✦ VFD Mastery delivers 28 hours of verifiable CPD – mapped to ICAEW, ACCA & CIMA requirements.      ✦ CPD budgets at work: compliance, reporting, forecasting & exit planning – all covered in Mastery.      ✦ Turn financial data into growth decisions with VFD tools & training.    ✦ Helping businesses improve cash, profits & exit readiness.    ✦ Forecasting, reporting, valuation – practical tools to run and grow your business

Financial Leadership Mastery

For senior finance leaders inside growing businesses

A focused development programme for Finance Directors and senior finance leaders who want to strengthen strategic influence, lead high-performing finance teams, and play a more decisive role in business outcomes.

For Finance Leaders Working Inside a Business

Finance Directors

Heads of Finance

Senior finance professionals transitioning into leadership roles

Finance Managers and Financial Controllers with leadership responsibility

The Leadership Challenge Facing Senior Finance Teams

Influence decisions before they’re made
Too often, finance is brought in after commercial decisions are already shaped, limiting impact and increasing risk. Developing others to think commercially and communicate clearly is now as critical as technical excellence.
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Translate numbers into clear commercial insight
Reports are technically sound but don’t always land with non-financial leaders or drive confident action.
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Be seen as a strategic partner rather than a scorekeeper
Finance capability is strong, but perception hasn’t kept pace with the value the function can bring.
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Embed planning, forecasting, and performance rhythms into the business
Planning exists, but lacks consistency, ownership, and a clear link to day-to-day decision-making.
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Financial Leadership Mastery is designed to address these challenges through practical frameworks, structured conversations, and repeatable leadership habits, not theory or one-off tools.

What You’ll Cover

In just 12 weeks, you’ll be guided through a step-by-step approach to:

Build clear, decision-ready financial views of the business

Improve forecasting and planning without over-engineering

Connect financial insight to commercial and operational drivers

Structure meaningful performance and review conversations

Increase credibility and influence with senior stakeholders

How the programme is structured

A progressive framework designed to build confidence, capability, and lasting leadership habits.

12 online interactive sessions, 2 hours each week

Finance Leadership Context

Clarifying the role of finance leadership within the business and the expectations that come with it.

Performance, Insight & Decision Support

Creating decision-ready insight that supports confident commercial choices.

Planning, Modelling & Strategic Execution

Linking planning and forecasting to real execution, not just theoretical models.

Value, Transactions & Strategic Events

Understanding how finance leadership supports value creation and critical business moments.

Embedding Finance Leadership

Turning insight and capability into repeatable leadership habits across the business.

Next Cohort Starting Wednesday 11 March

Financial Leadership Mastery runs in small cohorts to allow for practical discussion and real application.

The next programme begins on Wednesday 11 March and is suitable for finance leaders who want to strengthen their strategic influence and embed better decision rhythms into the business.

Time Commitment

Designed to fit alongside a full-time leadership role

Practical Focus

Real business scenarios, not theory or generic leadership training

Small Cohort

Structured discussion with peers at a similar level

This programme is best suited to Finance Directors, Heads of Finance, and senior finance professionals with responsibility for influencing business decisions.

Ready To Strengthen Finance Leadership In Your Business?

Whether you’re considering the programme for yourself or enrolling a member of your finance team, we’re happy to help you explore the fit.

Explore whether this programme is right for you