151. From Curiosity to Courage: Navigating the Finance Business Partner Journey with Andi Lonnen


In this week’s episode of the CFO 4.0 podcast Hannah Munro welcomes back special guest Andi Lonnen! Together they explore and reflect on the Finance Business Partner Bootcamp, where finance professionals gathered to enhance their skills and knowledge. Discover the key takeaways, insights, and inspiring stories from the event.

Also covered in this session:

  • The importance of curiosity in the finance business partner role.
  • How to ask powerful questions without intimidating colleagues.
  • Building courage to drive change and innovate within finance.
  • Recognising the significance of soft skills alongside technical expertise.
  • Inspirational stories from finance professionals who dared to be different.

  • What is the change that we’re seeing in finance teams and what does that have to do with value?
  • How do we define value?
  • How value goes beyond economic impact
  • What are the components of economic value identification?
  • Examples of the value identification conversation
  • What this means for the skills in finance

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