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The 2026 Finance Team: How to Build It, Grow It, and Retain Top Talent Under Pressure

Can your finance team keep up with rising expectations without burning out your best people?

Today’s finance leaders face a pivotal challenge: How do you build a modern finance organization fit for 2026, and keep your people engaged, resilient, and thriving?

In this session, we’ll explore the evolving role of finance, from traditional compliance to a forward-thinking strategic function grounded in technology expertise, business insight, and cross-functional partnership. We will break down what the “perfect” finance team looks like in a world where efficiency, foresight, and technological fluency must coexist.

Then we’ll transition into one of the most urgent issues in today’s finance landscape: people retention. With rising burnout, shifting skill expectations, and new generational work-style norms, finance leaders must learn to create environments that support well-being, promote self-leadership, and help team members navigate increasing complexity. We'll explore practical strategies for keeping teams intact and high-performing in a pressure-filled environment.

This webinar connects the dots between building the right team and keeping that team strong, providing finance leaders with actionable insights for 2026 and beyond.

 

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Learning Objectives:

After completing this webinar, participants will be able to:

  • Identify how modern finance teams integrate technology expertise, operational excellence, and strategic foresight into a single, cohesive capability.
  • Explain how lean finance teams can use automation and modern tools to eliminate manual work and reallocate capacity toward higher-value, forward-looking activities.
  • Recognize the most critical skills required in an AI-accelerated finance landscape, including data literacy and business insight, and describe ways leaders can support skill development without creating overwhelm.
  • Assess why retention challenges are increasing in finance roles and outline proactive strategies to address burnout and disengagement.
  • Apply leadership practices that protect and empower finance teams, including clearer team agreements, stronger self-leadership habits, and early overload detection to support long-term resilience and retention.

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