AI for CFOs Programme
Build AI literacy, governance and value capture across the CFO office.
A seven-module programme for the CFO office adopting AI — across FP&A, close, treasury, tax and risk. Built around the Outliers AI Powered Finance™ playbook and the CFO AI Maturity Model™, with a use-case portfolio and a governance model as the core deliverables.
Audience
- CFOs and Deputy CFOs leading AI in finance
- Heads of FP&A, Controllership and Treasury exploring AI
- Finance technology and data leaders
- Audit committee members briefed on AI risk
What you will be able to do
- Translate AI capability into a CFO-owned governance model
- Prioritise AI use-cases across finance with a defensible value case
- Operate a model inventory and risk register fit for audit committee review
- Lift the organisation up one band on the CFO AI Maturity Model™
7 modules · practical deliverables
AI Literacy for the CFO Office
What the CFO actually needs to know about LLMs, agents, RAG and traditional ML.
The CFO AI Maturity Model™
Read your organisation against the model and set a 12-month band target.
Use-Case Prioritisation for Finance
Identify, score and sequence AI use-cases across the finance value chain.
AI Governance, Risk & Model Inventory
Governance committee, model inventory, risk taxonomy and audit committee posture.
Automation in Close, FP&A and Treasury
Practical automation patterns for finance — and where AI changes the playbook.
Vendor, Build vs Buy & Cost Model
Reference vendors, build-vs-buy economics, total cost of ownership.
Capstone — AI Roadmap & Value Plan
Defend a 12-month AI roadmap with governance, use-cases and benefits.
How the programme runs
- FormatLive virtual cohort with bi-weekly AI labs and an in-person Lagos demo day.
- Cohort scheduleCohort intakes — Coming Soon. Enterprise and in-house options available.
- FacultyOutliers AI faculty — CFOs and finance-AI practitioners who have shipped real use-cases. Faculty roster published with cohort opening.
Capstone & defence
Frameworks covered
- fw-apf
Toolkits
Recommended baseline
Linked certification
Successful completion qualifies you to enter the Finance Transformation Certification™ credential pathway.
View certificationBe first into the next cohort.
Register your interest below — we will share the cohort calendar, fees and the baseline assessment as soon as enrolment opens.
Cohort schedule: Cohort intakes — Coming Soon. Enterprise and in-house options available.
Programmes use the same interest register as Outliers Certifications. Submit interest through the linked certification page so we keep your enrolment journey on a single record.