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Advanced Certificate in Finance Leadership for Technological, Sustainability and Geopolitical Disruption

  • Analytics & Tech
  • Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance
  • Intermediate
  • SkillsFuture
  • Full Certificates

This course is conducted on-campus and online.

To use your SkillsFuture Credit, please submit your claim through our payment portal. Do not submit the claim manually via the SkillsFuture page. Please refer to our step-by-step guide here.

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Fee
SGD15,696* (as low as SGD1,828.80 after maximum funding) Learn More
Duration

12 days

Level
Intermediate

Who Should Attend

  • Accountants
  • Finance Managers
  • Controllers
  • Data Analysts
  • Transformation Managers
  • Risk and Compliance Specialists
  • Audit and Governance Professionals
  • Corporate Strategy and Business Performance Managers
  • Advisory and Consulting Professionals

PREREQUISITES

Participants must ideally have at least 2 years of work experience in financial services or foundational finance industry knowledge.

Overview

As organisations accelerate digital transformation, finance professionals must navigate the opportunities and challenges created by Artificial Intelligence (AI), data-driven business models, sustainability imperatives, and geopolitical uncertainty.

This advanced certificate programme equips finance leaders with the digital, analytical, and strategic capabilities needed to drive business transformation, strengthen organisational resilience, and create value in the Digital Economy.

Through six integrated modules, participants will gain practical insights into AI-enabled finance, digital assets and intellectual property, sustainable finance, leadership, and cross-border risk management, enabling them to become effective business partners and future-ready leaders in an increasingly digital and interconnected world.
 

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Learning Objectives

At the end of the 12-day course, participants will be able to:

  • Assess how technology, sustainability and geopolitics are reshaping finance, business and leadership
  • Apply Artificial Intelligence (AI), Large Language Models (LLMs), automation and digital tools to improve financial analysis, decisions and workflows responsibly
  • Evaluate and leverage digital and intangible assets to support innovation, competitiveness and growth
  • Integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), sustainable finance and climate risk into strategy, governance and reporting
  • Manage cross-border, supply-chain, regulatory, tax and foreign exchange risks using data and digital insights
  • Lead finance transformation through ethical judgement, digital fluency, stakeholder influence and high-performing teams.

Topic/Structure

To achieve the Advanced Certificate in Finance Leadership for Technological, Sustainability and Geopolitical Disruption, particpants will need to complete the following modules offered by SMU Academy:

  • Macro Trends Reshaping Finance: Technology, Energy Transition & Geopolitical Tension
  • Artificial Intelligence Application in Finance and Accounting
  • Intangible Assets and Intellectual Property Management For Finance Professionals
  • Strategic Value Creation through Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Reporting and Sustainable Finance
  • Finance Leadership and Career Future-Proofing
  • Managing Cross-Border Risks

Assessment

As part of the requirement for Skills and Workforce Development Agency (SWDA), there will be an assessment conducted at the end of every module. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises. 

Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment for each of the 6 modules within 3 years in order to be awarded the digital Advanced Certificate in Finance Leadership for Technological, Sustainability and Geopolitical Disruption issued by SMU Academy.

Calculate Programme Fee

Click here for more information about SkillsFuture Credits (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)
For PSEA - Available only for Singapore Citizen below 31 (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)

Total Program Fee: SGD0.00

Fee Table

EMPLOYER-SPONSORED

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

SELF-SPONSORED

SME

NON-SME

Singapore Citizen < 40 years old

Permanent Resident

LTVP+

$4,708.80

(After SWDA Funding 70%)

$1,828.80

(After SWDA Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$4,708.80

(After SWDA Funding 70%)

Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old

$1,828.80

(After SWDA Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

$1,828.80

(After SWDA Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$1,828.80

(After SWDA Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

International Participant

$15,696

(No Funding)

$15,696

(No Funding)

$15,696

(No Funding)

All prices include 9% GST

Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.

Trainers

Lee Swee Siong
TrueVA Capital Pte Ltd
Founder & Managing Director
Lee Swee Siong
TrueVA Capital Pte Ltd
Founder & Managing Director

Swee Siong is a banking industry veteran, digital strategist & CBI(UK)-certified sustainable finance professional with more than two decades of experience in financial services, public services and entrepreneurship. He consults for ADB on sustainability projects in the South Pacific. An advocate of professional training, he was conferred the IBF Fellowship in recognition of his contribution to uphold the skills and standards of the financial industry. Swee Siong is an ACLP-certified curriculum developer and trainer, and chairs the ASME Capabilities Development committee.

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