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8 Days
·Cohort-based Course
Transform your finance presentations from reporting to engaging and actionable insights through live practice
Class is in session
8 Days
·Cohort-based Course
Transform your finance presentations from reporting to engaging and actionable insights through live practice
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Course overview
Learn the unique storytelling methodology that will prove the value of your work to the executives and increase your visibility.
This is the method I created and that made me and other students go from a misunderstood analyst to a respected finance leader.
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Important
Cohort 1 (Oct 7-16 2024): English
Cohort 2 (Oct 22-Nov 13 2024): French
Cohort 3 (Nov 20-27 2024): Spanish
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For you, presentations mean
- Stress and nerves before and during the presentation
- Misunderstanding between you and the audience
- Building slides, losing time and eventually show only a small part of them
It's tough but successful CFOs can do it without problem!
So why couldn't you learn how they
1. Extract and communicate a message
2. Target and adapt to their audiences
3. Build a narrative, different from a report
4. Use slides that are easily digestible
5. Deliver their presentation confidently
What's in it for you?
In addition to please your CFO, here's what you get from giving convincing and engaging presentations
- Show confidence and become the go-to resource: You'll be the partner the business wants/needs and you'll get to work on interesting projects
- Become visible: Even if your work is great, if nobody sees and understands it, it's considered worthless
- Career opportunities: The world rewards people best at communicating ideas, not the ones with the best ideas
And that's how financial storytelling can help you!
By joining Storytelling for Finance Leaders, you'll get to prepare and deliver presentations that will solve all issues mentioned above!
How are you going to learn?
There is no mystery here: to acquire presentation skills, you must practice.
That's why I created a live, cohort-based program that gives you the opportunity to practice, get feedback, and apply financial storytelling skills in real time
This includes
- breakout sessions
- ideation and exchanges
- realistic use cases
- games
This isn't just another course – it's an immersive experience designed to help you elevate your communication game, fast.
Over the course of 3 interactive sessions, you'll work alongside other professionals, get personalized coaching, and leave with skills that make an immediate impact
And in addition to that, you can follow the course in 3 different languages
- English (Cohort 1): Oct 7 -> Oct 15
- French (Cohort 2): Oct 22 -> Nov 12
- Spanish (Cohort 3): Nov 20 -> Nov 26
The language barrier won't prevent you from getting to present confidently.
You should NOT take this course if:
- you're not ready to attend the 3 sessions (there is a logical sequence)
- you're not ready to practice live with you fellow students (maybe the self-paced version is better for you)
- you want to learn about financial modelling (don't laugh, I already got these requests)
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FP&A Analysts willing to evolve into more senior positions
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Finance Business Partners who present the results regularly
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Finance Leaders (CFOs and Managers) willing to improve their presentations
Extract the key messages from your P&L with FP&A techniques
With a simple use case and interactive discussions (incl. role plays), you'll be able to select what deserves to be communicated as your main message with insights
Craft narratives that touch Executives and Experts
You can't approach a presentation with a CFO the same way you'd present the results to a CEO or a Sales Manager.
By analysing who your audience is, you'll be able to structure your narrative in a way that convinces them to listen until the end...
... and do something about it
Build clear, structured and designed slides with our guides
Building slides is the main pain point for Finance Leaders: either it takes them too much time or the result is confusing and overwhelming.
Learn how to build your visuals with best practices and tutorials
Deliver confident and engaging presentations through practice and role-play
You may be stressed, not sure of how to behave and nervous about potential questions?
It's normal. But with public speaking best practices, this exercise will be less daunting.
We'll train them together with live exercises (including remote presentations focus)
Continue the learning with extra resources (BONUS)
By joining "Storytelling for Finance Leaders", you'll also get
Interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
7 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
Projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
Storytelling for Finance Leaders
Laurent Letestu
Rong Mo
Olivia Zhang
Eliana Sherman
Jose Emmanuel Mora
Ilona Sisak
BEATRIZ ARBELAEZ
Samir Das
Carlos Rodriguez
Shantanu Jain
Do you prefer in-house training for your whole FP&A/Controlling team (in-person or via Zoom)?
Contact us at soufyan@soufbp.com
A training made by a Finance Professional for Finance Professionals
In my 17 years of experience in Finance, FP&A, Audit and Consulting, I've seen the same things as you
But one thing changed my career: Financial Storytelling
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
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6 hours in 3 sessions
English Speaking Cohort
5-7pm New York ET (11pm-1am CEST)
Session 1: October 7th, 2024
Session 2: October 10th, 2024
Session 3: October 15th, 2024
French Speaking Cohort
5-7pm Paris CEST (3-5pm London GMT)
Session 1: October 22nd, 2024
Session 2: November 4th, 2024
Session 3: November 12th, 2024
Spanish Speaking Cohort
2-4pm Colombia ET (8-10pm CEST)
Session 1: November 20th, 2024
Session 2: November 21st, 2024
Session 3: November 26th, 2024
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If until 14 days after the course completion, you don’t find the course valuable, I'll happily refund your full payment
Start with Financial Storytelling - Masterclass
Learn how Storytelling helped Soufyan Hamid, creator of the Financial Storytelling Program, creating a path towards success.
You will walk away with clear tips on how storytelling can make a change in your career thanks to 4 Finance Leaders (Nicolas Boucher, Paul Barnhurst, Asif Masani and Mohamed ElRouby)...
...and apply it to your own career!
It doesn't matter if you're a Financial Controller, a Senior Finance Business Partner or already a CFO, improving your presentation and storytelling skills is a must, especially now with GenAI
Get your free resource here
Real-Time Feedback and Coaching
Get instant, personalized feedback on your storytelling skills, allowing you to refine and improve immediately, making each session more impactful
Interactive Practice with Peers
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and group activities
From Theory to Mastery
Storytelling is a skill that demands practice—without it, your knowledge remains theoretical. In this live cohort, you'll consistently apply what you learn, transforming theory into true mastery
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