks
Sustainability strategy and materiality
Environmental governance and climate risk
Governance of ESG and reporting
Sustainability standards (GRI, ISSB)
Client feedback and satisfaction
Sustainability and responsible marketing
Carbon markets and climate finance
Evidence-based improvement
Managing risk and difficult cases

Learning and Research

Instructional design and blended learning
Knowledge management and capability building
Learning technologies and the LMS
Learning transfer and capability building
Monitoring, evaluation and learning for accountability
Evidence-based practice and research literacy
Lessons learned and knowledge management
Market research design and methods
Qualitative and quantitative research
Facilitation, training and public presentation skills
Lessons learned and development
Training needs analysis and learning strategy
Complaint data and learning
Training and capability building
Training needs analysis

Financial Practice

Costing production: standard costs, variances and the true cost of scrap
Non-revenue water, metering and cost recovery
Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Designing and facilitating groups
Health financing: budgets, insurance and out-of-pocket realities
Preparing financial statements
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Interpreting financial statements
Management accounts and dashboards
Budget vs actual and variance
Cost and profitability analysis
Team leadership within finance
Cost concepts, classification and behaviour
Costing methods: absorption, marginal and activity-based
Cost-volume-profit and break-even analysis

Banking and Financial Services

Consumer, SME and corporate lending
Foreign exchange and treasury operations
Enterprise risk management in banks
Credit risk measurement and mitigation
Regulatory compliance and central-bank rules
Digital banking platforms and APIs
Payment technology and switches
Treasury function and money markets
Investment portfolio management
Development banking and project finance
SME lending and value-chain finance
Designing a banking solution or process
Principles of credit and the lending process
Credit analysis and the 5 Cs of credit
Loan structuring, pricing and covenants

Risk and Control

Designing a safety programme or control
Risk assessment methodology and matrices
Dynamic and site-specific risk assessment
Residual risk and ALARP
Risk registers and monitoring
Psychoeducation and workshops
Compliance monitoring and enforcement
Risk management and contingencies
Working with organisations on wellbeing
Contract types and risk allocation
Contract governance and compliance
Control environment and risk assessment
Process and control documentation
Governance and the three lines model
Fraud risk and controls

Legal and Regulatory

Regulatory reporting and audits
Regulatory liquidity ratios (LCR, NSFR)
Contract law and formation
Contract exit and renewal
Contracting and the three-way agreement
Designing an intervention or programme
Managing audit and regulator relationships
Regulator and investor relations
Policy and public engagement
Health and safety legal duties
Employment relationship and the psychological contract
Insurance regulation and consumer protection
Regulation of transport: authorities, conventions and licensing
Tariffs, regulation and the economics of essential services
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations

Data and Reporting

Evidence-based practice
Professional writing and reports
Discovery interviews and evidence gathering
Writing advisory reports that drive decisions
Reporting to boards and executives
Monitoring, control and reporting
Reporting and dashboards
Project data, reporting and analytics
AI and predictive project analytics
Data quality and governance
Building your professional portfolio and evidence of practice
Professional case study and presentation
Risk assessment and safety planning
Professional report writing and presentation
Portfolio of evidence and reflective practice

Analysis and Decisions

Cost and price analysis
Comparable sales analysis and market evidence
Overall equipment effectiveness and downtime analysis
Root cause analysis and corrective action on the line
Decision support and insight
Root cause analysis frameworks in advisory work
Risk identification and analysis
Qualitative and quantitative risk analysis
Issue and problem management
Backlogs, user stories and prioritisation
Escalation and decision-making
Decision-making and problem solving
Market and customer analysis
Budget, ROI and feasibility analysis
Data-driven decision-making

Operations and Process

Process automation and workflow
Cost, quality and cycle-time metrics
Time-to-hire, quality-of-hire and cost metrics
Data quality, integration and master data
The HR operating model and business partnering
Goal setting and contracting
Integration with quality and environment
Design review and quality
Productivity, collaboration and workflow tools
Process improvement and lean thinking
Quality management and standards
Team leadership in customer service
Reconciliation and end-of-day processes
Operating-model and process re-engineering
Automation, RPA and straight-through processing

Leadership and Management

Liquidity and funding management
Campaign execution and management
Thought leadership
Ethics, supervision and reflective practice
Change management and adoption
Performance management systems and cycles
Theories and models of leadership and management
Treatment planning and review
Budgeting and resource management
Leading through other leaders
Succession and the leadership pipeline
Ethics and responsible leadership
Delegating for development
Category management and strategy development
Data quality and master data management

Learning Outcomes

What You Will Achieve

Establish a comprehensive understanding of Certified Tax Planning and Compliance Professional principles aligned with IFRS, GAAP and recognised financial management and reporting standards
Apply evidence-based methods to improve financial management, accounting, budgeting and financial analysis
Master financial accounting, reporting and analysis and budgeting, planning and cost control
Apply corporate finance, investment and valuation and treasury, working capital and cash management in real-world settings
Lead risk management, quality and compliance relevant to your field
Design stakeholder engagement and professional communication strategies
Use data-driven decision-making and performance-measurement tools effectively
Apply internationally recognised best practice to advance your career in financial management

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CTAX certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with IFRS, GAAP and recognised financial management and reporting standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CTAX?

This certification is ideal for Finance Officers and Accountants, Budget and Cost Analysts, Finance Managers and Controllers and Auditors and Financial Analysts, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in financial management, accounting, budgeting and financial analysis with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CTAX certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 11 Weeks and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the CTAX internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the CTAX certification?

The Certified Tax Planning and Compliance Professional is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 399 and Live Virtual at USD 599. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CTAX certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the CTAX?

The Certified Tax Planning and Compliance Professional is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the CTAX?

The Certified Tax Planning and Compliance Professional carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CTAX while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the CTAX?

Graduates progress towards senior finance, controller and CFO roles. The CTAX strengthens your expertise in financial management, accounting, budgeting and financial analysis and positions you for advancement across corporates, banks, NGOs and public-sector organisations.

Certified Tax Planning and Compliance Professional

Certified Tax Planning and Compliance Professional

Certification at a Glance

Who Should Enrol?

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Core Competencies You Will Develop

Programme Modules

What You Will Achieve

How to Get Certified

Common Questions

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