Finance Business Partner Course

Finance Business Partner Course

Gain commercial confidence, influence stakeholders, and lead business-critical conversations that drive impact.

What is the Finance Business Partner Course?

A hands-on, practical learning experience for individuals and modern finance teams.
This course helps your team move beyond reporting tasks to deliver real business insight.

What
You’ll Learn

Course Modules

The Business Partnering Mindset workshop rewires finance pros to think, act, and be valued as strategic collaborators—not number-crunching bystanders.

  • Adopt the IMPACT mindset: pivot from reactive reporting to proactive influence, commercial alignment, sharp communication, and rock-solid trust.

  • Swap reputation killers for credibility builders: recognise behaviours that tank Finance’s image and replace them with empathy, clarity, curiosity, and other high-impact traits drawn from top Sales, Marketing, Ops, and HR playbooks.

  • Create a personal FBP roadmap: leverage the self-assessment to identify strengths, close skill gaps, and craft weekly actions that turn financial insight into tangible business value.

Field of Study Finance — 2 CPE Credits (2 CPD Hours)

This workshop helps finance professionals build collaborative relationships that drive influence and strategic outcomes.

  • Learn how to quickly build rapport and handle challenging conversations professionally

  • Explore techniques for managing conflict and fostering long-term collaboration

  • Map key relationships and create targeted engagement plans to build trust and alignment across the business

Field of Study Personal Development — 2 CPE Credits (2 CPD Hours)

Unlocking Actionable Insights turns raw numbers into laser-focused guidance that drives smarter commercial decisions.

  • Spot the real performance levers: isolate volume-price-mix and other key drivers, then bring them to life with “power dashboards” and the right chart for every story.

  • Move from “what” to “so what”: use the 3 Magic Questions, Funnel of Whys, and Volcano of Value to expose root causes and shape clear, action-ready insights.

  • Influence without friction: coach stakeholders, escalate issues diplomatically, and transform routine reporting into strategic conversations that steer the business forward.

Fields of Study:
Finance 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour) and  Management Services 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour)

Financial Storytelling that Inspires equips finance professionals to turn dense numbers into concise narratives that spark understanding and decisive action.

  • Turn data into a three-part story: apply the Power of 3 to distil complex analyses into “what we saw, why it matters, what we recommend” that audiences remember and act on.

  • Connect through structured empathy: use the CARE framework and stakeholder maps to frame messages around real ambitions, concerns, and contexts—so non-finance partners lean in, not tune out.

  • Lead with a hero’s journey: structure presentations as a clear arc of challenge, struggle, and resolution, elevating your role from reporter of facts to storyteller who moves the business forward.

Field of Study Finance — 2 CPE Credits (2 CPD Hours)

Influencing Critical Decisions equips finance business partners to shape conversations that turn insight into action.

  • Shift mindsets, not just metrics: master persuasion tools to reframe resistance, earn trust fast and guide stakeholders from doubt to commitment.

  • Sell ideas that stick: apply proven sales and messaging frameworks so recommendations land clearly, emotionally, and memorably.

  • Drive confident decisions under pressure: diagnose the real sources of hesitation, tailor your challenge without triggering defensiveness, and move teams from analysis paralysis to decisive next steps.

Fields of Study:
Personal Development 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour) and Communications and Marketing 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour)

Presenting with Impact transforms finance professionals from data presenters into influential communicators who drive decisions and shape business outcomes.

Structure messages that land: apply the Minimal Noise → Maximum Impact framework and build a clear, compelling 5-Slide Influence Deck that cuts through complexity and focuses attention on what matters.

Engage and hold the room: use bold headlines, visuals, and key statistics to turn financial insight into something memorable, while opening and closing with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

Move from insight to action: deliver presentations that don’t just inform, but influence—guiding stakeholders toward decisions through concise narrative, strong calls to action, and confident delivery.

Field of Study Management Services — 2 CPE Credits (2 CPD Hours)

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How It Works:

What Makes Our Finance Business Partner Course Different

Master the real-world skills that today’s finance professionals need to influence decisions, earn trust an drive business performance

Move Beyond
the Numbers

• Pinpoint the real drivers behind commercial decisions—far beyond the P&L.
• Speak the native language of Sales, Operations and Strategy so ideas land first time.
• Shift from month-end reporting to real-time, forward-looking partnership.

Master the Human
Side of Finance

- Apply proven techniques for negotiation, persuasion and difficult conversations.
- Present insights with clarity and calm, even when the stakes are high.
- Turn conflict into collaboration and build trust across the organisation.

Practice, Measure
Improve

-Stress-test tools in live business scenarios and get instant coaching.
-Embed new habits directly into your daily workflow so they stick.
-Track your progress with our FBP Skills Assessment tool and spotlight exactly where to level-up next.

Trusted By

Our courses have already delivered transformational learning outcomes to people in the following companies:

Who This Course Is Built For

Designed for the Next Generation of Finance Leaders

Finance
Professionals

Designed for finance professionals looking to transition into a strategic Finance Business Partner role. Build the skills to influence decisions and drive business performance.

Progressive
Finance Teams

Equip your finance team with the tools and techniques to become proactive business partners who add greater strategic value.

Forward-Thinking Finance Leaders

Develop a more commercially focused finance function that drives collaboration, innovation, and better business outcomes.

Benchmark Your Finance Business Partner Skills in Just 15 Minutes!

Our unique Finance Business Partnering Competency Framework is designed to measure FBP skills against finance professionals across nine core competencies.

Once completed, one will have instant access to a free personalized report highlighting the current position and offering actionable steps to enhance FBP skills.

Ready to Elevate Your Finance Team?

Join the next FBP Program cohort or book a private cohort.

$1270/£995

Per person


12 CPE Credits/CPD Hours
Live Zoom Sessions
2hrs per workshop

Cohort Schedule

Starts on 14th September 2026

$1295/£995

Per Person


14 CPD Credits
Live Zoom Sessions
2hrs per Workshop

Cohort Schedule

DATES TBC

$1295/£995

Per Person


14 CPD Credits
Live Zoom Sessions
2hrs Per Workshop

Cohort Schedule

DATES TBC

Meet Your Course Facilitator

Melanie Coeshott​

Melanie is an award-winning career coach and mentor for finance professionals, recognized for her expertise and dedication. She is an ICAEW Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) and a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF).

How to get started?

Get in touch about a Private cohort

Interested in running a private cohort for your team? Get in touch to learn more about how the program works and how it can be tailored to your organization.

Enroll on the next Cohort

Ready to lead with insight and impact? Join the FBP Program and gain the practical skills and confidence to drive better decisions across your business.

The delivery method is Group Live using Zoom. This is an intermediate level program. As a prerequisite, candidates will be expected to have a good understanding of the activities undertaken in their own business and the financial. information that is produced and reported by the finance team. No advance preparation is required.