Overview at a Glance

The Diploma in Taxation is designed to provide finance and business professionals, including those in the Financial Services sector, with an understanding of tax compliance and related accounting for tax issues. The Diploma will give participants the skills to compute tax liabilities and tax reliefs and to prepare tax returns with confidence.

The programme will enable participants to confidently deal with the routine taxation issues encountered when running any business.

For further information and to download a course brochure click here.

Non-CAI Member - €2,828
CAI Member - €2,525

Network Members Fee: Non CAI Member - €2,121
CAI Member + IFS Skillnet Member - €1,894

Start Date: 6th October 2026

Overview at a Glance

This course is delivered in person over one full day and includes one 30min coaching session per participant.

In Ireland, women fall behind early and continue to lose ground with every step.

A 2016 study commissioned by the 30% Club Ireland, revealed that even at the most junior level of management, women only occupy 34% of positions with their representation falling significantly at each subsequent stage of the career ladder with just 14% of Irish companies having women leaders.

“It is time to end practices of the past that are now hampering Irish business’s strategic agenda and I look forward in particular to an early end to all-male boards.  As we go into a new decade on 1 January 2020, the Government urges Irish companies to demonstrate their commitment to modernity by ensuring they all have women on their boards by then. Working together, let’s take the steps to achieve better gender balance in corporate decision-making. Taking action now will enable Irish business to maintain its proud reputation for dynamism and innovative leadership.”

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This course is a specialist risk management programme specifically designed for senior risk and compliance professionals who are working in senior risk management or related roles in banking, financial institutions or providing risk management advisory services to banks.

This course has been designed in conjunction with senior risk management and compliance professionals in banking.

It covers a broad technical curriculum encompassing the key conceptual foundations of banking risk management and it will enable participants to think strategically in order to manage the key risks in accordance with the bank’s competitive advantages and risk appetite.

Full Fee: ALM, Liquidity and Market Risk- €825
Regulatory and Economic Capital Management, Credit Risk and Pricing for Risk: TBC

Risk Governance, Culture, Business and Enterprise Risk Management: €1645
Strategic Operational, Conduct and Reputational Risk Management: TBC

Network Members Fee: ALM, Liquidity and Market Risk: €450
Regulatory and Economic Capital Management, Credit Risk and Pricing for Risk: TBC

Risk Governance, Culture, Business and Enterprise Risk Management: €1234
Strategic Operational, Conduct and Reputational Risk Management: TBC

€3,592 (x4 modules)

Overview at a Glance

Power BI is a platform that is used to connect, visualize, and share data with other users. It is a business analytics and data visualization tool that converts data from sources and extracts information from that data and represents it in interactive visualizations and reports.

Overview at a Glance

The impact of data on real business challenges is extensive. This brand new, innovative and specially developed programme meets the needs of an increasingly data-driven world, and will fast track your career to becoming a strategic thinking data leader in your organisation with the practical skills required.

Full Fee: CAI Member - €3500
Non- CAI Member - €3850

Network Members Fee: CAI Member €2,625.00  Non- CAI member - €2,888.00

Overview at a Glance

This programme is relevant to professionals working in any area of financial services, be it fintech, banking, credit union, pensions, insurance etc. It provides a comprehensive understanding of key technologies such as AI, blockchain, and digital money, equipping participants to navigate and lead in an increasingly digitized financial landscape. It is relevant regardless of specialism, career stage, or organisational level from senior management to operations level.

Full Fee: €655 (per module)

Network Members Fee: €492 (per module)

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While financial services organisations have begun to embark on their digital transformation journeys, there are challenges. Legacy systems, processes, and crucially, thought leadership have significant impact on the success of transformation initiatives. Client and customers’ expectations and business efficiencies are the two big drivers that are dominating the digital transformation agenda. This programme is designed to give you the skills to succeed in the opportunistic environment that digital transformation presents, by enabling you to create a strategic transformation approach and to build a dynamic and agile culture in your team, unit or enterprise.

Full Fee: €1,760 (per module)
€5,280 (x3 modules)

Network Members Fee: €1,320 (per module)
€3,960 (x3 modules)

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The Professional Diploma in Sustainable Finance for Governance, Risk and Compliance Professionals is the first programme of its kind globally. The Diploma forms part of the continuing effort to address the talent gap in sustainable finance and build Ireland’s capacity as a global leader in sustainable finance.

Full Fee: €680 (per module)
€2,040 (x3 modules)

Network Members (Early bird fee): €340 (per module)
€1,020 (x3 modules)

Overview at a Glance

IFS Skillnet is delighted to partner with Sustainable Finance Skillnet to support this programme which is delivered by UCC. This course will provide the foundational knowledge and tools you need to measure, manage and reduce your organisation’s GHG emissions and setting your company on a path towards net-zero emissions by 2050.

The course will cover (a) how to account for your scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and (b) how to measure, manage and reduce your scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.

For Enquires contact TFitzgerald@ucc.ie.

Full Fee: €500

Network Members Fee: €350