Advanced Finance Leadership

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Overview

The Head of Finance is often the Jack-of-all-trades in an organization as it manages most, if not all, of the back office functions. In this role, you must understand operational accounting, corporate finance, and various ops functions as well as know how to build a world-class team.

This 4-week course is designed to help current Heads of Finance to “level up” across the role’s many facets and help you gain confidence in becoming a strategic and operational partner to the C-Suite.

Designer

Peter Nesbitt is COO at Teampay and 3 time head of finance at VC-backed SaaS startups. At each company, he was instrumental in (re)building the tech stack, implementing new processes, and hiring and developing teams. Additionally, he has helped raise >$100m of equity and debt capital and led a successful sell-side process at one of the companies.

Peter co-founded the FinOps Pavilion and regularly writes for Forbes on finance and ops topics. He recently launched a podcast, where he interviews CFOs on awkward conversations. In his most recent role, as Head of Finance at Teampay, a leading spend management software provider, he has been deeply involved in the future of technology for the CFO’s office. Before startup life, he worked in private equity at Carlyle and investment banking at Deutsche Bank. He also served in the US Army Intelligence Corps..

Peter Nesbitt

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About

This 4-week course is meant to help you level up across the four major fundamental areas of leading finance including operational accounting, corporate finance, managing various ops functions, and building your team.

Who Should Enroll

This course is designed for early to mid-career finance and accounting professionals who want to lead the finance department of an early-stage organization with at least 3 years of finance and/or accounting experience.

This course is also recommended for first or second-time Heads of Finance that are wanting a community of leaders in the same field that also lead the finance department at an early-stage organization.

Impact

By the end of this course you will have the knowledge and skills to be able to:

  • Better manage the month-end close process including paying vendors and employees as well as getting paid by customers in a timely manner
  • Set up financial models and reporting including an operating cadence around financial planning and budgeting that allows you to better track the business and finances
  • Partner with SalesOps and PeopleOps to build financial reporting and compliance
  • Structure a finance team including assigning key roles and responsibilities as well as structure your hiring and interviewing process to identify top talent

Why Enroll

Heads of Finances are expected to be multifaceted even without having prior accounting, investment banking, and operational experience. But understanding these different areas including sourcing and hiring top talent is critical to your success in effectively leading the finance department.

Curriculum

Session #1
All about Ops

In this course, you will learn:

  • Standing up and maintaining an investor data-room
  • Cleaning up your accounting books & performing an internal audit
  • Maintaining Compliance (Taxes, ASC 606, SOC, etc.)
  • Cross-functional alignment

Session #2
Investor Relations

In this course, you will learn:

  • How to build financial models and materials for various types of investors
  • How to create board decks and investor materials
  • How to develop relationships with investors and the board

Session #3
Change Management

By the end of this class, you will be able to:

  • Categorize prospects
  • Create specific messaging for each segment

Session #4
Audit Readiness

 In this course, you will learn:

  • Why it is important to get financial statements audited
  • Where to start with preparation for the first audit
  • What support you will need to get for a successful first audit
  • What tools to use to get ready for your first audit

Frequently Asked Questions

This course is designed for early to mid-career finance and accounting professionals who want to lead the finance department of an early-stage organization.

This course is also recommended for first or second-time Heads of Finance that are wanting a community of leaders in the same field that also lead the finance department at an early-stage organization.

This course is included in the cost of a Pavilion Membership.

At this time, this course is open to Pavilion Members only. Apply to join Pavilion to enroll.

Enrollment is currently closed.

Applications are currently closed.

Enrollment is currently closed.

Due to the length of this course, there will be no cohorts.

Yes, there is a final exam at the end of this course. A passing score of 80% must be attained in order to receive your certificate.

Yes, 100% attendance is required. We recommend that participants attend the live sessions for the optimal learning experience, but watching session recordings count toward attendance for those who have scheduling conflicts or are in time zones where live attendance is a challenge.

After successfully meeting attendance requirements and passing the final exam, you will receive a certificate that you can add to your Licenses and Certification Section on LinkedIn.

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