Professional Advancement and Continuing Education Council
  • Industry Standard ISO 20022
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  • Accountancy • Finance • Audit • Professional Practice

Continuing Professional Education (CPE)

PACE Council is an internationally recognised CPE accreditation and programme delivery body, supporting accountants, auditors, finance professionals, and business practitioners in fulfilling annual CPE credit requirements, maintaining professional certification, and advancing their technical expertise. Our CPE programmes are rigorous, NASBA-aligned (& other standards such as ACCA, etc), and built around the real challenges of modern professional practice.

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    Our CPE Solutions

    Complete CPE Solutions for Every Finance & Accounting Professional

    Whether you’re a CPA fulfilling state board annual requirements, a CMA or CIA maintaining certification, a finance team building technical competency programmes, or a professional association seeking to offer accredited CPE – PACE Council provides end-to-end CPE solutions that are rigorous, flexible, and professionally credible.

    CPE Accreditation Programs

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    CPE Accreditation and Professional Learning!

    PACE Council sets the standard for CPE quality assurance. Our accreditation framework ensures every programme we recognise meets rigorous standards for learning design, delivery, and impact measurement – so your CPE carries weight wherever your career takes you.

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      Accreditation Standards
      We assess and accredit CPE programmes against internationally benchmarked criteria, ensuring quality and consistency across all learning formats.
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      CPE Planning Support
      We help professionals and organisations build annual CPE plans aligned to career goals, regulatory requirements, and sector frameworks.
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    Why Finance & Accounting Professionals Choose PACE Council for CPE?

    Realtime tracking and verification of CPE certificates / transcripts and credits!.

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    Globally Recognised

    PACE Council CPE certificates are respected by professional associations, employers, and licensing bodies across 40+ countries. Your learning is verifiable, portable, and professionally credible.

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    Flexible Learning, Your Way

    Whether you prefer self-paced online learning, live virtual workshops, in-person intensives, or blended programmes — PACE Council CPE fits around your professional life, not the other way around.

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    Your CPE, All in One Place

    Our digital CPE Portfolio makes it easy to record structured and unstructured learning, generate CEU reports, and meet annual submission requirements for any professional body — in minutes, not hours.

    CPE Membership & Programme Plans

    Choose the plan that fits your developmental needs!

    Bulk volume discounts are available! Contact our support team.

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    Individual

    For independent professionals
    $ 24.99 / Certificate (or) Programme
    • Access to CPE Programme Library
    • Digital Portfolio
    • CPE Certificate of Completion
    • CPE Summary Report
    • Support from CPE Advisors
    • Indexing of Abstract (Conferences)
    • Access to metaSpectra
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    Professional Plus

    For organizations / institutions
    $ 19.99 / Certificate (or) Individual
    • Everything in Individual CPE
    • Waiver on Registration Fee of Events
    • Unlimited Certificate Verification
    • Personlized Suppport
    • Access to metaSpectra
    • Indexing of Abstract: Add-on
    • Some Customizations Allowed!
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    Custom Pricing

    For teams, enterprises & institutions
    $ -- Bulk Discounts & Waiver
    • Everything in Individual and Professional Plus along with the allowable customizations and price fixation.
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    Frequently Asked Questions

    Continuing Professional Education (CPE) refers to structured learning activities that licensed and certified professionals – particularly in accounting, finance, audit, and related fields – must complete on an annual or biennial basis to maintain their licensure, certifications, and professional standing. CPE ensures that professionals remain technically current and competent as standards, regulations, and practices evolve.

    Requirements vary by certification and jurisdiction. Most US state boards of accountancy require CPAs to complete 40 CPE hours per year (or 80 hours per 2-year period), including a minimum of 2 hours in ethics. Internationally, bodies like ACCA, ICAI, CIMA, and IIA have their own annual CPE requirements. Our CPE advisors can guide you on the specific requirements for your certification and state or country.

    Our CPE programmes are developed in compliance with NASBA and AICPA standards for continuing professional education, making them eligible for submission to state boards of accountancy. We recommend confirming specific state acceptance requirements with your state board. Our advisors can assist with this process.

    Our CPE library covers all major subject areas including: Accounting & Auditing, Taxation, Finance, Ethics, Business Management & Organisation, Information Technology, Economics, Personal Development, Specialised Knowledge, and Statistics. Subject area breakdowns are clearly documented on all certificates and transcripts.

    Yes. We offer dedicated Ethics CPE programmes that meet the mandatory ethics credit requirements of state boards of accountancy and major certification bodies. Our ethics courses are clearly labelled with the ethics credit hours they provide.

    PACE Council offers CPE in all NASBA-recognised delivery formats: Group Live, Group Internet-Based (webinars), Self-Study (QAS-compliant), and Blended Learning. Each programme certificate clearly states the delivery method, programme level, and field of study for complete compliance documentation.

    Digital certificates are issued instantly upon successful completion of any PACE Council CPE activity. They are simultaneously recorded in your running CPE Transcript in your learner account — available for download at any time.

    Yes. Your PACE Council learner account maintains a complete, running CPE Transcript documenting all completed activities, credit hours, subject areas, delivery formats, dates, and programme levels — downloadable as a formatted PDF or shareable as a verified digital link, ready for any board submission or employer audit.

    Yes. We offer dedicated CPE tracks mapped to the annual requirements and subject area mandates of multiple professional certifications including CPA, CIA (IIA), CMA (IMA), CFP, CFE (ACFE), CISA (ISACA), ACCA, CIMA, ICAI, and others. Our advisors can help you build an annual CPE plan that satisfies multiple certifications simultaneously.

    Absolutely. Our Firm & Institutional CPE plan provides a centralised dashboard for managing CPE compliance across teams, custom technical training programmes built around your firm’s practice areas, and dedicated support for annual peer review, quality control, and regulatory training requirements.

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    • Industry Standard ISO 20022
    • Trusted By 20,000 Customers