Course description
Overview
CFO of the Future 1 – Finance Leadership will help you rise above the basic accounting routines and become a change leader who can transform finance into a best-in-class operation. It will guide you in making an honest assessment of how effective you are now and preparing a vision and road map of where you want to be in a few years’ time.
Spread out over the year, these workshops will bring you up to speed with all the latest tools, techniques and best practices and enable you to drive positive growth and change inside your organisation. Based on many insights into how the best CFO’s have improved their finance operations, the series provides the opportunity for you to take a career step-change in knowledge and performance.
Who is this for?
The CFO of the Future workshops are aimed at existing and aspiring CFOs (including finance directors/controllers/managers, strategic/business planners, mid-level finance staff and anyone responsible for improving the finance and planning operations) who want to improve their knowledge and performance. They are applicable to both the private and public sectors.
What will you learn?
- How to develop a vision and road map for finance setting direction and aspirations
- How to improve finance efficiency, cutting out low value added work, increasing quality and reducing cost of operation
- How to create a value focus within finance and become more responsive to management needs
- How to improve finance effectiveness, turning finance into a valued and trusted, true business partner
- What constitutes an effective, balanced finance team- team types, roles and behaviours
- Designing and using a finance scorecard to set goals and action plans for finance and to measure performance progress
- Case examples are drawn from a wide range of organisations
Other related courses
CFO of the Future 2 - Strategic Management
CFO of the Future 3 - Cost & Profitability Analysis
CFO of the Future 4 - Flexible Planning & Rolling Forecasts
CFO of the Future 5 - Best Practice Measurement & Reporting
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Suitability - Who should attend?
The CFO of the Future workshops are aimed at existing and aspiring CFOs (including finance directors/controllers/managers, strategic/business planners, mid-level finance staff and anyone responsible for improving the finance and planning operations) who want to improve their knowledge and performance. They are applicable to both the private and public sectors.
Training Course Content
CFO of the Future 1 – Finance Leadership will help you rise above the basic accounting routines and become a change leader who can transform finance into a best-in-class operation. It will guide you in making an honest assessment of how effective you are now and preparing a vision and roadmap of where you want to be in a few years’ time.Learning outcomes include obtaining a greater understanding of:How to develop a vision and roadmap for finance setting direction and aspirations.How to improve finance efficiency, cutting out low value added work, increasing quality and reducing cost of operation.How to create a value focus within finance and become more responsive to management needs.How to improve finance effectiveness, turning finance into a valued and trusted, TRUE business partner.What constitutes an effective, balanced finance team- team types, roles and behaviours.Designing and using a finance scorecard to set goals and action plans for finance and to measure performance progres.Case examples are drawn from a wide range of organisations.
Course delivery details
- Location Name: Online Live
- Learning Mode: Blended
Expenses
Special Offer:
This course is eligible for 25% discount for dates starting before 1st September 2020. For more information, please contact us with the form below!