The Finance Stage
Make your FP&A team part of the decision-making process thanks to Financial Storytelling
Despite the strategic importance of the insights developed by FP&A, our presentations lack engagement and interest and the main feedback received is
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No clear message
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Not adapted to the audience
No narrative used
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Complex and filled visuals
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No engaging delivery
This is why we developed the Finance Stage, course that trains FP&A professionals to improve their financial storytelling and presentation skills.
The Finance Stage brings all the tools to your FP&A team to face these challenges
with a four-step methodology
Step 1
Prepare your message
We work on the concepts:
Getting the signal from the noise
Challenge the findings
Crafting the message
Practice is done via:
Realistic use case aligned with your industry
Role Plays to challenge the conclusion
Message building framework
Step 2
Prepare your story
We work on the concepts:
Know Your Audience
Structure your story
Prepare alternatives
Practice is done via:
Group exercise to analyse the audience targeted
Storytelling framework
for Executives and others
Preparation of alternatives to face unexpected events
Step 3
Prepare your visuals
We work on the concepts:
Slides design principles
Data visualizations
Advanced PowerPoint
Practice is done via:
Creation of slides from Step 1 and 2
Use of the Waterfall Charts template
Brainstorming on headlines best practices
Step 4
Prepare yourself
We work on the concepts:
Body Language
Public Speaking
Digital Presentations
Practice is done via:
Final presentation and feedback
Live diagnosis on public speaking
Use of modern tools to practice
Targeted Audience
FP&A/Controlling teams of more than 5 persons who want to
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deliver digestible presentations that are visually appealing
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influence business decisions
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craft a memorable message that generates engagement and follow-up action
3 flavours
The Finance Stage exists in 3 different flavours
A training made by a Finance Professional for Finance Professionals
I am Soufyan Hamid and with my 17 years of experience in Finance, FP&A, Audit and Consulting, I've seen the same things as you
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Prepared the same reporting
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Delivered the same presentations
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Worked on the same budgets and forecast
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But one thing changed my career: Financial Storytelling
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I looked for ways to improve my presentations and followed training about (data) storytelling, delivered a TEDx talk and joined the Toastmasters.
But something wasn't right about these: they never considered the specific aspects of finance presentations as they were all provided by people who didn't know our reality.
So I decided to take the best of these, mixed them with my experience, tested it in my presentations (yes, I took the strikes so you don't have to) and created my methodology for Financial Storytelling.
And after getting promotions internally, I decided to share it with all my fellow finance professionals, after having validated it with 30+ CFOs in the world
They trusted us
