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Edgbaston Stadium
financeSHOWCASE Birmingham
Birmingham Autumn’s Leading Event for Finance and Accounting 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 Birmingham Autumn 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 finance and accounting 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.
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.
What do finance leaders really think about AI? 5 ways to close the trust gap
Betty Katz
AccountsIQ
AI is rapidly changing the finance function - but how confident are finance leaders in using it to make real business decisions? Drawing on the latest CFO Mindset research from AccountsIQ and ExpenseIn, this 5 in 20 session explores what finance leaders really think about AI, where confidence is building across sectors and where concerns around data, accuracy, security, explainability and control remain. We’ll reveal five key insights from the research and share practical ways finance leaders can close the trust gap - helping their teams implement and utilise AI while keeping confidence, control and better decision-making at the heart of finance.
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.
How to Not Fail at Transformation
Adam Rakich
Northexis
Anyone building a finance career knows that delivering a transformation is one of the fastest ways to do it. Trouble is, most of them fail. Adam Rakich has broken more processes than you have, so in this session he'll give you five free fixes to be the exception. Learn from the mayor in Jaws, the failure of the Soviets in Rocky IV, why you don't want a Chosen One...and more!
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?
Our Exhibitors
Industry-leading financial and accounting 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.
HEADLINE SPONSOR - Scalable cloud accounting to help you grow
Developing Finance Talent for Business Growth
No-nonsense banking for established businesses
Bring your revenue in faster with accounts receivable automation
Expense management built for finance teams
Cloud-based accounting software
Keep Excel for planning and reporting. Lose the headaches
The smartest way to get paid on time
RSM: Audit, Tax and Consulting Solutions
Specialist insurance solutions for UK businesses
Automating finance. Accelerating business
Global business payments and FX risk management
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
Edgbaston Stadium
In the 1882 suite Suite
Sat Nav : B5 7QU. Access via the Main Stadium Reception. There is free onsite parking available off Edgbaston Road