Apr
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New Dock
financeSHOWCASE Leeds
Leeds’s Leading Event for Business Finance Professionals
The latest industry trends, expert speakers and innovative business tools to streamline your business operations. Our events are dedicated to the interests of business finance professionals or business executives responsible for financial operations.
The Business Finance and Accounting SHOWCASE in Leeds will provide valuable insights and innovative ideas targeted to your business, helping to unlock your full potential success.
New for 2026 ‘5 in twenty’
Thought leadership sessions for senior marketing professionals that are insightful, relevant and actionable.
5 valuable takeaways delivered in twenty minute sessions.
Even more content packed into a four hour event. – Delivering more value in less time.
Focussed exclusively on content. – No fluff, no sales pitches, no repetition
An improved audio experience through your own headphones. – Like having your own personal speaker.
Insight into a smooth finance system implementation
Zheng Zeng
Xledger
How can you ensure your next finance system rollout delivers real value? What are the factors that determine success? In this session, Zheng will uncover the essentials to a seamless finance system rollout, from preparation through to go-live, that helps to keep users confident, energised and ready for lasting impact. Drawing on extensive implementation experience, Zheng will explore five essential insights in this focused 20‑minute session, giving attendees clear and practical points of focus for delivering a smooth finance system transition.
Eat the elephant: how to de-risk finance system change
Gary McKnight
Thinc
Most finance leaders are stuck on a treadmill. Painful processes like month end crowd out the thinking time needed to change those processes and implement the right finance systems. But you don’t fix finance by swallowing change whole. You fix it one bite at a time – by spreading the risks of change. This seminar covers 5 practical and evidence-backed ways (from how we've helped hundreds of SME finance teams) you can achieve that, starting today - from making sure you don't waste time to justifying the financial investment.
How AI agents are transforming finance teams in 2026
Rasmus Areskoug
Paraglide AI
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?
What finance leaders must get right when choosing accounting software
Elaine Birch
AccountsIQ
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.
5in20 - Key Process Automation Principals
Richard Fishburn
Spectrum Digital
Process before technology. Outcomes before tools. In this fast-paced finance session, Richard Fishburn shares five practical automation principals covering fixing processes before automating, prioritisation, tooling, avoiding failure and real AP and AR opportunities. Automation last. Process first.
Our Exhibitors
On hand are industry-leading financial technology firms, presenting innovative software and tools. These are designed to enhance data analytics and optimise management strategies for topics including pensions, private health, employee benefits and payroll.
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Global XBRL and iXBRL compliance solutions provider
Institute of Financial Operations & Leadership
The smartest way to get paid on time
RSM: Audit, Tax and Consulting Solutions
We automate dull and repetitive finance processes
Global business payments and FX risk management
Accounting & Financial Management Software
Testimonials
I wanted to thank the team at financeSHOWCASE for such a great event! The atmosphere was so positive and relaxed and I had some great conversations with the exhibitors. Lots of takeaways from the talks too. Can’t wait for the next one.
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Christine Mooney
Marketing Manager, J+D Forecasting
How to get there
The New Dock Hall
In the New Dock Hall Suite
New Dock Hall at The Royal Armouries is well signposted from the motorway with its distinctive logo. Please enter via the New Dock Hall entrance. A NCP can be found adjacent to the venue.