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Finance Business Partnering

ICAEW’s report Finance business partnering: a guide provides a detailed discussion of how finance departments can play a broader business role in organisations. This page includes a range of additional resources, including articles, case studies and webinars.
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Finance business partnering: a guide report

Finance business partnering guide
  • Thought leadership report
  • 2014
  • ICAEW Business and Management Faculty
Practical advice for those considering business partnering initiatives and those looking to improve their approach.

Finance business partnering articles

Latest articles and features on finance business planning.
Carol Culley, Commissioner, Woking Borough Council
How successful finance business partners work at local authorities
  • Article
  • 21 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Finance business partners play a vital bridging role between the finance team and the wider organisation.
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Global finance teams failing to integrate sustainability
  • Article
  • 14 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Rather than waiting for ‘perfect tools’, CFOs and finance teams need to start including sustainability questions into their systems and controls, experts warn.
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Why you need great influencing skills
  • Article
  • 30 Apr 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Accountants with the ability to influence others will be seen as trusted business partners and strategic aides – and may end up working on high-level tasks that don’t involve numbers.
Finance function key to materiality testing
  • Article
  • 09 Apr 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Bringing accountants into materiality testing early on is vital not just for better reporting, but more effective ESG strategies, consultancy says.
Your transformation programme needs action (planning)
  • Article
  • 26 Feb 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
In the latest in our series on implementing a transformation programme, Neil Cutting looks at the steps required to create a concrete action plan.
How generative AI is set to disrupt finance
  • Article
  • 20 Feb 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
As its capabilities grow, Gen-AI is poised to shake up the finance function in general and accountancy in particular – but its risks and drawbacks cannot be ignored.
Leading digital transformation in finance
  • Article
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
At the ICAEW Annual Conference this year, there was an overarching focus on the opportunities and responsibilities that technology brings for finance professionals and their organisations, and how it is reshaping the world of finance and accounting.
Delivering transformation: a lesson in project management
  • Article
  • 06 Sep 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Finance transformation series: Neil Cutting advises CFOs and transformation leaders on the essential skill of project management.
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Case studies

Read our finance business partnering case studies.
Finance Business Partnering - Skills and Capability Model
  • Article
  • 2014
  • PDF (1,088kb)
This case study examines the introduction of a finance business partnering skills and capabilities model at Electrocomponents plc.
Exclusive Turning around a finance function
  • Article
  • 2011
  • Robert Williams | Emma Riddell
Robert Williams discusses the turnaround of Oxford University’s finance department with Emma Riddell.

Webinars

Exclusive Effective business partnering
  • Webinar
  • 20 Nov 2013
  • ICAEW Business and Management Faculty
A webinar for business partners on the finance function and how to contribute more to your company.
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