Benefits
Becoming a member with LIA opens up a window to limitless opportunities in your career and personal development, and provides you with ongoing access to numerous member benefits, which will support and assist you in the advancement of your profession.
Members holding one or more of LIA’s widely recognised designations demonstrate their commitment to excellence as a Finance Professional to employers and clients throughout Ireland and are highly sought after in their field.
LIA organises over 35 hours of online and in-person practitioner-focused CPD events each year (at
least 10 of these events are free to attend for members). These thought provoking, practical and
member-relevant sessions ensures your ongoing professional development, along with providing
an opportunity to network, share experiences and develop business and personal relationships with your peers.
Available to Associate Plus and Qualified members, the MyCPD Platform provides free access to over 30 lecture-style CPD modules, available for you to view online at any time. Following successful completion of a MyCPD module, your CPD hours will be added automatically to your CPD log and you will be issued with a Certificate of Completion.
We also hold national practitioner and business value events each year, for example:
• Managing Wealth seminar series
• Credit Union specific seminar series
• RPA Practitioner Forum
• And other ad hoc events, e.g. HR seminars, ideas sharing workshops, motivational events
LIA’s Affinity Scheme provides a suite of offers and discounts available exclusively to you, as a
member of LIA, aimed at assisting you in achieving a greater level of wellbeing. Whether it’s personal
or professional coaching to provide you with guidance on your journey, educational courses or public
speaking training to help you get your next promotion - or health insurance, yoga or meditation to aid
your physical and mental health, our Affinity Scheme has got your wellbeing covered!
The Advantage magazine, issued quarterly, is a great resource for keeping up to date on the fast moving
environment in which Finance Professionals operate. The magazine focuses on topical practice-related
issues, regulatory/legislative developments, industry news and more. Current and past issues of the
magazine are available to download using the LIA App and can be viewed on your phone, tablet or PC.
We have 24/7 online access to the latest textbooks for LIA courses which you have successfully
completed. As our textbooks are updated every year this provides you with easy online access to the
most up-to-date information relevant to your qualification. We encourage you to use these textbooks as valuable reference material.
We produce pre-recorded webinars for all course modules every year. Qualified LIA members have
24/7 online access to the latest pre-recorded webinars, specific to the courses you have successfully
completed. These are delivered on a chapter-by-chapter basis, making it easier for you to cover the specific sections which are of most interest to you.
An immersive way to view our member exclusive publications, the LIA App is a unique gateway to The Advantage magazine, factsheets and online resources.