Finance directors survival guide

Objectives

The role of a finance director continues to evolve at pace, requiring many skills, both technical and otherwise. While providing an exciting opportunity to finance professionals, the multi-faceted requirements of the role can also be somewhat daunting without a guiding hand.

In this highly practical and interactive one-day training course, delivered by a finance director, you will learn skills relevant for the modern-day finance director to help you have confidence and the ability to excel in this role.

By the end of this event, delegates will be able to do the following:

• Describe the attributes of a great finance director (including some fun myth-busting).
• Be the finance business partner to the CEO and the board.
• Identify your key internal and external stakeholders who contribute to finance directors success.
• Lead the technical and compliance side of the function while dealing with team building and developing careers.
• Ensure all necessary policies and procedures to ensure sound financial management/governance, and appropriate risk management and assurance processes are in place.
• Discuss strategy and challenges of operational finance.
• Deliver difficult messages and cope with not always being popular.
• Manage the EO (who are known to have differing levels of financial literacy).
• Use techniques to work with the chair and non-executive directors.
• Handle the wellbeing of yourself and your team.

Overall, the day will provide practical guidance on how to thrive in a finance director role, as well as provide excellent networking and peer learning opportunities.

Suitable for: current and aspiring finance directors aiming to excel in this role