Future CFO Course
For Aspiring CFOs
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- CFO course for aspiring CFOs
- 9 x 2 hour live mentor-led online workshops
- Delivered in a cohort of 8-12 peers
- 20.5 CPE Credits / 20.5 CPD Hours
Future CFO Course
Future CFO Course Overview
The Future CFO course is a comprehensive nine-module development program, designed and delivered by senior level finance leaders within a collaborative peer group format. We guide you through the whole journey from the back office to the boardroom.
Ideal for those aspiring to become a Chief Financial Officer within the next five years, Future CFO also caters to those who are currently performing the number one role in startups and scaleup companies. Unlike traditional business schools, our unique focus is solely on cultivating exceptional CFO talent, with hundreds of Aspiring CFOs having already completing the program, we are dedicated to empowering the next generation of finance leaders.
The Future CFO course offers many benefits, including:
Cohort Group Workshops
Attend nine two-hour Future CFO Program mentoring workshops delivered in a cohort of 8-12 peers.
Simulator Access
Access a comprehensive suite of dynamic simulators crafted to empower finance professionals and leaders at every stage of the business life cycle.
Virtual Boardroom
Play the role of the CFO in a live boardroom discussion chaired by a professional mentor to navigate challenging real-life case studies.
The next Cohorts start on:
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the Future CFO Program, you will be equipped with the essential skills to transition into the CFO role, collaborate strategically with C-suite colleagues, and lead a finance function that is both respected and value-enhancing.
Who is the Future CFO Course for?
Finance leaders managing a finance function in an early stage business but not yet delivering the full aspects of an established CFO role.
Finance leaders reporting into a CFO in high growth companies, aspiring to attain their first CFO role in their next career progression.
Senior finance leaders within large enterprises keen to land their first CFO role as their next career move.
The Benefits of a Cohort Group
Peer Learning: Participating in a cohort group allows aspiring CFOs to learn from and interact with their peers, who may have different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. This collaborative learning environment fosters a sense of community that enables participants to expand their knowledge and skills in a supportive and engaging setting.
Networking: The cohort group environment provides aspiring CFOs with an opportunity to network and build relationships with other professionals who share similar career goals and aspirations. These connections can be valuable in terms of knowledge-sharing, job referrals, and future collaborations.
Enhanced Accountability: Being part of a cohort group also enhances accountability for aspiring CFOs. The group provides a level of support and motivation to help participants stay on track with their development goals and commitments. Peer accountability can also be an effective way to ensure that participants are making progress towards their career objectives.
Meet the Future CFO Course Mentors
Each program cohort group is delivered by a selection of the following professional mentors:
Susana Serrano-Davey
GrowCFO Spain & LATAM Lead Mentor | Experienced CFO | Executive Coach
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Future CFO Course - Modules Overview
Our nine modules will help transform you from a senior finance professional into an impactful CFO.
Module
01
Identify your skills gaps
Join your Module 1 launch event to meet your CFO mentors and peer group buddies. Receive a guided tour of your CFO Readiness Toolkit and online course lessons. Your Module 1 lessons outline the typical roles and responsibilities of a Chief Financial Officer, including potential variations across different businesses. Participants work through guidance narratives and videos to rate yourself across each competency area within your CFO Readiness Toolkit.
Field of Study
Personal Development 2 CPE Credits (2 CPD Hours)
Module
02
Create your tailored development plan
During your Module 2 session, our CFO mentors will help prioritize your action plans against your existing role and future career aspirations. You will receive a group mentoring session to identify and overcome your biggest personal challenges towards obtaining your dream CFO role. This includes impactful remedies, proven methodologies, and practical recommendations that will form the basis of your tailored development plan.
Field of Study
Personal Development 2 CPE Credits (2 CPD Hours)
Module
03
Fast track your development
Within Module 3, participants create objectives, document actions, and specify deadlines to address each identified development area within your GrowCFO Competency Framework. Address each of your priority development areas through regular prompts inside GrowCFO’s automated Learning Center. Participants will be notified of relevant courses, video recordings and blogs. You will also be invited to attend live webinar events and listen to valuable podcasts.
Field of Study
Personal Development 2 CPE Credits (2 CPD Hours)
Virtual Boardroom
Fields of Study
Management Services 0.5 CPE Credit (0.5 CPD Hour)
Personal Development 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour)
Module
04
Build your own brand
During this module, participants will gain valuable insights to help develop your profile and build your personal brand. These include top tips for writing your CV, building your LinkedIn brand and reviewing your overall digital profile. You will be invited to join regular webinars and will be prompted to complete a range of online lessons to transform you from being one of the crowd into the stand out candidate.
Field of Study
Personal Development 2 CPE Credits (2 CPD Hours)
Module
05
Grow your network
This module consists of regular webinars, event recordings and online lessons to take you through the journey from being an unconnected top performer to becoming a highly recommended leader. During this module, participants will identify your influential contacts, determine your personal ambassadors and create an action plan for developing strong relationships with these individuals.
Fields of Study
Personal Development 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour)
Communications and Marketing 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour)
Module
06
Engage with the top table
Module 6 will help you to engage with the top table in order to take you through the journey from being a respected finance leader to becoming a trusted board member. Participants will understand what your CEO and Board really want from their CFO, learn how to manage these critical relationships and master the challenges of stepping up to support your CEO and Board
Fields of Study
Management Services 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour)
Communications and Marketing 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour)
Module
07
Win your dream finance job
This module will help you to win your dream job in order to take you through the journey from being a “CFO ready” candidate to becoming a newly-appointed CFO. During this module, participants will identify potential routes into a new CFO role, learn different ways to identify new opportunities, understand how to position yourself for internal promotion and hear top tips for passing the external hire recruitment process.
Fields of Study
Personal Development 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour)
Communications and Marketing 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour)
Module
08
Take over the finance function
Participants will study how to take over the finance function to make the journey from inheriting the finance function towards creating a blueprint for your own team. You will learn how to determine your finance function objectives, which type of finance function would best suit your company, how to create a blueprint for your future finance function and what factors to consider when selecting your optimal team.
Fields of Study
Finance 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour)
Management Services 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour)
Module
09
Create your identity – the first 100 days
This module is designed to help you to create your identity by building your 100-day plan to make the journey from your first day as the CFO to becoming an impactful CFO within your organization. During this module, participants will learn the key priorities when starting your new CFO role, the importance of a 100-day plan, how to implement your plan and top tips for making a big impact early on!
Fields of Study
Management Services 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour)
Personal Development 1 CPE Credit (1 CPD Hour)
Join one of our online preview events to learn more about
this exciting Future CFO course
The Future CFO course offers the following activities during a 12-month period:
1. Competency Framework: Rank yourself against the 45 CFO skills within The GrowCFO Competency Framework.
2. Future CFO On-Demand Video Course: Complete the nine Future CFO program online modules.
3. Competency Workshops: Access on-demand workshops led by GrowCFO’s professional mentors to address your biggest skills gaps.
4. Competency Modules: Complete a selection of 45 online courses to address priority areas identified in your Competency Framework.
5. Simulators: Access a comprehensive suite of dynamic simulators crafted to empower yourself at every stage of the business life cycle.
6. Learning Plan: Document your quarterly progress against your GrowCFO learning plan for at least 12 months.
7. Virtual Boardroom: Play the role of the CFO in a live boardroom discussion chaired by a professional mentor to navigate challenging real-life case studies.
8. Professional Mentoring: Six months of one-to-one professional mentoring from an experienced CFO with at least ten years of board-level experience (this is optional and should be purchased separately).
Graduating participants will receive a signed GrowCFO certificate to showcase within your CV and LinkedIn profile. This clearly demonstrates your commitment towards developing your skills and growing your network, making you a successful CFO.
Testimonials
Finance Director, The Light Salon
The Future CFO Cohort programme has instantly provided me with a valuable community that I can learn from, share ideas with and contribute to. The program has helped me to assess my current skill level as a first-time FD and to map out my development areas. There is so much information available from more experienced peers, alongside regular events, competency sessions and mentoring to help address my identified skills gaps.
Finance Director, Smartr365
I’m thrilled to be a part of the Future CFO cohort programme. This course provides great insights from fellow professionals and is a great launchpad to enhance my knowledge and experience. The GrowCFO team have done an amazing job in delivering pertinent content and to structure the cohort so that different views can be shared. This has definitely broadened my network and has helped me to focus on addressing my biggest development areas!
Chief Financial Officer at Team GB
I had a great experience with GrowCFO. The access to mentors and the virtual boardroom really helped me with my first CFO role.
Financial Controller, 2 Sisters Food Group
The Future CFO Programme participants are full of energy and it is great to hear their stories.
Head of Finance
The workshops are really insightful and it is great to connect with people who are in similar roles and are facing the same issues. Everybody speaks so openly about their personal challenges and the Chatham House approach works really well.
Finance Director
I found today's workshop incredibly helpful. It really helped me to properly understand the root causes behind the biggest personal challenges that people face when stepping up into the finance leader role for the first time.
Head of Operations Finance, New York
The GrowCFO program touched many topics, and personally I found the most value in its ability to highlight my weaknesses. To grow to that next level, it is critical to be aware of areas to improve.
Finance Director
I'm a member of the Future CFO programme and have already learnt a lot and met some great people in the workshops. I've no doubt this programme will equip me for any type of CFO role that's out there. The content on the site is incredible and I am really excited about working through the remaining modules. I'm quite sure this will be the best investment I've made in a long time!
Head of Financial Control
GrowCFO offers fantastic insight through podcasts, articles, weekly webinars and learning programmes such as the Future CFO Programme. This is combined with an interactive network of finance professionals who are generously willing to offer time and expertise to other members. This combination has been a valuable mix to aid future development.
CFO
The Future CFO Programme was really useful for preparing to step up into a CFO role, in particular the 100-day training course and competency workshops.
Finance Director, Bella Figura Music
My time on the course was invaluable, loaded with practical content and challenging thought. I feel now that I have an enhanced toolkit going forward and access to a much needed network.
Financial Controller at ALTOUR
Great development programme that is needed in this space for transitioning to CFO role. Practical, thought provoking, realistic and set to challenge your gap analysis to drive your career growth forward by continuing to be your authentic self in an environment of like minded individuals.
Financial Director Operations, Evri
Overall the course was a positive experience and one where we were able to explore together what it was to be a CFO. The course focuses mainly on developing your 100 day plan and a lot to do with scoring your next position, which it does really well. However if you are looking for more in depth training, you should complement this with the learning activities that are included as part of this program and sit within GrowCFO's professional development platform.
Head of Finance, api.video
Engaging Content & peer group. I enjoyed the group discussions and sharing of real experiences linked to course content the most.
Finance Lead at CharlieHR
It was great to be part of a supportive cohort group and have access to experienced finance coaches and mentors.
VP of Finance at Grip
Really valuable course which covered a range of relevant topics that help set you up for a successful future in finance.
Head of Finance, Adaptivity
I feel really grateful for attending the program and being part of the GrowCFO community. The content of the program was very comprehensive, insightful and with a personal touch. I can't recommend it enough!
SaaS Finance Leader, The Better Metric
GrowCFO provided a community of both mentors and peers that I never would have been able to gather on my own, and gave me perspective that I needed to build my confidence and clarify my goals.
Vice President, Finance at AdTheorent
The Future CFO Program has been a great program for helping to determine what type of CFO role you want to pursue in your career.
Strategic Finance Leader, Leda Health
The material we reviewed has been incredibly meaningful for me as I search for my new CFO role. It’s helped me to realize what is important to focus on and how I can elevate the work that I do to be a more strategic partner.
Director of Finance and Accounting, Argyle
The GrowCFO program helped me build upon my strength as a finance leader and work on my weaknesses.
Head of Finance, Street Group
This was an amazing opportunity to meet lots of like minded finance leaders to share experiences and learnings as everyone grows in their CFO career path.
Treasurer, Controller, & Trustee, Systems Technology Inc.
The program breaks down the skills and competencies needed to succeed as a new CFO into an organized format. This will be especially helpful to reference back to as I move along during my career.
Finance Director, GPDQ
The wealth of information in the webinar library has helped me to overcome some of my biggest personal challenges.
Financial Director, Culture Shift
The Future CFO Program has been extremely useful in identifying areas for development and providing insights into how best to overcome any gaps in my knowledge. The power of the network was recognized many times and it was great to learn in a group setting and expand my network of like-minded professionals at the same time.
Portfolio CFO/COO to several companies
GrowCFO provided me with the framework to identify and then mitigate areas of weaknesses. I have since grown my existing CFO portfolio and landed a ‘dream’ CFO role that I am very excited about.
Financial Director, Various Companies
I really benefited from being part of a peer group who share experiences which have helped to build my confidence to push my career forward.
Controller, United States
I felt that the frameworks, skillset evaluations, and templates were the most beneficial. I will refer back to these items often.
Group Financial Controller, Techpoint Group
Great opportunity to understand what being a CFO means and that there are actually many different types!
CFO, Tes
The Future CFO Program has supported me with the confidence to progress my career and land my first CFO role, with great tools and advice I can use now and into my career to be the best I can be.
Finance Business Partner, EG Group
The Future CFO Program gives you the understanding of what it takes to make the move to a CFO role and a toolkit which will be invaluable to all future roles.
Global Finance Director, S2W Media
I would highly recommend this program to all aspiring CFO’s. It is a great path to realizing your full potential and helping you overcome all the reasons you think you can’t be a CFO just yet. They’re probably just in your head but they urgently need addressing!
Finance Director, eComplete Group
I found the program really useful to help focus my career ambitions and provide insight into the skills required to become a future CFO.
Finance & Operations Director, Orka
The course has been really valuable to me, highlighting key areas to develop within my current skill set, and also helping to drive my personal progression.
Head of Finance and Operations, ITEL
The Future CFO Program by GrowCFO helped me to take the next steps in my career, I was able to network with a diverse group of individuals to share my experiences with.
Group Financial Controller, Nexteq PLC
The Future CFO program has been a fantastic learning experience and confidence builder. Led by an excellent mentor group who draw out great insights and knowledge sharing from the cohort.
I've already put many new skills into play within my current role and feel well prepared for future growth.
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FAQs
All program payments must be made directly to GrowCFO through our company website growcfo.net/future-cfo or through GrowCFO company invoices. GrowCFO accepts no liability for any payments made to any other parties, including regional leaders and program facilitators.
While attending live sessions is recommended for optimal training experience, we understand that sometimes unexpected situations may arise. If you are unable to attend a live session, a recording of the session will be made available to you. However, please note that for certain sessions, you may still be required to submit preparatory work even if you are unable to attend the live session, so please review the course material carefully and make arrangements accordingly to ensure you can keep up with the program requirements.
The live online workshops run on a monthly basis lasting two hours each. There is no preparation required, except around 30 minutes for the Module 1 workshop.
At GrowCFO, we pride ourselves on building strong and supportive cohorts for each intake. Once a participant has committed to a cohort, we do not offer a refund, to ensure a strong community of like-minded individuals who will serve as a valuable support network throughout the training journey is built.
There is no expected knowledge or preparation in advance of the program, although most people find it beneficial to register for a Preview Event in advance, (this is not compulsory). There is a bonus one-hour introductory group session prior to the Module 1 workshop for people to meet the program delivery team and start building relationships with their cohort group members.
Yes, the Future CFO program counts for 20.5 hours of CPE and you will be issued a certificate on completion.
