Why Being Right Isn’t Enough: Turning Finance Insight into Impact with Anders Liu-Lindberg
The Conscious Finance PodcastShow Notes
In this episode of The Conscious Finance Podcast, Leo Hewett sits down with Anders Liu-Lindberg – finance transformation and business partnering expert, author, and former co-founder of the Business Partnering Institute.
After spending 13 years at Maersk, Anders knows first-hand how difficult it can be to move from reporting the numbers to becoming a genuinely influential partner to the business.
He joins Leo to explore why finance can be right and still fail to make an impact – and what finance professionals need to do differently to earn trust, influence decisions and create real business value.
They discuss why technical ability alone is no longer enough, how finance teams lose the room within the first five minutes of a meeting, and why the strongest insights are useless without the influence to turn them into action.
They also discuss: • How finance professionals can become effective business partners faster • Why finance needs to understand what its stakeholders genuinely care about • Anders’ five-step framework for turning financial insight into action • Why forecasts should be reality-led rather than target-led • The difference between making finance 10% faster and making it 10 times better • How AI could transform finance teams from a pyramid into a diamond • What happens to junior development when transactional work disappears • Why the most valuable skills for tomorrow’s CFO may sit outside finance
For CFOs, FDs and finance professionals looking to build greater influence, develop stronger teams and prepare their finance function for an AI-enabled future, this episode offers an honest and practical look at what needs to change.
Connect with Anders Liu-Lindberg: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andersliulindberg/
Connect with Leo Hewett: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leohewett/
Find out more about Core3: https://core3.co.uk/
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