Overview

Overview

As finance professionals an important part of our role is extracting, monitoring and interpreting financial information to support decision making and monitor spending.

Financial information can be complex, containing both judgement and jargon.

We need to ‘make the numbers talk’. We need to translate complex information so non-accountants understand what they are looking at and why they should care.

We can meet resistance when discussing financial information. Others might perceive us as only interested in cutting costs or not understanding the operational side of the organisation. Others might see finance as a necessary evil at best or a complete waste of time at worst. Our challenge is to get those people interested.

Key Features:

• How can I translate financial information so that it can be used effectively by non-accountants?
• What barriers exist to communicating financial information effectively?
• Which skills and behaviours can help overcome these barriers and how do I develop them?

Recorded on 14 November 2022.

Helen Kerrigan

Helen is a director of Future Finance Training Ltd. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in 2001. During her time at KPMG, she audited clients in the retail sector, worked as a forensic accountant on an international project and enjoyed a secondment to Walmart’s commercial finance team. On secondment to KPMG’s learning and development team Helen discovered a love of training and had the opportunity to develop her expertise in this area.

Helen designs and delivers training materials for AICPA, ACCA, AAT, AICPA CIMA and ICAEW. She also delivers ‘finance for non-financial manager’ training for clients ranging from manufacturers to charities. Technical updates are essential for accountants and financial reporting and audit are core areas of expertise for Helen. Increasingly she delivers training that blends both technical and leadership skills recognising the evolving role of the finance professional.

Recently she has worked with the NHS, Department for Education, Grant Thornton, Kreston International, Three and Asahi.

Kay Thompson - Barker

Future Finance Training Partner

Kay is a highly respected People and Culture Consultant, who has designed and delivered Executive, Leadership, Talent and Management Development Programmes for many organisations. A member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the British Psychological Society, she has extensive experience in leadership, performance and career coaching, and is a qualified psychometric test use

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