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Senior Finance Leaders Programme

Senior Finance Leaders Programme

The Senior Finance Leaders Programme is designed to equip the capable financial professional to make the step up to the higher main board and C-Suite level. It provides the individual with first-hand practical skills to be able to make this transition a success. The finance professional will learn techniques and skills that complement what they have learnt in practice and industry to date, and be able to implement these CFO-specific skills immediately in new roles, or in different environments, with more demanding objectives and outputs.

In demanding financial roles, it is almost impossible to create the headspace to think about anything other than the immediate challenges to hand. As a result, continuing professional education is limited to the narrow practical experiences of specific roles in specific organisations in specific sectors. This leads to highly competent and skilled finance professionals being exposed when asked to assume higher levels of responsibility, in differing corporate entity environments, and from an organisational perspective, it becomes potentially a high-level and costly gamble when appointing people to the most senior financial positions.

Additionally, as aspiring finance professionals gain greater responsibility and accountability, they are challenged to consider strategic and decision-making options from not just a finance perspective. This can be a significant deviation from what might have been to date simply a narrow set of decision-making skills based on academic-style and fact-based information.

The course is designed to equip you with the tools and knowledge to carry out the increasingly complex CFO role in today’s changing and agile world. The course focuses on those areas where, unless you have experienced them in practice, the finance professional simply cannot gain the levels of competency that are required to be successful in the highly-visible CFO role.  

This course will cover not just new key skill sets, but also the key mindsets and practices for CFO excellence. An abundance of real-life case studies bring the subject matter to life for prospective CFOs, so that in making that step up to C-Suite, whether in an existing organisation or in a new company appointment, the individual enters the main board with confidence based on the knowledge, breadth and depth of CFO responsibilities that the individual now has at their disposal.

Course Summary

Duration:

2 Day


Delivery Method and Price:

Virtual Classroom:
£1,200

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About the Programme

This course is aimed at qualified finance professionals who are currently operating at a senior level but below C-Suite or main board and who wish to prepare for the next progression, or at individuals already operating at the highest finance level in their organisation but wish to increase capability, in each case generating a real investment return in future performance for the organisation in question. Attendees will have held a senior finance role for more than 2 years, or feel that they are in need of building new CFO capabilities in today’s evolving marketplace.

It is specifically for finance professionals who want to learn about how they can take their business and organisation to the next level and expand their individual armoury with new skills and ways of working that are specific to the role of C-Suite and main board CFO.

Benefits

We know that taking time out of the office to focus on personal development can be difficult, yet the value and benefits of doing so can be immediate and exponential. This course is designed to offer a comprehensive programme of taught theory and real-life case studies, and to be delivered over a 2 day period.

*Please note that some of the materials and objectives may be subject to change depending on discussions, activities and needs of the cohort upon reflection of delegate responses to the pre-programme questionnaires.*

On completion of this programme, delegates will, through a combination of taught theory and real-life case studies:

  • Have a clear and comprehensive understanding of what incremental skills, experience and behaviours are required to become a main board C-Suite CFO in a variety of corporate environments
  • Have the requisite skills to contribute highly effectively as a strategic member of a main board and C-Suite team
  • Be able to introduce effective, efficient and robust control, compliance, procedural and corporate governance structures that protect assets, maintain accuracy and integrity of information and preserve liquidity
  • Be fully equipped to deal with and manage the demanding requirements of your chair, CEO, board and various new internal and external stakeholders
  • Have learned the C-Suite CFO skills that are necessary for effective news management and communication with a variety of finance and non-finance audiences
  • Identify, analyse, map, and mitigate business and corporate risk throughout an organisation
  • Be fully equipped to prepare and deliver highly professional CFO reports to a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders
  • Have a comprehensive understanding as a CFO of strategic funding options
  • Know how to implement the most effective funding options for an organisation, and manage, maintain and preserve robust treasury and liquidity structures
  • Know how to implement and deliver all aspects of a potential acquisition from inception to execution and beyond
  • Be fully equipped to manage and deliver a successful exit or disposal
  • Understand and recognise the benefits of continuous improvement and learning as a progressive CFO

Session 1

Day 1: Session 1: C-Suite CFO and Working with Stakeholders

Key themes include:

  • Acting as a commercial Director of an organisation
  • Understanding, challenging, and implementing Corporate Strategy as the CFO
  • Commercial responsibilities and accountabilities
  • Decision-making as the CFO
  • Managing internal and external stakeholders
  • Creating strong working relationships
  • Case studies

Session 2

Day 1: Session 2: Implementing Corporate Governance, Controls & Procedures

Key themes include:

  • What are your statutory responsibilities?
  • Understanding and implementing the codes of Corporate Governance
  • Implementing and managing organisation-wide controls & procedures
  • Strategic, real time information and KPIs – your role as the CFO
  • Case study

Session 3

Day 1: Session 3: Managing Risk

Key themes include:

  • Risk appetite
  • Risk maps
  • Risk registers
  • Risk mitigations
  • Risk assurance
  • Case study

Session 4

Day 1: Session 4: News Management & Communication, including Report Writing

Key themes include:

  • Why news management and communications are so critical
  • Delivering bad news as the CFO
  • Report writing
  • Finance for non-finance board directors
  • Timeliness, format, style and content
  • Case studies

Session 5

Day 2: Session 1: Strategic Funding Options

Key themes include:

  • Private Equity (PE), Venture Capital (VC), Seed Capital (SC)
  • Initial Public Offering (IPO) as a source of capital
  • Case study

Session 6

Day 2: Session 2: Raising Funds – Debt & Equity

Key themes include:

  • Debt funding options
  • Consequences of implementing Debt funding – covenants, refinancing, restrictions
  • Equity funding options
  • Case study

Session 7

Day 2: Sessions 3&4: Executing Acquisitions, Disposals & Exits and Continuous Development

Key themes include:

  • Acquisition appraisal and valuation
  • Executing an acquisition and understanding the component parts of a successful acquisition
  • Funding, legal, regulatory, competition and other considerations
  • Appraisal of an exit opportunity
  • Managing the acquirer and/or investor through the process
  • Managing the flow of information
  • Case study
  • Enhancing the skill set beyond finance
  • Engagement with your peers in other disciplines
  • Managing your work life balance and wellbeing
  • Conclusions

Whilst this programme is not linked to a formal qualification, it will contribute to delegate’s ongoing personal and professional development.

Jeremy Earnshaw

Jeremy Earnshaw

Tutor

Jeremy Earnshaw is a current portfolio Chief Financial Officer and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. Jeremy has been operating at main board C-Suite Chief Financial Officer level for over 25 years to date, having been one of the youngest PLC CFO’s at age 29, leading a full IPO listing on the London Stock Exchange.

Working across multiple sectors including housing, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, printing, retail marketing, and online E-commerce, Jeremy is highly experienced on all main board and CFO matters, with specialisms in funding, M & A, stakeholder communication and value creation. With international experience in Europe, North America and Asia, Jeremy’s roles have always encompassed a wide range of responsibilities, including legal, governance, risk, financial PR and procurement.

Using the vast experience gained in both growth markets and challenging downturns, Jeremy is also now a​n Institute of Leadership & Management-qualified and trained Executive ​Coach & Mentor with his own practice, and currently undertaking a part-time Postgraduate Masters Degree in Coaching & Mentoring at Newcastle University.

Jeremy is also helping other companies with his experience by adding NED roles to his portfolio. He currently serves as Chair of Audit & Risk on the Boards of Optoma, a €245m Revenue global leader in the production and distribution of Visual Display Products & Solutions, and One Heritage Group PLC, a fully-listed Property Development business. Additionally, he is a NED at Leeds & Yorkshire Housing Association, plus an early-stage technology-led business.

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  • You can gain a clear understanding of the skills needed to become a Chief Financial Officer
  • Learn how to manage the requirements of the CEO, Chair, C-Suite and Stakeholders
  • Gain an understanding of a CFO's strategic funding options
  • Learn the benefits of continuous improvement and learning as a progressive CFO

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