Daily actions for success as a finance business partner

Financial Management (FM) magazine

Financial trainer, speaker, and author Andi Lonnen discusses the skills finance professionals need to develop to move into a finance business partner role. Lonnen’s formula for success sets out the ways finance professionals can upskill to move into the role with knowledge, creativity, and confidence.

She also discusses the importance of speaking the language of other departments, where a background in finance can be advantageous to the role, and how professionals looking to make the transition can develop a deeper understanding of their organisation’s goals and challenges.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

§ Nine skills finance professionals need to be effective business partners.

§ Ways to demonstrate and translate finance skills into business language.

§ The importance of getting “personal” when forming connections across departments.

§ How finance professionals can add value to their organisations in a business partner role.

§ Why remembering to be human is fundamental to success.