Addressing the Strategic Finance Skills Gap
Addressing the Strategic Finance Skills Gap is a critical topic for finance professionals seeking to advance their careers and contribute more strategically to their organizations. As the role of finance evolves, the skills required to succeed as a strategic business partner are shifting, and many finance teams are struggling to keep up.
This session, led by Kevin Appleby, COO and Podcast Host at GrowCFO, and Catherine Marks, Finance Team Training Director at GrowCFO, aims to provide insights and practical solutions for addressing this skills gap. They begin by highlighting the traditional finance career path and the growing need for more strategic, business-oriented skills beyond technical accounting expertise. They emphasize the importance of developing a well-rounded skillset that encompasses financial modeling, forecasting, data analysis, communication, and strategic thinking.
By addressing the Strategic Finance Skills Gap, this session aims to empower finance teams to become more strategic, influential, and valuable business partners within their organizations.
Highlights:
- Identifying the skills gap and the challenges faced by finance professionals in developing strategic capabilities
- Exploring GrowCFO’s competency frameworks for assessing and addressing skill development needs
- Discussing various approaches to skills development, including on-the-job training, structured courses, coaching, and project-based learning
- Introducing GrowCFO’s Experiential Learning for Finance (ExLF) program, which offers interactive, live training sessions on a range of strategic finance topics
- Providing detailed overviews of the FP&A Essentials and Finance Business Partnering Boot Camp courses within the ExLF program
- Emphasizing the importance of networking, peer learning, and personalized development opportunities for finance professionals
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