Level 1
CFPnA Foundation
Foundation level
Core FP&A thinking, tools and analytics, and data storytelling.
Octave Institute of Finance Leadership
Build finance leaders who drive decisions, not just report numbers.
A practitioner-led corporate finance institute for GCCs and large Indian corporates. We train techno-finance professionals to think like business partners, work fluently with data, and prepare for leadership roles.
- Live onlyNo pre-recorded modules, ever
- Practitioner facultyEvery trainer has held a senior finance role
- CustomizedBuilt for each corporate. Not one size fits all.
Most finance training teaches tools. Octave teaches the judgement that decides what the tools are for.
Octave is an initiative of ANKR Group, a CFO advisory and finance outsourcing practice that works with multinationals and GCCs every day. The cases taught here come from that work, with client details removed.
Every program is built for corporate teams, not individual learners. Companies send their finance professionals to Octave when those people are technically strong but not yet the ones the business turns to before a decision.
Not theory
Every example comes from a real business situation.
Live, every hour
In-person, live sessions. Questions get answered in the room.
Practitioners lead
Faculty have run finance functions, not just studied them.
Customized to your needs
Content is built around your industry, your business and your decisions.
CFPnA
Certificate in Financial Planning and Analytics
India's first practitioner-led FP&A certification for techno-finance professionals in GCCs and large corporates. CFPnA works on the mindset shift first: from producing the numbers to explaining them and shaping the decision that follows. That shift is what prepares people for leadership roles.
The certificate is issued by Octave Institute of Finance Leadership.
Three pillars
FP&A and business partnering
Planning, forecasting and the judgement to sit across from a business owner and change what happens next.
Analytics and reporting tools
Reporting that refreshes itself, so time goes into analysis instead of rebuilding the same file each month.
Data storytelling and leadership
Opening with the decision, choosing the numbers that support it, and holding the room with senior leadership.
Customized to your needs. An IT example won't land with a manufacturing GCC.
Generic case studies lose the room. A finance team in a manufacturing GCC thinks in plants, inventory and cost of production, not software licences and billable hours.
So every CFPnA batch uses customized content: examples, cases and exercises drawn from your industry and the decisions your team actually supports.
How the program works
1
Co-create
Built with your finance leaders.
2
Practitioners lead
Taught by people who have done the job.
3
Implementation
Applied to live work between sessions.
4
Re-emphasis
Reinforced until it becomes habit.
The mindset shift
Reporting numbersto Driving decisions
Explaining the varianceto Explaining the driver
Rebuilding reportsto Building insight
Presenting slidesto Leading the room
Finance reporterto Finance leader
One certification path, from analyst to finance leader
CFPnA has three levels. Each builds on the one before it, so a team can progress together over the years.
Level 2
CFPnA Inter
Intermediate level
Deeper business partnering, advanced analytics and leadership communication.
Level 3
CFPnA
Full designation
Complete command of all three pillars: FP&A and business partnering, analytics and reporting tools, data storytelling and leadership.
Tell us about your team's roles when you enquire, and we'll suggest the right level for each group.
Get in touch
Talk to the Octave team
Reach out directly to discuss CFPnA for your finance team, batch schedules, or customized corporate delivery.
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