Flagship course
Network Cost Audit Fundamentals
Six modules that turn carrier invoices, utilisation exports, and renewal calendars into an audit trail a Hong Kong finance partner can follow.
Learning outcomes
- Produce a complete network cost inventory with owners, renewals, and unit economics.
- Run variance checks that separate rate changes from utilisation changes.
- Operate a financial auditing app workspace as a controlled ledger, not a black box.
- Deliver a one-page scaling brief with evidence links and a clear “do nothing” option.
Modules
- Module 1 — Estate cartography Map circuits, cross-connects, cloud edge, and shared services; define naming rules that survive a handoff.
- Module 2 — Invoice literacy Parse carrier PDFs, credits, and minimum commitments; spot fees that never appear in monitoring tools.
- Module 3 — App-led reconciliation Import utilisation, match line items, and lock an audit period inside the sandbox auditing app.
- Module 4 — Variance storytelling Write findings that name the driver, the evidence, and the owner without overclaiming savings.
- Module 5 — Scaling triggers Define thresholds for upgrades; practice briefings that finance can challenge productively.
- Module 6 — Close and handoff Package the trail for internal audit; plan the next review cadence.
Instructor
Hannah Leung
Former capacity planner for a Hong Kong carrier wholesale desk. Hannah now coaches teams on documenting scaling spend so finance reviews feel collaborative rather than adversarial.
Informational pricing
Ledger Cohort seat: HK$8,960. Team packages available via Steering Circle. No payment is taken on this website—enrolment is confirmed by invoice after a short scoping call.
FAQ
Do I need an existing auditing app licence?
No. Cohort seats include a sandbox workspace. You may export methods to your employer’s tool afterward, but we do not resell third-party licences.
Can we use live company invoices?
Yes, if your policies allow redaction. Many teams prefer the sandbox bills for Modules 1–3, then switch to redacted internal data for Module 5.
What is a real limitation of this course?
We do not teach contractual negotiation tactics or legal review of master service agreements. If your bottleneck is the contract language itself, you will still need counsel—our focus stops at the cost evidence and the briefing.
How much weekly time should I plan?
Most learners set aside five to seven hours: one live session, one lab, and writing time for findings.
“Module 3’s reconciliation checklist caught a duplicated NNI charge we had paid twice. The live critique was blunt in a useful way.”
I wanted deeper coverage of submarine cable IRUs; the course only sketches them. For metro and regional fibre, though, the variance drills were exactly what our shared services team needed.