The professional identity of accountants in industry has been changing over the past
few years as demands on business has changed and the economic landscape has evolved.
Today, the role of accountant in industry has changed demanding innovative, dynamic
and people oriented qualities. Multi-skilling, business partners, integrators and
strong decision maker/ enablers are required.
Finance Business Partners have evolved in today’s global businesses, despite challenges
to implementing these coveted roles. However, there is much work to be done in smaller
organisations, creating awareness, driving skills and enabling culture change and
embedding of these new roles.
Indigo is committed to providing consultancy and learning and development solutions,
to the business, regardless of size and also to finance professionals to successfully
implement and sustain a finance business partnering approach. Please read Our Approach
and the Indigo Story for more information about a finance business partner approach.
Key areas to consider when implementing finance business partnering:
- Awareness of the business partnering approach in the business and the impact it has
on improving financial business performance
- Infrastructure, management information and systems - see Assessment
- Finance Professional capabilities and skills - see Skills and Bespoke Programmes
- Motivation - see Assessment
- Acceptance and Buy in by the business - see Skills and Bespoke Programmes
The key to success as a Finance Business Partner, is to effectively communicate their
knowledge, be innovative and engage in the business and in the decision-making process.
This is the key to driving business performance.
The following specific products are offered by Indigo to introduce the Finance Business
Partner approach to the business and to finance professionals:
- Finance transformation for finance professionals
- Finance Business Partnering for finance professionals
- Introduction to Finance Business Partnering and how to get the most from your finance
professional (for Business Managers)
- Finance Business Partnering for SME’s
Please contact us for further details
