Maximising the Contribution of the Finance Function
Course
In City of London
Description
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Type
Workshop
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Location
City of london
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Class hours
6h
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Duration
1 Day
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Start date
Different dates available
Finance has certain responsibilities which it has to discharge – such as statutory reporting, processing payments and receipts – but it can go much further in helping the business define its success factors, create coherent strategies and monitor and communicate performance.
This course provides an opportunity to benchmark yourself against best practice, to have a template for change and to learn about some of the tools and techniques that can help create a real value adding finance team.
The emphasis is on both technical and behavioural change and the course provides real life tips and advice that can be readily implemented when you get back to the office.
The course looks at the forces for change and provides succinct overviews of the key tools used in responding to these forces – whilst recognising the need to balance “business as usual” pressures with change implementation. If you want to contribute more to the business and have a more rewarding role within it, then this course is for you.
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About this course
Anyone from finance who wants to make a greater contribution to the business and to understand what leading edge finance teams are doing to achieve this.
The content is relevant to small, medium and large teams and organisations and is applicable in commercial, voluntary and public sector organisations.
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Subjects
- Best Practice
- Financial Management
- Risk Assessment
- Performance Management
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Planning
- Strategic Finance
- Governance
- Finance
- Performance measurement
- Finance Transformation
Teachers and trainers (1)
Kevin Bounds
Teacher
Kevin is a graduate chartered accountant and MBA with extensive financial services experience. After 9 years with J P Morgan, he worked for the NatWest Group, initially as group financial controller for NatWest Investment Bank but then as finance director for NatWest Life. Here he was part of the team that turned the strategic concept into Europe’s largest bank assurance start-up and was instrumental in using the balanced scorecard as the key management tool. From here Kevin moved to Nationwide Building Society, as finance director for its newly established Life and Unit Trust companies.
Course programme
- An overview of best practice and the forces for change
- Practical benchmarking against best practice
- Finance transformation approaches and templates
- Latest developments in performance measurement and management
- The role of technology and different approaches to finance systems architectures
- Other financial management techniques and how to choose them
- An introduction to influencing and communication skills
Maximising the Contribution of the Finance Function