Embed Finance Across the Company: Shift the Culture, Multiply the Impact
Overview
Finance should be involved in every decision—not just relegated to the back office. Embed Finance Across the Company: Shift the Culture, Multiply the Impact empowers finance leaders to make that a reality. This course helps CFOs and finance professionals build cross-functional trust, equip teams with actionable financial insights, and foster a culture where commercial thinking becomes second nature. Through practical tools and strategies, participants will learn to translate data into meaningful narratives, align stakeholders around performance, and become catalysts for smarter, more accountable decisions across the business.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify key financial challenges across non-finance departments.
- Recognize the roles and contributions required from non-finance stakeholders during the financial planning and reporting cycle.
- Select effective techniques to educate business partners on financial principles and accountability.
- Classify common communication barriers that hinder finance collaboration across the company.
- Determine appropriate methods to embed financial thinking into daily workflows and decision-making processes.
This course includes practical exercises, mentor insights, and scenario-based questions to reinforce learning and ensure concepts can be applied in real-world finance leadership situations. Upon successful completion, participants will receive a CPD-accredited certificate.
Lessons:
Lesson 1: Building Strong Financial Partnerships
Become a true business partner by building cross-functional relationships, aligning with departmental priorities, and positioning finance as a trusted enabler of better decisions across the organization.
Lesson 2: Driving Financial Understanding and Ownership
Empower the wider business to think financially by delivering clear, engaging education, building ownership of financial outcomes, and embedding commercial accountability into everyday decisions.
Lesson 3: Embedding a Finance-First Culture
Learn how to integrate finance into your company’s culture by leading with clarity, reinforcing financial behaviors through systems and tools, and sustaining a finance-first mindset that drives strategic, informed decision-making across all levels.
Additional Information
CPE Credits / CPD Hours: 1.5
Field of Study: Management Services
No prerequisite knowledge is required to be successful in this course.
No advance preparation is required.
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: QAS Self Study
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