We help Finance Directors deliver business benefits from finance business partnering

We’ll help your Finance teams:

challenge and influence business decisions

free-up time for finance business partnering

become ‘co-pilots’ with your business leaders

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Finance business partnering is about driving better business decisions to improve business performance.

Business partnering is an easy concept, but hard to deliver. Only 22% of Finance Directors deliver business benefits.

We’ve developed practical tools and methodologies to help your teams deliver results from finance business partnering.

What we do for our clients:

Consulting

Do your business partnering teams continue to produce reports, double check numbers, and then say they don’t have time for business partnering?

Training

Have the investments you’ve made in training and skills development delivered a step-change in the performance of your finance partnering teams?

Leadership Coaching

Do your Finance Leaders act as role-models for business partners, and do they lead the way for better finance partnering in your organisation?

Insights for finance business partnering:

Finance should drive decisions, not just provide insight

What really is the purpose of Finance business partnering? I’ve been testing this question in recent months by asking all the CFOs and FDs I meet through our consulting work. The most common answer I get is “To provide ‘Insight’ to the business from the information...

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,...

What is the role of Finance in your business?

Transforming the role of Finance to become strategic business partners is a change journey that takes time and requires improvements across several dimensions. Your starting point should always be to understand where you honestly stand today, in the eyes of your...

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

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