Finance for Non-Financial People

The LG Professionals WA Finance for Non-Financial People workshop will provide you with the essential financial skills for your role in local government.

Being able to clearly understand and analyse your financial performance will dramatically improve your decision-making and bolster your value within your local government.

The major areas covered in the workshop are:

  • An overview of the financial requirements for local government in WA
  • A brief explanation of Integrated Planning
  • An explanation of accounting concepts and term
  • A background to budgets
  • How to build a budget and what to watch out for
  • How to understand accounting reports and what to look for.

Who should attend?

The workshop is for people who are involved in the
sector who would like to improve their knowledge of
local government financial planning and reporting.

Payment can be made by credit card or EFT.
If a PO number is required by your local government or organisation, please have it ready before registering. 
An invoice is immediately, automatically generated and emailed upon submission of your online registration, missing or incorrect PO numbers may delay payment processing by your local government or organisation.

Dates

Thursday 27 August 2026 
Thursday 19 November 2026

Time

8.30am for 8.45am - finish 4.00pm 

Venue

LG Professionals WA
Suite 8b, Level 1
180 Scarborough Beach Road
Mount Hawthorn WA 6016
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Cost

$500 Member | Affiliate | Young Professional
$630 Non-Member

Local government subscribers
Bronze: $560 | Silver: $535 | Gold: $500

* Click here to see if your local government is a Local Government Subscriber.

Please email [email protected] for your local government subscriber discount code.

Subscriber Discounted registrations are for non-member individuals only and are available as follows:
Bronze subscriber = 3 registrations
Silver subscriber = 4 registrations
Gold subscriber = 5 registrations

(All per subscriber local government, non-member price applies to additional registrations)