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From numbers to narratives—prove your edge and rise as Pakistan’s finance leader

National Finance Olympiad 2025

What makes
NFO 2025 unique?


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Sharpen Technical Skills

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Navigate Ivy League Simulations

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Experience Board Room Scenarios

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Practice Strategic Decision Marking

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Integrate CrossDisciplinary Insights

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Demonstrate Leadership Skills

Eligibility Criteria

  • Who Can Participate?
    • Chartered Accountants
    • Members of other recognized professional bodies
    • Finance professionals with at least three years of experience (including articleship)
    • Business graduates from HEC recognized university
  • Team Composition:
    • Three members per team, with at least one ICAP member.
    • If a team does not include an ICAP member, a Fellow ICAP member must act as the team’s coach or mentor.
  • Team Limit:
    Each organization or professional firm may nominate up to two teams.

What To Expect?


Over the two-week journey, participants will complete technical assessments, engage in Ivy League simulations, and take part in a focused behavioral-competency experience, among other activities.
The top six teams advance to the Grand Finale, where speed, strategy, and boardroom presence decide the CHAMPION.

Event Schedule And Details:

Rounds Date Mode & Venue
Qualifying Round January 17, 2026 Virtual
Simulation & Assessment Round January 20, 2026 Karachi: Karachi School of Business & Leadership
Lahore: ICAP Office, Thokar Niaz baig
Overseas: Virtually
Grand Finale January 26, 2026 Marquee, PC Hotel Karachi

ROUND 1: QUALIFYING ROUND



• This online round combines technical accuracy with strategic thinking, setting the foundation for the rounds ahead.
• It tests each team’s breadth and depth of financial knowledge through:


A: Computer-Based Assessment

• Two-hour featuring multiple-choice and scenario-based questions across key learning domains.
• Here’s a break-up of disciplines and format of questions you can expect:


No. Testing Pattern Score Per Question No. of Questions as Per Syllabus in 2025
Accounting Concepts and Applications (20 marks) Business Financial Management (20 marks) Governance, Risk & Compliance (10 marks) ESG and Technology (20 marks) Economy (5 Marks)
1 Selecting the right answer 1 3 3 3 3 3
2 Selecting the most/least relevant answer 2 4 4 2 4 1
3 One descriptive scenario 3 3 3 1 3 -
TOTAL(40) 10 10 6 10 4


* For scope of learning and the distribution of topics, refer curriculum by Click Here

B: QuickSim

The assessment is followed by a one-hour mini-simulation from one of the leading global universities. The simulation will be facilitated by KSBL.


Round 2: Simulation & Assessment Round



This round gives teams the opportunity to experience real-world financial decision-making, and teamwork in a high-pressure environment.


Teams Can Expect:


A: Business Simulation:


B: Behavioral Assessment:

* Based on cumulative scores from Round 1 and Round 2, the TOP SIX teams will advanceto the Grand Finale.

Grand Finale

The top six teams experience a live, high-pressure setting where speed, strategy, and boardroom performance to decide the National Finance Champion.



A: Boardroom - Unwind the Mind

  • • Teams present a boardroom pitch to the case shared at the end of Round 2.
  • • Maximum of 8 minutes will be allotted for presenting the solution and convincing the jury followed by 2 minutes for Q&A session for the jury.
  • • Presentation will be evaluated by ICAP nominated panel of judges as well as the audience based on pre-defined criteria.

B: 100-seconds

  • • A rapid-fire segment test that rewards clarity under pressure.
  • • An ICAP-nominated facilitator runs the segment, and each team has 100 seconds to answer as many questions as possible.
  • • Questions for this round will be based on:
    • ▪ Key financial and economic trends in Pakistan during the last 3 years.
    • ▪ Key technological trends in the corporate sector across the world in the last 3 years.
    • ▪ Pakistan international relations.
  • • Negative marking will apply for each wrong answer.

C: Spin the Wheel

  • • A risk-reward challenge, led by ICAP-nominated facilitator, that evaluates judgment and speed across core syllabus areas.
  • • Teams will have categories (representing disciplines listed in Round 1) to choose questions.
  • • Each team will have 3 turns to choose a category.
  • • Once the spin stops, they will have10 seconds to choose risk (High or Low).
  • • They will have 45 seconds to respond and lock the answer to the question.
  • • Risk in score will be associated with each category.

* The team scoring the highest aggregate marks in all parts of Grand Finale will be declared National Finance Champion 2025!

Registration Details:



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Registration Fees Early Bird Discount Valid Till
PKR 100,000
per team (exclusive of all taxes)		 PKR 80,000
(exclusive of all taxes)		 Nov 24, 2025


Deadline to Register:


Dec 15, 2025



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