financeSHOWCASE Manchester
About this Event
Welcome to the home of the '5 in Twenty' sessions.
The '5 in Twenty' format is designed to break the mould of event seminars, which can often be prolonged by company fluff and product promotion.Our speakers are challenged to deliver five genuine, strategic takeaways in 20 minutes or less,providing actionable intelligence before your coffee gets cold. It is high-density, high-impact learning specifically engineered for executive schedules.
"If you work in or around finance and want to keep your finger on the pulse without losing half your week, financeSHOWCASE is well worth the visit." Jamie Naish, Executive Director, SPR
The Marketplace
While 5inTwenty sessions provide the roadmap, The Marketplace is where strategy meets opportunity. Not just an exhibition hall; more a consultation hub designed to turn your new strategic take-aways into reality.Whether you’re looking to solve a specific technical issue or scale your department's output, this is your dedicated space to engage one-on-one with industry experts. Bring your toughest professional challenges and meet the innovators, solutions providers, and creative minds with the tools to solve them. It’s the bridge between "what’s possible" and "what’s next" for your business.
🎟️ Tickets are complimentary for qualifying finance professionals.
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Agenda
🕑: 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
What finance leaders must get right when choosing accounting software
Host: Elaine Birch, AccountsIQ
Info: Selecting new finance software is no longer just about making an IT upgrade. It’s a strategic leadership decision with long-term implications for control, insight and scale. In this fast-paced session, we’ll share five critical considerations every senior finance leader should weigh up before committing to a new platform, from future-proofing and data confidence to organisational impact and ROI.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Make budgeting suck less
Host: Adam Rakich, Northexis
Info: Because what if…budgeting and forecasting weren’t the worst things you had to do? Adam Rakich has seen more planning processes you have, and in this session he will discuss five key areas to spend your time on to make things better immediately – with zero investment required. You will learn from the hubris of Jurassic Park, milk the cow of budgeting, apply the philosophy of James Bond to your planning process…and more!
🕑: 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
How AI agents are transforming finance teams in 2026
Host: Rasmus Areskoug, Paraglide AI
Info: Rasmus' delivers 5 insights in 20 minutes about how AI agents are transforming finance teams today, and in the future. How are agents different from co-pilots and rule-based automation? Where are the high ROI use-cases? How to tell hype from reality? What impact does AI have on the finance team of the future? What can you do today to get started?
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