Deliver business benefits by
Re-setting the direction of finance business partnering
We start with your business leaders to identify which decisions drive the most value.
We then look inside Finance to identify what stops your teams from becoming great business partners, and what needs to change to add value to the business:
- are your business partners working on the most valuable decisions?
- is everyone crystal clear about their roles and how to measure success?
- what are the biggest skills gaps in the eyes of your business leaders?
- how can you free-up time by managing the demands for business partner time?
- do you generate decision-driven information and run decision-driven meetings?
Many Finance Directors use our consulting services to implement new roles and behaviours as part of a finance transformation.
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We start with your business leaders to identify which decisions drive the most value.
We then look inside Finance to identify what stops your teams from becoming great business partners, and what needs to change to add value to the business:
- are your business partners working on the most valuable decisions?
- is everyone crystal clear about their roles and how to measure success?
- what are the biggest skills gaps in the eyes of your business leaders?
- how can you free-up time by managing the demands for business partner time?
- do you generate decision-driven information and run decision-driven meetings?
Many Finance Directors use our consulting services to implement new roles and behaviours as part of a finance transformation.
Do your business partnering teams continue to produce reports, double check numbers, and then say they don’t have time for business partnering?
We’ve developed and implemented practical benchmarks, diagnostic tools and best practice solutions for many successful commercial business finance organisations.
Finance business partnering facts:
Finance business partnering is an easy concept to understand, and about 80% of large companies are implementing it.
But only 22% deliver business benefits.
Most Finance Directors think it’s straightforward; appoint business partners, free-up time through shared services, and provide some skills training.
But it’s a lot harder than most FDs choose to believe.
What our clients say:
Arcus have played an invaluable role in our 2-year journey to transform finance business partnering across the globe.
Graham Colbert
VP Global Commercial Finance, AstraZeneca
Arcus made it so clear what each role should be that it forced everyone to be honest with themselves about their own skills gaps.
Jennifer Farrelly
Head of Finance Business Partnering, Allied Irish Bank
We keep getting fantastic feedback from everyone who attends their courses. Their style has been perfect for us.
Sally Hinks
Finance Director, Marks & Spencer
What makes Arcus Consulting different?
Our clients tell us we are a unique alternative to the big four accounting consultancies or the generalist training companies:
We specialise in Finance Business Partnering – it’s the only thing we do.
We’ve been doing this since 2009, which means we fully understand how to deliver results from finance business partnering in large organisations.
We provide Consulting and Training in finance business partnering, which is quite unique.
Our Training draws on our consulting experience of implementing changes to finance organisations and our Consulting work uses the practical tools we’ve developed for our finance training programmes.
There are training companies who offer general business partner courses, and there are big accounting companies who include business partnering as just one item in their portfolio of services.
But no-one else has the depth and practical understanding of finance business partnering. What works and what doesn’t work in other companies.
We provide small, very experienced teams and we are genuinely interested in coaching and developing your teams to transfer best practice skills and techniques for great finance business partnering.
We passionately believe in including your business leaders in re-defining the role of finance in your company, and in helping to build up the skills of your business finance teams.
We provide practical, straight-talking advice and training, based on our depth of experience. With Arcus Consulting the team you meet before we start the work is the team that will deliver the benefits, including the Partner!
Adrian Willmott
Consultant and Coach to Finance Directors. Expert in delivering benefits from finance business partnering.
Managing Director. Former Partner with KPMG Consulting. 30 years’ experience of working around the world in Europe, US, Russia, UK and Latin America.
Client experience includes AstraZeneca, Tesco, British Gas, Standard Life, Rolls-Royce, Johnson & Johnson, RBS, GlaxoSmithKline, Allied Irish Bank, Compass Group, Marks & Spencer.
Julian Wilford
Business strategy, finance organisation and training for finance business partners.
Associate Partner. Former Group Strategy Director with Aviva and co-Founder of NICE, electric cars. 30 years’ experience in the UK, across Europe and in the US.
Client experience includes British Gas, Allied Irish Bank, BT Global Services, Tesco, Compass Group, Lloyds Bank, Associated British Ports, Shell, Roche, Northumbrian Water, Citibank.
Justin Elliott
Skills training for finance business partners and Finance Directors.
Associate Partner. Former Finance Director with Unilever for 18 years in Spain, Russia and the UK, followed by 10 years of finance training experience.
Client experience includes Rentokil Initial, RBS, Sage, Nationwide Building Society, Marks & Spencer, Philips, Unilever.
David Allen
Finance transformation and Finance change projects.
Associate Partner. Former Partner with Accenture and Programme Director for finance transformation projects, often with large systems changes. 25 years’ experience.
Client experience includes Aviva, Pitney Bowes, Excel Logistics, Standard Life and UBS.
Alexis Kingsbury
Finance Decision Support and Capability Modelling.
Associate Partner. Co-founder of Spidergap for skills gap assessments and 360 feedback. Director with Bridging Insight and former Consultant with PA Consulting. 12 years’ experience of working in the UK, Asia, Russia and the US.
Strategic Partner company for diagnostic tools for analysing finance capability gaps and decision support.
Valerie Eaton
Marketing and Business Analyst
Associate Partner. Founder of Mojo Digital Marketing and Smart VA.
Valerie delivers the content marketing for Arcus Consulting, as well as conducting much of the background business analysis for our client work on finance business partnering.
Strategic Partner for marketing and business analysis.
Adrian Willmott
Consultant and Coach to Finance Directors. Expert in delivering benefits from finance business partnering.
Managing Director. Former Partner with KPMG Consulting. 30 years’ experience of working around the world in Europe, US, Russia, UK and Latin America.
Client experience includes AstraZeneca, Tesco, British Gas, Standard Life, Rolls-Royce, Johnson & Johnson, RBS, GlaxoSmithKline, Allied Irish Bank, Compass Group, Marks & Spencer.
Julian Wilford
Business strategy, finance organisation and training for finance business partners.
Associate Partner. Former Group Strategy Director with Aviva and co-Founder of NICE, electric cars. 30 years’ experience in the UK, across Europe and in the US.
Client experience includes British Gas, Allied Irish Bank, BT Global Services, Tesco, Compass Group, Lloyds Bank, Associated British Ports, Shell, Roche, Northumbrian Water, Citibank.
Justin Elliott
Skills training for finance business partners and Finance Directors.
Associate Partner. Former Finance Director with Unilever for 18 years in Spain, Russia and the UK, followed by 10 years of finance training experience.
Client experience includes Rentokil Initial, RBS, Sage, Nationwide Building Society, Marks & Spencer, Philips, Unilever.
David Allen
Finance transformation and Finance change projects.
Associate Partner. Former Partner with Accenture and Programme Director for finance transformation projects, often with large systems changes. 25 years’ experience.
Client experience includes Aviva, Pitney Bowes, Excel Logistics, Standard Life and UBS.
Alexis Kingsbury
Finance Decision Support and Capability Modelling.
Associate Partner. Co-founder of Spidergap for skills gap assessments and 360 feedback. Director with Bridging Insight and former Consultant with PA Consulting. 12 years’ experience of working in the UK, Asia, Russia and the US.
Strategic Partner company for diagnostic tools for analysing finance capability gaps and decision support.
Valerie Eaton
Marketing and Business Analyst
Associate Partner. Founder of Mojo Digital Marketing and Smart VA.
Valerie delivers the content marketing for Arcus Consulting, as well as conducting much of the background business analysis for our client work on finance business partnering.
Strategic Partner for marketing and business analysis.
Find out what our team can do for you
Call me today on +44 (0) 7748 111 495 or email me at adrian.willmott@arcusc.com
Adrian Willmott
Managing Director
Expert in Finance Business Partnering
30 years of International experience
Former Partner with KPMG Consulting
