Course ID: BNEFBP

Beyond the Numbers: Executive Finance Business Partnering

In an era of rapid technological advancement and business disruption, finance professionals are increasingly expected to step beyond traditional roles and become strategic business partners. This executive course equips finance leaders with the skills and behaviors needed to communicate with clarity, influence key decisions, and contribute meaningfully to business strategy. Beyond the Numbers: Executive Finance Business Partnering builds on your existing knowledge and experience to enhance competencies in communication, influence, business acumen, and leadership. You will learn how to deliver insights that matter, drive strategic discussions, and shape business outcomes. This course also explores how the finance function must evolve—embracing technology and restructuring itself to remain relevant and impactful in a changing world.

In-person and live webcast CPE credit: up to 6.0


Learning Objectives
  • Interpret the evolving role and strategic importance of finance business partnering.
  • Formulate financial insights with clarity, purpose, and influence.
  • Evaluate how to identify and adopt behaviors that differentiate high-performing finance business partners.
  • Categorize psychological principles to influence stakeholder decisions.
  • Reconstruct compelling visual presentations to support strategic messaging.
  • Evaluate the impact of technology on finance and the need for structural adaptation.

Major Topics
  • Recognize the value finance business partnering brings to organizational success and resilience.
  • Distinguish between high- and low-performing finance business partner behaviors.
  • Apply effective communication techniques and visual tools to present key messages.
  • Use influence techniques drawn from psychology to build stakeholder engagement and trust.
  • Identify and overcome organizational and behavioral barriers to business partnering success.
  • Explain how technology is reshaping finance roles and recommend strategies for staying relevant.
  • Align finance’s role with business strategy through enhanced business acumen and leadership skills.

Who Should Attend

Mid- to senior-level finance and accounting professionals / Any finance professionals seeking to enhance their communication, influence, and strategic capabilities / Board Members, Senior Executives, Middle Managers, Shareholders and Investors


Fields of Study
Finance

Prerequisites

Working professionals with more than 5 years of experience.


CPE Credits
6.0

Level
Advanced

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