Implementation of a finance academy for an automotive supplier

 Finance function for a worldwide automotive supplier.

To develop a finance network in order to spread the Group’s methodologies. messages, and share return of experiences

Objectives of the project

  • The finance community (finance control, management control, accounting…) is expanding across the world, in 28 countries and more than 100 locations.
  • The CFO wanted to develop a finance network in order to spread the Group’s methodologies, messages, and share return of experiences.
  • With the settlement of a 3 days integration training of new employees, the goal was to develop a financial culture with common references.

Measurable & concrete results

  • During seven years more than 800 finance employees of the group participated to the programme.
  • These seminars helped to deploy a high identity in the core of the financial community and also a solid network.
  • The seminar became a necessary step for all new employees of the financial function
  • After this initiative, BearingPoint did a level 2 seminar for the future financial controllers over 3 days.

Key success factors

  • Quality of the hosting and organisation
  • A pedagogical approach mixing lectures, business case, e-learning, teambuilding activities, photo-language activity, video, sharing experience sequence, final restitution
  • A continuous improvement approach of the organization and contents
  • A strong sponsorship of the CFO and corporate finance staff
  • Mixing the origin of participants in terms of function and nationalities

What BearingPoint did

  • Designed the training program
  • Implemented an e-learning platform
  • Change Management and communication for the project (documentation, teaser, goodies)
  • Defined the management processes of the training program (subscription, logistic…)
  • Managing logistic aspects
  • Managing the planning and leading the intermediate activities (business case, e-learning …)
  • Coordination of the experts speeches
  • Realizing a synthesis of each session

Your contact :

Ewoud Huig