FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNERING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Take the first step towards building a trusted and high-performing Finance team – amplify the impact of your team’s business partnering.
Champions of change. Builders of trust. Leaders in collaboration.

Improving the maturity of your Finance operations and building sustainable relationships with key internal stakeholders starts with trust: trust in the team’s capabilities and with one another. It starts with delivering fundamentals of business partnering in a consistent and predictable way. Getting these basics correct, builds trust with your core stakeholders and delivers positive project outcomes. The Finance Business Partnering Impact Program is designed to empower your team with the tools, frameworks, mindset and language to become trusted experts in driving organisational success.

So if your team requires a capability uplift, if you’re tasked with driving change across your business, or if you’re leading a new team of Finance professionals – then we’d like to hear from you.

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What makes this Finance Business Partnering development program unique?

Firstly, we specialise in developing business partners. It’s what we do, it’s what drives us and what we do well. It’s our dedication to research and establishing the core principles of business partnering with all our participants: know yourself, know your business, know your stakeholders.

We use a combination of research-driven tools and frameworks, real-world insights, and meaningful conversations that emphasise building trust across the team. Above all, our focus is on taking action – consistently. Trying something different to achieve a positive result. In life, following through on your commitments is a proven way to drive real change and progress.

EVOLVE

The Business Partnering Playbook

Finally, a book that provides realistic and targeted advice to Business Partners!

Business Partners hold a vital role as trusted confidants with deep technical expertise, and their impact is evident across all business functions. Initially tasked with providing advice, they are now true collaborating partners, ideally placed to lead and manage change in the changing world of work and business. Yet as the Business Partner role has changed, there has been no pathway to develop the competencies essential for their success.

Until now. If you are a current or aspiring Business Partner – HR, Finance, Procurement, IT, Risk, Audit, Compliance, Legal, Marketing – this is the book for you.

EVOLVE shows you how to navigate service models and systems, build your commercial acumen and deliver value to your organisation.

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CORE PROGRAM MODULES

KNOW YOUR BUSINESS

Know how to support your business model.

Discover a proven approach to strategic thinking and action, fostering a robust commercial mindset among Finance professionals. This module is vital for building a high-performing, trusted Finance function, building necessary capability of your company’s unique business model to enhance informed decision-making.

KNOW YOUR STAKEHOLDERS

Without trust, technical skills alone won't suffice.

This module underpins the Finance business partners’ role in cultivating relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. We emphasise essential skills such as building trust and effective communication, crucial for maintaining a strong presence in stakeholder interactions and achieving positive impact. Importantly, knowing the rules of collaborative engagement with your Finance team/colleagues.

KNOW YOUR MACRO WORLD

Make effective and informed decisions.

More than ever, business decisions are influenced by internal and external factors across different markets and geographies. This module focuses on building a strong “outside-in” view of the world, and how macro-environmental factors impact a company’s strategies and the Finance team’s decision-making. An understanding of macro factors impacting the organisation is crucial for effective decision-making and influence.

FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNERING TOOLKIT

Develop high impact skills for greater business partnering effectiveness.

Participants are introduced to tools like the ACDC Contextual Partnering Model to help identify and understand the different delivery modes of a business partner depending on the stakeholder context. These tools provide a valuable insight into their personal preferences, and the impact this has on your personal brand as a business partner. Broaden out your expertise by leveraging the different modes of business partnering in the right context.

DATA STORYTELLING WITH PURPOSE

The vital “life” skill for all Finance Professionals.

Storytelling plays an increasing and important function in all work contexts and done well, helps transform the impact Finance business partners have on their business. This influential capability can help unlock a Finance team’s ability to better collaborate and negotiate better outcomes for the overall business, creating a high-performance environment that thrives on action and outcomes, not just ideas.

KNOW THE VALUE YOU DELIVER

Be clear of the drivers necessary for driving business value.

To understand the impact you’re having, you need to know how to communicate and measure the value your team delivers as Finance business partners. It is about knowing the important trade-offs you make around what you do and what you don’t do as a team. This clarity makes all the difference to stakeholders. This module shares some high impact frameworks for you to use in assessing the value you deliver as Finance Business Partners – both individually and cohesively as a team.

THE CALL TO ACTION FOR FINANCE TEAMS!

For any team of Finance business partners, today’s fast-changing business environment bring an increased responsibility for driving and owning business outcomes. This call to action for Finance Teams serves as an important ingredient to managing change across any organisation, boosting overall team performance, and staying relevant in the face of fast-changing market trends. An effective Finance team forms a key part helping drive change across any organisation.

The Finance Business Partnering IMPACT Program, learning objectives include:

Equip themselves with the integral skills to meet the expectations of key internal and external stakeholders.
Establish a solid foundation of trust with their team, stakeholders and other functions.
Create a personal brand built on being a consistent and trusted strategic advisor.
Develop their business acumen to complement their finance technical proficiency.

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UNDERSTAND YOUR BUSINESS

How the HR Business Partners fits within and supports your company’s business model

We help you grow your ability strategically and develop a strong commercial mindset. This module is crucial for building a mature and effective HR function. It covers essential aspects of what are the core elements of a business model, helping you make informed decisions that support the overall business strategy. This module is tailored to your company and industry – no ‘off the shelf’ solution here!

UNDERSTAND YOUR STAKEHOLDERS

Without trust, your effectiveness as a HR and People & Culture business partner diminishes - regardless of how technically proficient you are

Building and nurturing trusted business relationships across all business functions is a foundational capability for all HR professionals – regardless of seniority. This module focuses on the role HR business partners play in building relationships with internal stakeholders and their People and Culture colleagues. We prioritise trust-building, building fit for purpose communication skills, and creating a strong presence in stakeholder relationships for maximum impact and team and individual success.

UNDERSTAND YOUR MACRO WORLD

Understanding the external influences that impact your business improves decision-making for HR and People & Culture professionals

Business decisions are influenced by internal and external factors across different industries, markets and geographies. This module focuses on building a strong “outside-in” view of the world, and how macro-environmental factors impact a company’s direction and the HR team’s decision-making. A solid understanding of the macro factors that can impact the organisation, is critical to effective decision making.

YOUR HR and PEOPLE & CULTURE BUSINESS PARTNERING TOOLKIT

Build high impact skills for greater effectiveness across core stakeholder groups

This module will introduce you to tools like the ACDC Contextual Partnering Model to help identify and understand the different delivery modes of a business partner depending on the work context. These tools provide participants a valuable insight into their personal preferences, and how they can broaden out their expertise by leveraging the different modes of business partnering in the right context. This module highlights how essential it is to build a strong internal brand for your HR function and the sustainable growth and relevance of any team.

DATA AS A STORYTELLING TOOL

A vital “life” skill for all HR and People & Culture Teams

Storytelling plays an increasing role in all work contexts and done well, helps transform the impact business partners have on their business. Refining this lost skill of storytelling can unleash a HR team’s ability to collaborate effectively and influence better outcomes for the overall business. This fosters a high-performance environment driven by action and tangible results, not just ideas.

KNOW & MEASURE THE VALUE YOU DELIVER

The core ingredient to driving team success

To know you’re having an impact, you need to know how to articulate and measure the value your team delivers as HR business partners. It’s knowing the trade-offs you make around what you do and what you don’t do as a team. This makes all the difference to stakeholders. This module shares some high impact frameworks for you to use in assessing the value HR and People and Culture Business Partners deliver individually and as a team.

Guidance really helped

I really connected with and appreciated the style and approach. The one-on-one guidance really helped.

Claire

Senior Manager

Helped me achieve

My goal was to maintain focus on my most important leadership priorities and this program has helped me achieve this.

Andrew

General Counsel

Program helped me in so many ways

My learnings from this program have helped me in so many ways both personally and professionally.

Deborah

HR Director

Insights were innovative and pragmatic

I appreciated the extensive experience from a wide range of sectors to draw upon. The insights shared were innovative and pragmatic

Raj

GM Human Resources

Truly enriching and transformational experience

The guidance I have received has been instrumental in helping me to workout my overall vision and strategies for my career and personal goals. This has been a truly enriching and transformational experience.

Katarina

Marketing Specialist

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

We want to disrupt everyday thinking, spark new ideas and create new ways to interact that will support you to truly have an impact. If you’re ready to increase your impact as a Business Partner, register your interest to join our Business Partnering Impact Program by filling out the form below.