The Role of Finance Director

The finance director is a key member of a board of directors fulfilling a crucial and complex role. A principal duty is to ensure that the financial strategies support the broader corporate aims of the business - which is critical to the success of the whole enterprise. This and other conflicting demands placed on the finance director are examined in this course.

What to expect

• An opportunity to explore your unique role with other finance directors
• A clearer insight into your boardroom responsibilities, how to fulfil them effectively and how to improve your personal contribution
• An examination of your financial strategies and how these support broader corporate aims
• Personal contribution in a leadership role at strategic level

Course objectives

Participation on this course will provide you with the knowledge to:

• Assess the finance director's critical success factors and key tasks, and how these can be best achieved
• Identify the critical connections between corporate, business and financial strategies
• Provide appropriate financial information to the board, including what, when, why, how and to whom
• Better handle the problems of the finance director's multiple board responsibilities
• Recognise how other financial directors tackle the role and achieve results
• Re-assess the finance director's responsibilities to fellow directors, shareholders, employees, financial institutions and other key stakeholders
• Appreciate ethical board issues and the special duties of a finance director