1. Newly Qualified to Finance Director by 2020 – What skills you’ll Need!
If you are a talented and ambitious Accountant you should be aiming to get to Finance Director level
in the next 10 years. Getting your qualification is a fantastic achievement, now’s the time to be moving
on to the next leg of the journey. Developing your key competencies is crucial……..
Be an Inspirational Leader
If you haven’t got a team now you need to be driving towards building management experience and
developing management skills. Think about what your manager does well, and not so well. Their
errors and mistakes are great opportunities to learn. Brush up on leadership best practices and get
some management experience as soon as you can in your career.
Influencer, Persuader and Negotiator.
The ability to persuade and influence people can mean the difference between success and failure. It
can guarantee your progress and enable you to use all of your other skills and abilities at the very
highest level. Learning how to persuade people will earn you the support and respect of your
directors, managers, and colleagues and assist you in the achievement of your goals and problem
solving.
Be a Motivational Presenter
Push yourself out of your comfort zone and do it! Prepare well, rehearse and get constructive
criticism. Take every opportunity to develop these skills. Make it something you feel confident about
and it will increase your visibility in the organisation.
Assess people presenting to you – what makes them interesting and engaging? You can learn the art
of presenting from observing body language, projection, energy, tone etc. Every time someone
presents to you learn from it – both the good and the bad!
Making 2016 reallycount in achievingyour Career ambitionstakes planningand focus.Now you
have your qualification,taking the next stepsto capitalise on this is the next challenge.
If feel youaren’t in the right place to realise these goalsand ambitions please contact us to find
out about alternative options and routes to take. We are currently working exclusivelywithsome
of the Region’smost dynamic,high profile businessestoattract theirFinance Leadersof the
future.