Financial Reporting & Year-End Close Masterclass.
A practitioner-led masterclass that turns IFRS financial reporting and the year-end close into a controlled, repeatable process — designed for finance teams that need their reporting to withstand auditors, regulators and the board.
What the masterclass covers.
The programme covers the full year-end reporting cycle — from close calendar design and cut-off controls, through IFRS judgements and disclosures, to the assembly of the audit file and the final board-grade financial statements.
It is delivered by senior reporting practitioners, not lecturers, and every module is grounded in worked examples, live case work and a capstone action plan committed to by each participating team.
Built for finance teams that own the close.
- Group financial controllers and reporting managers
- CFOs and finance directors owning the year-end timetable
- Senior accountants and reporting accountants preparing IFRS financials
- External and internal auditors advising on close and reporting
- Finance transformation and shared-service leads
The pain this masterclass removes.
- —Year-end close overruns, late audit adjustments and repeated restatements
- —IFRS judgements and disclosures that do not survive auditor or FRC review
- —Weak reconciliations, unclear ownership and last-minute consolidation surprises
- —Group reporting packs assembled by heroics rather than a repeatable process
- —Disclosure checklists treated as a formality rather than a control
What participants will be able to do.
Design a defensible year-end close calendar with owners, dependencies and cut-off controls
Apply IFRS recognition, measurement and disclosure judgements with a documented audit trail
Produce a board-grade set of IFRS financial statements and disclosure notes
Run reconciliations, consolidation and intercompany elimination without last-mile firefighting
Prepare an audit-ready file that stands up to auditor, FRC and rating-agency scrutiny
Four ways to run it.
All formats are facilitator-led. There is no self-paced online version at this stage.
2-day practical workshop
Intensive in-person or virtual workshop for a single organisation or open cohort.
4-session virtual cohort
Facilitator-led virtual sessions across four weeks, with worksheets between sessions.
Corporate in-house version
Delivered inside your finance function, tailored to your ERP, chart of accounts and group structure.
CFO Academy module
Runs as a module inside the Outliers CFO Excellence pathway for finance leadership teams.
Included with every cohort.
Facilitator-led training
Live delivery by an experienced reporting practitioner — no pre-recorded videos.
Learner workbook
Structured workbook covering each module, judgement area and disclosure theme.
Worksheets
Practical worksheets used during the sessions and reusable inside your finance team.
Toolkit templates
Close calendar, reconciliation templates, disclosure checklist and journal review templates.
Capstone / action plan
A year-end close and reporting action plan committed to before participants leave the room.
Certificate of participation
Issued on completion of the workshop or cohort, where applicable.
Certificate of participation is issued at the facilitator’s discretion on completion of the workshop or cohort. This programme is not a regulated qualification and does not itself confer a statutory professional designation.
Part of the CFO Excellence pathway.
This masterclass runs as a stand-alone programme and as a module inside the Outliers CFO Excellence Centre — the flagship pathway for finance leaders across reporting, treasury, controls and capital allocation.
Talk to us about running this masterclass for your team.
Every engagement starts with an enquiry conversation to confirm scope, format and cohort size. There is no self-service checkout for this programme.
Outliers training programmes are professional development activities. They are not a substitute for audit, legal or tax advice, and issued certificates are certificates of participation only.