Commercial skills for finance professionals

A course to show you how to become a true business partner.

This one day workshop will focus on the evolving role of the finance department, from custodians of the company's finances to business partners who are totally integrated within the strategic direction of the business.

Financial managers wanting to gain a seat at the business table by expanding their role from analyst to business expert

'Useful in team formation and to build additional elements into business partnering strategies'
Mr Peter Dean, Head of Finance, SAS Software Ltd

'A good aid to understand people's behaviour and the simplification of presenting financial data'
Mrs Karen Hopkins ACMA, CGMA, cash optimisation performance analyst, BP Oil UK Ltd

'Excellent tips to use in the real business world'
Ms Michelle Pendergast, Peel Dome

A foundation for the other competencies needed for the transformation, including:

• presentation skills: how you get your message across
• strategic vision: using financial structures to identify opportunities, understand risk and add value
• networking: using connections both within and outside the company
• influence: engaging with and influencing senior management
• management: motivating and managing the finance team.

George Fildes FCMA, CGMA, MBA, FCIM, managing director, Qualitas Training & Consultancy Ltd. 

George specialises in commercial and financial training that delivers profit-boosting and sustainable business improvement.

With over 25 years in general management, George's experience spans business management, logistics, customer operations and financial management. His training programmes give delegates the confidence to become more involved in the commercial aspects of the business.

9.00 Registration and coffee

• Personality and behaviour
  Practical tools that describe how we are ‘wired’. Understanding yourself and others will enable a better business interaction.
• Interpersonal skills
  The attributes of a successful finance team and how you measure up against this template. The interpersonal skills required to develop internal and external relationships.
• Risk management
  Proactively defining business risk in terms of business plans and financial performance. Understanding your ‘risk score’ and critical success factors.
• Information delivery
  Being able to present and communicate financial information in a way that is effective, precise and memorable is a vital skill. Breaking down the barriers created by financial terminology will be addressed.
• Good to great
  The ingredients of a ‘great’ business and the vital role the finance team can play in delivering this vision.

5.00 Close of seminar

6 CPD hours (where applicable)

Morning coffee, a light lunch and afternoon tea are provided

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If you have any queries please email or phone us on +44 (0)845 026 4722.

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