Finance Leaders and Managers (Code: C1470)

As the roles of today’s finance managers continue to evolve, current and prospective managers and deputy directors must be able to drive team performance and influence the broader business, effectively supporting their CFO and other stakeholders.

Pricing options

Free

Upcoming

Online - 2025 - cohort 1
Date: 26/02/2025
Price: no charge
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Online - 2025 - cohort 2
Date: 27/02/2025
Price: no charge
This instance is currently fully booked.
Booking Close Date: 31/01/2025
Online
Session 1
Date: 27/02/2025 09:30 - 12:30
Session 2
Date: 05/03/2025 09:30 - 12:30
Session 3
Date: 12/03/2025 09:30 - 12:30
Less
No suitable dates or locations? Please register your interest and we will let you know about new events as they are announced.

Free Places

A limited number of free places are offered on this course. Please see the 'Upcoming' section above for current availability. The free places are fully funded by the DfE and are offered to ensure greater diversity on high quality CPD, so to qualify you must either:

  • Work in an organisation in one of the 24 priority areas (Blackpool, Bradford, Derby, Doncaster, Fenland and East Cambridgeshire, Halton, Hartlepool, Hastings, Ipswich, Knowsley, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Norwich, Nottingham, Oldham, Portsmouth, Rochdale, Salford, Sandwell, Scarborough, Stoke-on-Trent, Tameside, Walsall, West Somerset).
  • Work in an organisation with an annual turnover of less than £500,000.
  • Consider yourself to have a disability.
  • Come from black or minority ethnic community.

You must also agree to be contacted by our evaluation team.

To book a free place find a course that has free places remaining and book a single place. At the payments stage of the booking you will be asked to tell us which of the four criteria you meet. Once selected, click on the 'recalculate' button to reduce the cost of the booking to zero and complete the booking.

If, for whatever reason, you are unable to attend, please advise us at least two weeks before the course takes place. This will allow us to offer the free place to someone else who works in the FE sector, so they can take advantage of this offer.

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Who is this for?

Finance managers and deputy finance directors in the Further Education sector.

Training aim

TheFinance Leaders and Managers programme has been specifically designed by ICAEW in collaboration with the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) to support all FE managers and deputy directors with the skills and knowledge needed to drive team performance and influence the broader business.

Outcomes

You will have the knowledge and confidence to:

Drive team performance

  • Develop the ability to drive and motivate a high performing team
  • Learn to inspire your team through clear vision and strong communication
  • Recognise how to have greater impact in your communication - adapting your style for different audiences
  • Increase confidence when delivering feedback, and learn how to use it to drive improved performance
  • Use your personal strengths and development areas to influence team members effectively

Influence the broader business

  • Increase your effectiveness as a business partner to the wider business to improve decision making
  • Skilfully manage upwards
  • Learn to confidently offer commercial insights and opinion, not just data
  • Discover how to convert technical, complex presentations into simple, compelling messages

Length

Two online cohorts that are 3 hours per week, over 3 weeks

Cohort 1: Tuesday, February 26th - Tuesday, March 11th

Cohort 2: Wednesday, February 27th - Wednesday, March 12th

Entry Requirements

As a Department for Education funded programme this is only available for finance professionals in Further Education providers in England.

Contact us

If this course is not currently available at a suitable date/location, please register your interest and we will let you know about new events as they are announced.

If you have any questions, please contact:

T: 0800 0 831 830
E: enquiries@etfoundation.co.uk