UK Economic Outlook July 2024
In the latest edition of PwC’s UK Economic Outlook, we explore how viable the aim of ‘highest sustained growth in the G7’ is and whether the UK’s long-term structural issues can be overcome.
The Programme
This award-winning programme is designed for finance directors, financial controllers and divisional CFOs, to prepare them on their path to the CFO board role.
Clients will develop strategic thinking and technical skills through 6 modules of academic learning paired with practical simulations over the course of 4 months, using a peer-learning approach. There is an emphasis on managing disruption and the introduction of new technology, alongside opportunities for regular networking. A comprehensive programme delivered in partnership with the London Business School.
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CFO Quest
“Throughout the applications, optimism and resilience have emerged as striking traits in their approach.”
Summary
- A series of workshops delivered over a four month period
- Hybrid
Criteria
- FTSE350 companies or equivalents from a mix of industries
- Aspiring CFOs: senior finance professionals who will take on a CFO role in the next 1-2 years
- Highly talented and high-achieving individuals who have been earmarked as finance leaders of the future.
Programme structure
Welcome event
London
- Meet your cohort
- Learn more about the programme ahead
- The role and attributes of the next gen CFO
- CFO insight session - realising excellence
Module 1&2: (2 days)
Offsite
- Hope for the best, prepare for the worst - scenario planning
- Supply chain for CFOs
- How to bring a deals lens to value creation
- A focus on how the role of IT finance has evolved?
- Fireside chat with a CFO
- Dinner and an overnight stay
- Cyber security and data privacy, is your organisation financially and operationally prepared?
- Corporate governance
- AI in audit
- Investor perspective
Module 3: (2 days)
Offsite
- Ingredients of impact and presence
- Developing behavioural flexibility
- Hooking an audience and delivering the strategic 'big picture'
- Your coaching style
- Impact, presence and coaching workshop
- Fireside chat with CFO
- Dinner and an overnight stay
Module 4:
Virtual
- Influencing and decision making
- Leadership and change management – what can you do to be a more effective agent of change?
Module 5&6: (2 days)
Offsite
- Climate change and sustainability
- Sustaining high performance
- Fireside chat with a CFO
- Dinner and overnight stay
- A CEO insight
- A view from a recruiter in the current climate
- Reflection on the course and personal development
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