Finance Business Partner Academy

Finance Business Partner Academy.

Five modules. One clear outcome: finance that drives decisions.

A structured programme for finance professionals in mining and asset-intensive industries who want to move beyond reporting and into genuine commercial influence.

The curriculum

What you'll work through.

01

Financial Storytelling

Turn data into narrative. Learn to communicate financial insights in a way that lands with operational and executive audiences.

02

Influencing Without Authority

Build the stakeholder skills to drive decisions even when you don't hold the budget.

03

Value Driver Trees

Map what actually moves the business — and connect finance activity directly to value creation.

04

Diagnostic Problem Solving

Apply structured problem-solving to commercial and operational challenges, not just financial ones.

05

Planning & Execution

Design planning processes that reflect operational reality, not just accounting periods.

Why this works

Taught the way finance leaders actually learn.

HBS case study method

Each module uses real business cases (HBS-style) to ground theory in decision-making under pressure.

Mining-sector context

Scenarios and language drawn from mining and resource operations, not generic corporate examples.

Applied, not academic

Every module ends with a tool or framework your team can use immediately back in the business.

Participation

Who it's for and how it's run.

Ideal for

  • Finance managers stepping into business partner roles
  • CFOs building team capability
  • Finance teams in mining, energy, or infrastructure

Delivered as

  • In-house cohort (your team, your site, your schedule)
  • Open cohort (mixed-company intake — contact us for dates)
  • Modular — individual modules available as standalone workshops

Interested in running the Academy with your team?

Get in touch

wen@stratumcore.com.au  ·  Brisbane, QLD, Australia