Important Note:
As this course places strong emphasis on group collaboration and real-world application, participants will be actively engaged in group discussions and case study analysis throughout the sessions. To optimise the learning experience, all participants are required to bring a laptop to facilitate group activities, access course materials, and contribute effectively during interactive segments.
This is a WSQ-accredited programme, ISCA is required to upload participant’s assessment results to SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) for the generation of electronic Statement of Attainment (SOA). ISCA will collect personal information from all participants to generate the relevant SOA. For more information, please refer to SSG website HERE. For more details on the assessment, please refer to the course outline.
This course is designed for finance professionals who want to move beyond traditional practices and adopt agile approaches to drive better business outcomes. Participants will apply agile principles to improve performance, adopt adaptive budgeting strategies such as incremental funding and rolling forecasts, and analyse forecasting and resource allocation to align with customer value. Through case-based learning and practical activities, learners will evaluate innovative finance practices for compliance and agility, propose team responsibility process to strengthen ownership and collaboration, and recommend budgeting methods that balance operational priorities with evolving customer needs.
At the end of this course you will be able to:
- Organise finance practices in alignment with operational priorities, ensuring compliance with organisational policies, processes and standards.
- Manage responsibility and shared ownership process using agile team collaboration models to support individual and team outcomes.
- Experiment with new business initiatives by aligning finance practices to evolving customer needs, preferences, and the business operating environment
- Analyse performance against financial targets and business outcomes, using methods to evaluate business operating environments for quality and continuous improvement
- Propose ways to implement agile or lean practices to reduce inefficiencies in finance operations by adopting agile methodology, values and principles.
- Identify ways to improve information sharing across teams and overcome operational barriers by using change management practices.
Programme Outline
Module 1: Aligning Operational Priorities
• Steps to organise finance practices by aligning work activities with operational priorities, supported by agile approaches such as Beyond Budgeting and the Viable Map.
• Key organisational policies, processes and governance standards that shape agile finance practices
Module 2: Managing Responsibility and Team Structures
• Approaches to manage ownership responsibilities and build shared outcomes in finance teams using The Responsibility Process
• Types of agile team composition and collaboration models in finance, including Embedded Finance Partners, Product Owners, and Finance Center of Enablement (CoE)
Module 3: Enabling Business Agility through Agile Finance
• Techniques to experiment with finance initiatives using guardrails, rolling forecasts, and incremental funding to enhance business agility
• Methods to analyse changing customer needs and preferences through finance business partnering, customer and stakeholder feedback loops
• Methods to analyse business operating landscapes using forecasting, scenario planning, and trend analysis
Module 4: Performance Measurement and Continuous Improvement
• Approaches to assess work performance and quality for continuous improvement using ROI, rolling forecast, and resource allocation
• Techniques to measure progress against financial and business targets using KPIs, OKRs, and financial guardrails.
• Methods to analyse business operating landscapes using forecasting, scenario planning, and trend analysis
Module 5: Implementing Lean Agile Practices in Finance
• Steps to implement agile and lean practices in finance through process simplification, retrospectives, and iterative improvement cycles
• Four Core Values of the Agile Manifesto and Twelve Principles of Agile methodologies and their application in finance practices
• Types of agile methodologies and practices including Beyond Budgeting, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe to enable lean finance practices
Module 6: Sustaining Agility with Change Management
• Approaches to strengthen finance–business information sharing using reporting dashboards, joint planning, and cross-department reviews
• Types of change management models and practices, including ADKAR, Lewin’s Change Model, and Kotter’s 8-Step Framework
Assessment:
Assessment in the form of Case Study and Short Answer Questions on Day 2.
Pre-requisites:
o A minimum of three years of experience in a finance, accounting, business partnerning-related role
o Minimum of C6 in GCE N LEVEL English or WPLN L5
o GCE N Level and above.
Certificate Issued:
Certificate of Completion (ISCA)
Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Completion and Digital Badge from ISCA and 16 CPD hours.
ICAgile Certification (ICP-FIN)
After completing this course and successfully demonstrating the understanding of all learning outcomes, participants will receive the ICAgile Agility in Finance (ICP-FIN) Certification and Digital badge which is recognised worldwide. The certification is governed and maintained by ICAgile.
Statement of Attainment (SOA)
Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a SOA from SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG).
Training Methodology*
- Interactive presentation
- Didactic questions
- Case studies
- Discussions
- Assessment
Closing Date for Registration*
1 Week before Programme or Until Full Enrolment.
Intended For
o Finance Professionals, Business Partners, FP&A Professionals
o Finance professionals working in cross-functional or agile teams
o Professionals preparing for roles in finance transformation or agile value stream delivery
Competency Mapping
Others = 16.00 Hours
Schedule & Fees
Date & Time
20 Apr 2026 (9:00 AM - 6:00 PM)
21 Apr 2026 (9:00 AM - 6:00 PM)
Fee (inclusive of GST)
SGD pricing -
For Members:
$ 1,744.00
For Non-Members:
$ 1,744.00
Programme Facilitator(s)
Clarice Tan
Venue
60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709
Date & Time
23 Jul 2026 (9:00 AM - 6:00 PM)
24 Jul 2026 (9:00 AM - 6:00 PM)
Fee (inclusive of GST)
SGD pricing -
For Members:
$ 1,744.00
For Non-Members:
$ 1,744.00
Programme Facilitator(s)
Clarice Tan
Venue
60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709
Date & Time
12 Nov 2026 (9:00 AM - 6:00 PM)
13 Nov 2026 (9:00 AM - 6:00 PM)
Fee (inclusive of GST)
SGD pricing -
For Members:
$ 1,744.00
For Non-Members:
$ 1,744.00
Programme Facilitator(s)
Clarice Tan
Venue
60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709
Testimonial
Funding
1] SSG Training Grant
Funding Period: Until 23 December 2027
Course Ref No.: TGS-2025061162
1a] Company-sponsored Employees
(For Corporate enrolments only) :
If you wish to enrol participants with SSG Funding, please proceed with the following step:
- Step 1: Register for the course online via ISCA Portal. Upon adding to cart, the system will prompt a question “Do you wish to apply for SSG Funding?”, click Yes and input all required information. At the Cart page, please ensure that SSG funding is applied before clicking “Checkout”.
Enterprises/employers are not required to log into TPGateway to submit training grant application. The employee’s enrolment, attendance and assessment records will be submitted by ISCA onto TPGateway. Thereafter, employers will be notified to log into Enterprise Portal for Jobs & Skills (EPJS) to declare necessary information for Absentee Payroll funding.
*Training Grant/Fees shown below are for courses from 1st Jan 2024 onwards.
| | SME Enhanced
·Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident | Non-SME
·Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident | Mid Career
·Singapore Citizen
·40 years old and above | Workfare Skills Support (WSS)
·Singapore Citizen
·35 years old and above
-Monthly income of not more than $2,300 |
SSG Training Grant | $1120.00 | $800.00 | $1120.00 | N.A |
Nett Fees Payable to ISCA (Inclusive of GST) | $624.00 | $944.00 | $624.00 | N.A |
Company can claim the following Absentee Payroll |
Absentee Payroll | Fixed rate at $4.50/hour | 95% of basic hourly salary |
Please note that there will be an administrative fee of $43.60 for any revision of invoice.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Company must be registered or incorporated in Singapore; and
- Applicant is taking the course for the first time; and
- Applicant must be employed, and is either Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident of Singapore; and
- Applicant must achieve at least 75% attendance, and pass all examinations /assessments; and
- Applicant must be fully sponsored by the Company for all costs associated with the training; and
- Payment has to be made via corporate means (e.g. corporate cheque, corporate GIRO, corporate credit card).
SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) - valid till 30 June 2026
The SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC) encourages employers to invest in enterprise transformation and capabilities of their employees. Eligible employers will receive a one-off S$10,000 credit to cover up to 90% of out-of-pocket expenses on qualifying costs for supportable initiatives, over and above the support levels of existing schemes.
Please click HERE for more information.
1b] Self-sponsored Individuals
If you wish to enrol with SSG Funding, please proceed with the following step:
- Step 1: Register for the course online via ISCA Portal. Upon adding to cart, the system will prompt a question “Do you wish to apply for SSG Funding?”, click Yes and input all required information. At the Cart page, please ensure that SSG funding is applied before clicking “Checkout”.
ISCA will apply for Training Grant from SSG in respect of self-sponsored trainees.
*Training Grant/Fees shown below are for courses from 1st Jan 2024 onwards.
| | Mid-Career
·Singapore Citizen
·40 years old and above | Baseline
·Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident |
SSG Training Grant | $1120.00 | $800.00 |
Nett Fees Payable to ISCA (Inclusive of GST) | $624.00 | $944.00 |
Please note that there will be an administrative fee of $42.80 for any revision of invoice.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Applicant must either be a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident of Singapore; and
- Applicant must be at least 21 years old; and
- Applicant must achieve at least 75% attendance, and pass all assessments; and
- Applicant is taking the course for the first time.
Workfare Skills Support (WSS) Scheme
From 1 July 2020, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) Scheme will replace the Workfare Training Support (WTS) Scheme. WSS encourages low wage workers to undertake training that leads to more impactful employment outcomes. Please click HERE for more information.
2] SkillsFuture Credit (SFC)
Funding Period: Until 23 December 2027
Course Ref No.: TGS-2025061162
All Singaporeans aged 25 and above will receive an opening credit of S$500 from the government. You may wish to use your SFC to pay for partial/full ISCA course fees.
On 1 Oct 2020, the Government provided a one-off SkillsFuture Credit Top-up of $500 for all eligible Singaporeans aged 25 or above by 31 Dec 2020. Singaporeans aged 40 to 60 by 31 Dec 2020 will also receive an Additional SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career Support) of $500 which can be used for courses under: (i) SGUnited Skills Programme, (ii) SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme – Company Training, and (iii) Career Transition Programmes. This additional SFC (Mid-Career Support) is NOT applicable for use on ISCA courses. (For more information on the SFC scheme, please visit https://www.myskillsfuture.gov.sg/content/portal/en/header/faqs/skillsfuture-credit.html)
If you wish to enrol for the course with SFC Funding, please proceed with the following steps:
- Step 1: You will need to ensure that you have sufficient SkillsFuture Credits in your SkillsFuture Credit account in order to make a successful claim. Please check your SFC account balance here.
- Step 2: Register for the course online via ISCA Portal.
- Step 3: Upon adding to cart, the system will prompt a question “Do you wish to apply for SkillsFuture Credit?”, click “Yes” and input all required information.
- Step 4: At the Cart page, please ensure that SFC funding is applied before clicking “Checkout”.
- Step 5: Upon receiving an email that the programme status is confirmed, please proceed to submit SFC claim on SkillsFuture Portal within 60 days before the course start date and obtain the necessary approval. Please submit SFC claim via SFC portal (https://www.myskillsfuture.gov.sg/content/portal/en/index.html).
Failure to submit claim application and obtain necessary approval before the course start date will result in topping up of the SFC indicated for use. Please note that there will be an administrative fee of $43.60 for any revision of invoice
Programme Facilitator(s)
Clarice Tan
CA (Singapore), ICP-FIN
Clarice believes that people are the catalysts of successful transformation. She has over 20 years of corporate experience, over 10 of it managing strategic transformation programs in APAC. She is a trusted partner to senior leaders, helping organizations achieve business agility and deliver outcomes-focused transformation.
She speaks at PMI conferences, lectures and facilitates training on agility and resilience, strategic financial acumen, and operational excellence. Embracing the agile mindset, Clarice promotes adaptability, continuous improvement to deliver value in dynamic organizational environments. Her approach cultivates resilience, empowering teams to navigate challenges effectively and achieve sustainable success.
Clarice’s credentials include certifications as a Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM), Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner, ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP), ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC), and ICAgile Certified Professional in Business Agility Foundations (ICP-BAF). She also holds a Master of Commerce degree and is a Chartered Accountant and Project Management Professional (PMP)®.
Important Note:
As this course places strong emphasis on group collaboration and real-world application, participants will be actively engaged in group discussions and case study analysis throughout the sessions. To optimise the learning experience, all participants are required to bring a laptop to facilitate group activities, access course materials, and contribute effectively during interactive segments.
This is a WSQ-accredited programme, ISCA is required to upload participant’s assessment results to SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) for the generation of electronic Statement of Attainment (SOA). ISCA will collect personal information from all participants to generate the relevant SOA. For more information, please refer to SSG website HERE. For more details on the assessment, please refer to the course outline.
This course is designed for finance professionals who want to move beyond traditional practices and adopt agile approaches to drive better business outcomes. Participants will apply agile principles to improve performance, adopt adaptive budgeting strategies such as incremental funding and rolling forecasts, and analyse forecasting and resource allocation to align with customer value. Through case-based learning and practical activities, learners will evaluate innovative finance practices for compliance and agility, propose team responsibility process to strengthen ownership and collaboration, and recommend budgeting methods that balance operational priorities with evolving customer needs.
At the end of this course you will be able to:
- Organise finance practices in alignment with operational priorities, ensuring compliance with organisational policies, processes and standards.
- Manage responsibility and shared ownership process using agile team collaboration models to support individual and team outcomes.
- Experiment with new business initiatives by aligning finance practices to evolving customer needs, preferences, and the business operating environment
- Analyse performance against financial targets and business outcomes, using methods to evaluate business operating environments for quality and continuous improvement
- Propose ways to implement agile or lean practices to reduce inefficiencies in finance operations by adopting agile methodology, values and principles.
- Identify ways to improve information sharing across teams and overcome operational barriers by using change management practices.
Programme Outline
Module 1: Aligning Operational Priorities
• Steps to organise finance practices by aligning work activities with operational priorities, supported by agile approaches such as Beyond Budgeting and the Viable Map.
• Key organisational policies, processes and governance standards that shape agile finance practices
Module 2: Managing Responsibility and Team Structures
• Approaches to manage ownership responsibilities and build shared outcomes in finance teams using The Responsibility Process
• Types of agile team composition and collaboration models in finance, including Embedded Finance Partners, Product Owners, and Finance Center of Enablement (CoE)
Module 3: Enabling Business Agility through Agile Finance
• Techniques to experiment with finance initiatives using guardrails, rolling forecasts, and incremental funding to enhance business agility
• Methods to analyse changing customer needs and preferences through finance business partnering, customer and stakeholder feedback loops
• Methods to analyse business operating landscapes using forecasting, scenario planning, and trend analysis
Module 4: Performance Measurement and Continuous Improvement
• Approaches to assess work performance and quality for continuous improvement using ROI, rolling forecast, and resource allocation
• Techniques to measure progress against financial and business targets using KPIs, OKRs, and financial guardrails.
• Methods to analyse business operating landscapes using forecasting, scenario planning, and trend analysis
Module 5: Implementing Lean Agile Practices in Finance
• Steps to implement agile and lean practices in finance through process simplification, retrospectives, and iterative improvement cycles
• Four Core Values of the Agile Manifesto and Twelve Principles of Agile methodologies and their application in finance practices
• Types of agile methodologies and practices including Beyond Budgeting, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe to enable lean finance practices
Module 6: Sustaining Agility with Change Management
• Approaches to strengthen finance–business information sharing using reporting dashboards, joint planning, and cross-department reviews
• Types of change management models and practices, including ADKAR, Lewin’s Change Model, and Kotter’s 8-Step Framework
Assessment:
Assessment in the form of Case Study and Short Answer Questions on Day 2.
Pre-requisites:
o A minimum of three years of experience in a finance, accounting, business partnerning-related role
o Minimum of C6 in GCE N LEVEL English or WPLN L5
o GCE N Level and above.
Certificate Issued:
Certificate of Completion (ISCA)
Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Completion and Digital Badge from ISCA and 16 CPD hours.
ICAgile Certification (ICP-FIN)
After completing this course and successfully demonstrating the understanding of all learning outcomes, participants will receive the ICAgile Agility in Finance (ICP-FIN) Certification and Digital badge which is recognised worldwide. The certification is governed and maintained by ICAgile.
Statement of Attainment (SOA)
Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a SOA from SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG).
Training Methodology*
- Interactive presentation
- Didactic questions
- Case studies
- Discussions
- Assessment
Closing Date for Registration*
1 Week before Programme or Until Full Enrolment.
Intended For
o Finance Professionals, Business Partners, FP&A Professionals
o Finance professionals working in cross-functional or agile teams
o Professionals preparing for roles in finance transformation or agile value stream delivery
Competency Mapping
Others = 16.00 Hours
Programme Facilitator(s)
Clarice Tan
CA (Singapore), ICP-FIN
Clarice believes that people are the catalysts of successful transformation. She has over 20 years of corporate experience, over 10 of it managing strategic transformation programs in APAC. She is a trusted partner to senior leaders, helping organizations achieve business agility and deliver outcomes-focused transformation.
She speaks at PMI conferences, lectures and facilitates training on agility and resilience, strategic financial acumen, and operational excellence. Embracing the agile mindset, Clarice promotes adaptability, continuous improvement to deliver value in dynamic organizational environments. Her approach cultivates resilience, empowering teams to navigate challenges effectively and achieve sustainable success.
Clarice’s credentials include certifications as a Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM), Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner, ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP), ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC), and ICAgile Certified Professional in Business Agility Foundations (ICP-BAF). She also holds a Master of Commerce degree and is a Chartered Accountant and Project Management Professional (PMP)®.