There’s a reason the car windscreen is bigger than the rear-view mirror!
Finance business partnering is about looking forwards through the windscreen to challenge and influence business decisions, business strategy and business outcomes. Yet more than 85% of the time in most Finance functions is spent looking in the rear view mirror!...
Which skills do finance business partners need?
Most Finance Directors say that having the right people with the right skills is their number one priority for delivering business value from Finance. Yet, in our experience not many FDs identify the specific capabilities needed by their finance business partners, as...
The 3 Ingredients for Successful Finance Business Partnering
“Do I need to hire a whole new team to make my Finance organisation more effective at business partnering?” It’s surprising how many Finance Directors ask me this question. In my experience, business partnering is a lot more complicated than this. A little bit of ‘new...
5 Levers to deliver valuable business partnering
From our work with Finance Directors and CFOs in large companies we’ve identified the 5 levers you need to pull to be successful with business partnering The trick is to pull all 5 levers. Most companies pull only one or two of the 5 business partnering levers, and...Free Best Practice Report on Finance Business Partnering
A practical guide to what works and what doesn't work in other companies.
and we'll send you our regular business partnering e-mail tips
You can unsubscribe at any time.