SA Profile Magazine Volume 8 - 2025 | Page 5

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FASSET offers a broad range of services designed to support the development and advancement of finance professionals and executives. These services align with its mandate to drive skills development and training within the finance and accounting sector in South Africa. FASSET’ s offerings include:( a), Continuous Professional Development( CPD) such as lifelong learning wherein finance professionals and Executives are given an opportunity to attend specialised training, focusing on leadership, governance, and advanced financial management skills.( b), Transformation and Inclusion Initiatives, FASSET prioritises inclusivity in its programmes, ensuring that black learners, women, and individuals from rural areas have access to education and training opportunities. This is evident through the Executive and middle management Women Development programme, internship programmes implemented through the DDM models and the Blind SA Programme.( c) Career Guidance and Support, FASSET offers resources to help finance professionals map out their career trajectories, from entry-level positions to executive roles, providing information on the skills and qualifications needed at each stage.( d), Bursary for the employed and professional body programmes for both employed and unemployed.
2023 / 2024 FINANCIAL YEAR
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Learners trained under Life Long Learning
Unemployed learners funded under bursary
Unemployed learner placed in an internship
Learners provided with tools of trade( laptops)
314
Small businesses supported through discretionary funding
TVET College lectures awarded a bursary:

40

1 691
Grade 8-12 learners supported in the Math and Accounting Programme
Black females supported through the Executive Development Programme
550
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: 2