Central Bank of Ireland Individual Accountability Framework (IAF) Corporate Training
Build IAF readiness with SEAR responsibility mapping, conduct standards, and audit-ready evidence.
Edstellar is a corporate training company delivering instructor-led corporate training to enterprise teams worldwide. This program helps risk, compliance, legal, audit, and HR teams implement the Individual Accountability Framework: scoping SEAR, allocating responsibilities, drafting statements, embedding conduct standards, and running fitness and probity certification, through guided instruction and applied labs.
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How we build a clearly accountable team
The Edstellar IAF Capability Model
Diagnose
Map your current governance against IAF expectations and find the gaps before your SEAR deadline.
Standardize
Build one responsibility architecture: prescribed duties, statements, and a single management map.
Practice
Draft responsibility statements and conduct-standard evidence in guided labs with instructor feedback.
Measure
Test your accountability framework against Central Bank guidance and tighten every weak link.
Scale
Extend the framework to new entities and PCF appointments with repeatable, up-to-date documentation.
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Program Overview: What is Central Bank of Ireland Individual Accountability Framework (IAF)?
Central Bank of Ireland Individual Accountability Framework (IAF) Corporate Training is Edstellar's instructor-led program for compliance, legal, and senior management teams implementing Ireland's accountability regime. Participants master the 2023 Act foundations, SEAR scope and responsibility design, conduct standards, and the duty of responsibility. Fitness and probity requirements and enforcement complete the curriculum.
The program is built around doing, not just knowing. Participants draft Statements of Responsibilities in guided labs, construct Management Responsibilities Maps for their own functions, and pressure-test conduct standards against realistic scenarios. Instructors with regulatory experience coach each exercise across seven modules and 26 hours. Every artifact produced mirrors what the Central Bank of Ireland expects to see on examination.
Accountability frameworks fail when responsibilities live in job descriptions nobody reads and maps nobody maintains. This program teaches your team to allocate responsibilities crisply, document them defensibly, and embed conduct standards into daily management. Firms leave with an accountability architecture that survives regulatory scrutiny instead of a binder that gathers dust.
The capstone is a full IAF implementation pack, responsibility statements, management maps, conduct attestations, assembled for your firm and reviewed the way a regulator would review it. Your team walks out with the pack itself, ready to operationalize, rather than a certificate and a vague sense of what SEAR requires.
Participants work with realistic material: sample statements of responsibilities, management responsibility maps, conduct attestation packs, and certification registers. Day-to-day work becomes the classroom, so the framework your team builds maps directly onto the one it runs back at the office.
The program closes with a capstone review. Your team leaves with a working draft of its IAF pack: responsibility statements, the management map, conduct evidence, and a certification workflow.
What's Included in this Workshop for Your Enterprise Teams
- 1
IAF pillar-by-pillar walkthrough
Map the Act, timelines, and scope to your firm.
- 2
SEAR responsibility design lab
Allocate inherent and prescribed responsibilities.
- 3
Statements of responsibilities lab
Draft, review, and harden real statements.
- 4
Conduct standards evidence lab
Build evidence your PCF holders can defend.
- 5
Capstone review session
Assemble and defend your full IAF pack.
- Training delivered at any of your offices globally
- 10+ languages
- Schedule around your calendar
- Group size set along with you
- Run as one cohort or split into batches
- Instructor-led (virtual/onsite/hybrid)
- Recurring and annual options
- Trainer sourcing, matching and logistics
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Central Bank of Ireland Individual Accountability Framework (IAF) Course Topics and Program Outline
A 26-hour instructor-led journey from the IAF Act to a working accountability framework. Seven modules blend hands-on concept sessions with guided drafting labs, closing with a capstone implementation pack your team can defend.
Built by Edstellar with GRC practitioners
Built by practitioners who implement accountability frameworks in regulated financial services, shaped around your stack and use cases.
A short pre-training assessment maps your team's IAF readiness, so instruction starts at the right level for every participant.
Foundations cover the 2023 Act, SEAR scoping, and responsibility design through guided instruction and walkthroughs.
Guided labs draft responsibility statements, build management maps, and document conduct-standard evidence.
The capstone assembles a 26-hour accountability pack your team defends in an instructor-led review.
A short pre-training assessment sets each participant's entry level, so the 26-hour program starts where your team actually is.
Delivered as
Assessors set each participant's entry level; labs and schedule are then customized to your team's entities and PCF structure.
Guided walkthrough matching the IAF's four pillars and timelines to your firm's structure.
learna)The Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Act 2023 and its purpose
b)The four pillars: SEAR, conduct standards, fitness and probity, enforcement
c)Application timelines: 29 December 2023 standards, 1 July 2024 SEAR
d)Scoping: which RFSPs and role holders are affected
e)Central Bank guidance and statement templates
Mapping exercise placing inherent, prescribed, and allocated responsibilities onto an org chart.
learna)In-scope firms: credit institutions, insurers, investment firms, branches
b)PCF and senior executive function concepts
c)Inherent, prescribed, and allocated responsibilities
d)Non-executive director oversight standards
e)Confirming no responsibility sits unallocated
Drafting lab producing complete statements of responsibilities for a model firm's PCF holders.
practicea)The Central Bank statement-of-responsibilities template
b)Drafting inherent responsibilities for each senior function
c)Documenting prescribed and allocated responsibilities
d)Keeping statements up to date and submitting them
e)Instructor review: clarity, completeness, and overlaps
Build lab assembling a management responsibilities map and testing it for gaps.
practicea)Building a management responsibilities map from org structures
b)Committees, reporting lines, and board-reserved matters
c)Linking the map to each statement of responsibilities
d)Detecting overlaps and unassigned responsibilities
e)Update cadence and on-request availability
Evidence lab documenting conduct-standard compliance and reasonable-steps evidence.
practicea)Common conduct standards for CF and PCF holders
b)Additional conduct standards for PCF holders
c)The duty of responsibility and prescribed contraventions
d)Reasonable steps: the evidence the Central Bank expects
e)Substance over form in responsibility determinations
Workflow lab designing an annual fitness and probity certification process.
practicea)Enhanced fitness and probity regime: what changed
b)Proactive annual certification: process and documentation
c)Reporting fitness and probity concerns
d)The amended administrative sanctions procedure
e)Reasonable-steps evidence files for PCF holders
Full implementation pack build with instructor-led defense of every document.
applya)Assembling responsibility statements for a model firm
b)Building the management responsibilities map
c)Drafting conduct-standard attestations and training plans
d)Designing the fitness and probity certification workflow
e)Capstone review: defending the pack under questioning
Customize this program tailored to your team?
Tell us your training needs: what your team already works with, the level they’re at, and the topics you want them to focus on. We’ll adjust the modules, duration and hands-on labs, and send you a customized outline for your group.
Key Skills and Outcomes Your Team Will Gain
Your team will leave able to run the IAF in practice: scoping SEAR, allocating responsibilities, drafting statements, and embedding conduct standards, with competency built through guided labs.
Interpret the IAF Act
Read the 2023 Act and its timelines, and map each pillar to the teams that must operate it.
Scope SEAR coverage
Determine which firms and PCF roles sit in scope and what obligations each senior function carries.
Allocate responsibilities
Assign inherent and prescribed responsibilities so no duty sits unowned.
Draft responsibility statements
Write statements of responsibilities that reflect real roles and pass supervisory scrutiny.
Build responsibility maps
Assemble a management responsibilities map linking people, committees, and decision rights.
Apply conduct standards
Embed common and additional conduct standards and document reasonable steps.
Run F&P certification
Design an annual fitness and probity certification workflow with clean evidence.
Teams that Benefit from this Central Bank of Ireland Individual Accountability Framework (IAF) Group Training
Risk, compliance, legal, audit, and HR groups share IAF ownership. This group training builds one shared capability across the workforce, with examples and labs adapted to each cohort's roles and experience, so every group practices the workflows it owns.
Turn the IAF into an operating accountability framework
For the teams that own SEAR implementation end to end. They leave with a responsibility architecture, a draft management map, and an evidence pack ready for supervision.
Workflow friction
- Responsibility documents that read well but do not operate
- Conduct evidence gathered only when the supervisor asks
- Responsibility gaps that surface during inspections
How the program helps
- A responsibility architecture mapped to the IAF
- Statements and maps ready for supervisory review
- Reasonable-steps evidence files for PCF holders
Practice use cases
- Responsibility mapping
- SoR drafting
- Gap analysis
- Evidence packs
Draft statements and maps that stand up to scrutiny
For legal teams who advise on SEAR design and review documentation. They leave with drafting standards, update processes, and submission practice aligned to Central Bank guidance.
Workflow friction
- Statements that describe titles rather than duties
- Maps and org charts that drift apart
- Submissions built without a review process
How the program helps
- Drafting standards for statements and maps
- A clear update and submission workflow
- Documentation judged on substance, not form
Practice use cases
- Drafting reviews
- Update workflows
- Template packs
- Submission practice
Audit accountability with substance, not form
For audit teams who must test the accountability framework. They leave with review checklists, reasonable-steps tests, and reporting lines the IAF can follow.
Workflow friction
- Audit scopes that miss individual accountability
- Testing responsibility without clear owners
- Findings that do not trace to a duty
How the program helps
- Checklists for statements, maps, and evidence
- Reasonable-steps tests for PCF holders
- Findings that trace to named duties
Practice use cases
- Control testing
- Reasonable-steps tests
- Audit checklists
- Finding write-ups
Run fitness and probity certification with confidence
For HR teams who operate the enhanced fitness and probity regime. They leave with an annual certification workflow, a concern-reporting process, and clean registers.
Workflow friction
- Certification rounds run on spreadsheets
- Concerns reported late or not at all
- Registers that miss new appointments
How the program helps
- An annual certification workflow that works
- Clear concern-reporting and records
- Registers that stay current
Practice use cases
- Certification runs
- Concern reporting
- Register upkeep
- Appointment checks
Each cohort works through role-relevant labs and leaves with reusable templates for statements, maps, and evidence packs.
Prerequisites: Risk, compliance, legal, audit, and HR professionals get the most from this program. Familiarity with financial services regulation or governance helps but is not required. No prior SEAR or IAF experience is needed. Each cohort's examples and labs adapt to the tools, firms, and processes the team actually uses.
From IAF Awareness to Defensible Accountability Practice
Learners begin with the 2023 Act, the four pillars, and scoping rules, establishing who owns each responsibility. Practice modules then design responsibility allocations, draft statements, build management maps, and embed conduct standards. Applied work tests the framework, runs fitness and probity certification, and closes with a capstone implementation pack.
One program that grows with accountability careers, from IAF foundations to running a defensible responsibility framework.
Mixed cohort, or several teams at once?
We can tailor the training to different teams, roles, and experience levels within the same program.
Certificate of Training Completion.
On successful completion, employees receive an Edstellar course completion certificate, recognizing their commitment to ongoing learning and professional development. It validates the skills they have built and motivates them to keep growing and contribute to organizational success.
Earned, not attended. Awarded on completion of all hands-on labs and the capstone project.
Training Delivery Modes: Virtual, Onsite and Hybrid
Hybrid delivery is the standard for this program: instructor-led guidance, demonstrations, and supervised drafting labs in every module. Share your mix of office and remote learners and we will shape the schedule around it.
Hybrid Training
Live instructor-led sessions blend office and remote participation with guided labs throughout. Your team drafts responsibility statements, builds management maps, and assembles evidence packs with instructor coaching at every step.
- Live instruction across office and remote sessions
- Guided labs with instructor support
- IAF scenarios drawn from regulated financial services
- Best for flexible schedules with real interaction
Onsite Training
Your instructor delivers at your facility with exercises set up for your team. Participants work through SEAR responsibility design and conduct-standard evidence using your governance documents with direct coaching.
- Instructor delivers at your facility
- Exercises set up for your governance documents
- Direct coaching during drafting and lab work
- Best for co-located teams wanting maximum focus
Live Virtual Training
Live instructor-led sessions run on Zoom or Microsoft Teams with full online access to the guided lab environment. Breakout rooms support focused drafting of statements and maps for distributed teams.
- Live sessions on Zoom or Microsoft Teams
- Remote access to the guided lab environment
- Screen-shared guidance through every task
- Ideal for distributed teams across locations
Need a training format that works for your team?
Full days, half days across weeks, or split by module. Tell us the delivery window and we schedule the cohort around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Share your team size, locations, and preferred dates through the form above. We reply with a tailored proposal covering scope, schedule, and per-group pricing.
Yes. A short discovery call helps us understand your IAF gaps, then we shape the modules and labs around your team's needs.
Yes. Live virtual sessions run on Zoom or Microsoft Teams with full access to the guided lab environment and instructor support.
Yes. Onsite delivery brings the instructor and all exercises to your office, built around your entities and documents.
The program runs 26 hours, typically over three or four days, and the schedule stays flexible to your calendar.
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Where this Training Fits in Your Team's learning path.
Ireland's Individual Accountability Framework places duties on individuals as well as firms, so your team first frames enterprise risk and conduct risk. This course covers the IAF itself. The final step moves into operational resilience, which the Central Bank of Ireland also expects senior staff to own.
Why Choose Edstellar as Your Central Bank of Ireland Individual Accountability Framework (IAF) Training Provider
If you are comparing providers for IAF training, start here. Tell us about your firms, PCF holders, and timelines, and we will shape a program around them.
EXPERT TRAINERS
YEARS DELIVERING
ORGANIZATIONS TRAINED
CERTIFIED
Tailored
Content shaped around your firms, PCF holders, and governance documents, so sessions map to your real IAF obligations.
Proven Methodology
5+ years delivering corporate training to risk, compliance, and audit teams across industries and regions.
Practice-Based Learning
Four guided labs and a capstone across seven modules build your statements, maps, and evidence packs.
Expert Trainers
5,000+ certified trainers matched to your IAF goals, with a full trainer profile shared before booking.
Global Scale
One IAF program across your offices worldwide, delivered in hybrid, onsite, or live virtual formats.
Measurable Outcomes
Baseline-to-capstone measurement and Skills Matrix reporting keep your accountability capability lift visible.
Map Individual Accountability with Clear Responsibilities and Reviewable IAF Evidence
Our Central Bank of Ireland IAF training connects framework concepts with the documents used to assign and demonstrate accountability. Participants develop responsibility statements, test management maps, and examine conduct and fitness-and-probity evidence. The final pack is reviewed for gaps and overlaps, without implying that the training exercise constitutes regulatory approval or an individual certification decision.
- Step 01
Consult
We discuss your firm’s governance structure and implementation responsibilities, identifying learning needs in SEAR scope, responsibility allocation, conduct evidence, and fitness-and-probity workflows.
- Step 02
Plan
We establish IAF foundations before scope and responsibility design, statement drafting, management maps, and conduct and certification processes in the implementation pack.
- Step 03
Align
We align compliance, legal, risk, audit, and HR roles, introducing framework terminology while distinguishing document preparation from decisions requiring the firm’s authorized oversight.
- Step 04
Customize
We tailor a model firm’s organization chart and PCF roles to representative structures, including responsibility overlaps and gaps that participants must resolve explicitly.
- Step 05
Execute
Participants draft statements, test map consistency, document reasonable-steps evidence, and design a certification workflow with feedback on clarity, completeness, and accountability.
- Step 06
Evaluate
We assess the implementation pack for justified scope, consistent statements and maps, clear responsibility ownership, and traceable conduct and fitness-and-probity process evidence.
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