NETWORK OF FINANCE LEADERS (NFL) - A NEW GENERATION OF COMMERCIAL FINANCE LEADERS
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NETWORK OF FINANCE LEADERS (NFL) A new generation of commercial finance leaders BUSINESS WITH confidence icaew.com/leadership
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• providing the business with credible successors
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND? • exposure to the experiences and insights of senior
High potential finance managers, with the desire to finance leaders.
operate in a strategic leadership role in the next few years.
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Participant numbers are limited to 30 per programme to
PARTICIPANT BENEFITS
allow for 1:1 mentoring and structured networking.
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NFL uses a blend of 1:1 mentoring sessions, practically focused workshops, structured
networking and peer learning groups.
NFL PROGRAMME ARCHITECTURE
9 months
Commercial skills workshops
Life’s a Pitch! Influencing and
Communicating with Negotiating Skills
Impact (1 day) (1 day)
Risk Taking and Business Partnering
Leadership Modules Decision Making and Networking
Online (1 day) (1 day)
financial Learning
Launch Leadership essentials for the finance manager: Graduation
leadership Review
Dinner skills Driving the performance of self and others Drinks
(1 day)
assessment (2 days) Peer Learning Groups
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Mentoring Sessions
Mentoring session Mentoring session Mentoring session Mentoring session
(1.5 hours) (1.5 hours) (1.5 hours) (1.5 hours)
NETWORKING EVENTS x 2 PEER LEARNING GROUPS x 4 MENTORING SESSIONS x 4 LEADERSHIP MODULES
Finance leaders share practical Delegates tackle their personal 1:1 mentoring sessions where and COMMERCIAL SKILLS
insights into the reality of leadership challenges with peers, delegates receive practical and WORKSHOPS x 6
running a business in a senior build a practical understanding of personal career guidance from Practically focused workshops,
management role. the way forward and transfer the a current finance leader. led by expert facilitators, which
learning back to the workplace. develop the key skills needed to
transition from people manager
to strategic business leader.NFL MENTORS
We are offering NFL delegates the chance to be mentored by some of the UK’s most senior
finance executives. ICAEW mentors help participants plan their careers and identify their
development needs, suggesting practical actions to accelerate career development.
Bob Griffiths Tom Hinton
Chartered Accountant with 15 years’ experience Finance Director of Centrica Power
as a leadership coach, he specialises in enabling Generation and Trustee for Christian Aid,
individuals to maximise potential through sitting on its board as well as the finance and
overcoming barriers to increased performance. audit committee. Formerly finance controller
for British Gas and graduate of F-TEN 2009.
Philip Gregory Tanaquil McDowall
NED at Medicals Direct Group Ltd. Formerly Executive Director at JPMorgan and European
CEO of HSBC Insurance Brokers and prior Financial Controller in the Asset Management
to that European COO at Marsh and CEO Finance Team. Prior to that Tanaquil held a
at Tullett Prebon. range of roles at Citigroup and gained an
MBA from Cass Business School.
Simon Martle Mark Hendricks
Group Financial Controller at London Stock Finance Director of BT Business (£2.5m revenue,
Exchange Group plc. Prior to that Simon 6,000 staff, 2m business customers). Prior to
spent 12 years at PWC and is also a graduate that FD of BT Directories and commercial lead
of F-TEN 2009. on large outsource deal worth £500m.
APPLY FOR NFL
Contact Lydia Harrison: T +44 (0)20 7920 8409 E lydia.harrison@icaew.comDele Ogundere Gordon Buchanan Linda Griffiths
Finance and MI Business Financial Controller, Financial Controller for
Partner, XL Insurance. Alliance Trust. Sales and Distribution,
BBC Worldwide.
I’m responsible for reviewing My role at Alliance Trust was I manage a team of 9 accountants
monthly and quarterly results internal auditor but during the and am responsible for the month
as well as the development, NFL programme I was promoted end, forecasting and budgeting
production and provision of to financial controller. I now have process, and management and
monthly financial management responsibility for 8 members of staff group reporting for 5 regions. NFL’s
information. The three things and a group of companies with blend of workshops, peer learning
I found most appealing about income of £100m. NFL appealed to groups and mentoring appealed
the NFL programme were; being me as it presented an opportunity to me; as well as building up a
assigned a mentor, expanding to reflect on business related issues network of peers for career support
my professional network and the and learn from my peers in a and advice.
workshop subjects, which had confidential environment.
been highlighted as personal The course coincided with a restructure
development areas. For me the greatest benefit has been the at work and I have used my mentor
personal mentoring. My mentors insight to discuss how I lead and manage a
NFL has really got me focused on self- and experience have been instrumental larger team with inherent difficulties.
development. Each workshop squeezes in helping me achieve the role of FC. My mentor has also pushed me to think
in a wealth of knowledge, guidance, and A key benefit for the business is helping selfishly about my career and what I want
ideas, which have changed the way I plan me think more strategically and to achieve long term.
my development, and workload. In the commercially and in developing my The Leadership Essentials workshop
past I had an idea of where I wanted to be, emotional intelligence. NFL enables allowed me to step back and evaluate my
but hadn’t figured how I would get there. finance professionals to develop their leadership style and gave me simple tools
NFL includes peer learning groups where leadership and communication skills to help me become a better leader with
you can discuss leadership issues in rather than focusing solely on their the business and my direct reports.
confidence, and tap into the experiences technical accounting knowledge.
of your peers. It also includes an assigned
mentor who I meet regularly for advice
and guidance. The greatest change has
been my approach to communicating
key messages. I recently presented to our
European business heads and thanks to the
High Impact Communication workshop the
business now has a better awareness of how
performance is reflected in the financials.
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