The role of the CFO continues to expand. In addition to overseeing core finance and accounting functions, they’re also responsible for talent management, championing cybersecurity…
CFOs as Masters of Change
The role of the CFO is continuously evolving and so are the demands placed on finance leaders. This is according to results shared by McKinsey…
Finance Transformation is More Than One-Shot Improvement Efforts
It is eighteen months since Max Brown was appointed Head of Finance Transformation of CG Logistics to lead the redesign of the company’s finance function,…
Lack of Strategy as a Key Barrier to Finance Transformation
As the custodian of enterprise performance, finance is increasingly expected to add real value to the business and influence better decision-making across the enterprise. That…
Finance Analytics: It’s Not About the Size of The Data
As the need to make impactful operational and strategic decisions in real time increases, CFOs are playing a greater role in the adoption and integration…
The Finance Function of the Future
McKinsey has published an interesting piece that merits the attention of finance leaders and professionals. Their Finance 2030: Four Imperatives for the Next Decade include:…
Finance and Enterprise Performance Improvement
In the past several years, the role of finance in business has significantly transformed from being a back office, desk-bound, number cruncher into a more…
Finance as the Custodian of Enterprise Performance Management
The days of having CFOs responsible for only preparing the statutory financial reports of the business and play the role of the bookkeeper are long…
Finance Needs To Do More Than Prepare Reports
There is an ongoing discussion about the evolving role of finance and the function’s contribution towards enterprise performance improvement. Thanks to new operating models and…
Migrating From On-Premise to Cloud-Based Solutions
Gartner forecasts cloud computing to be a $278 billion business by 2021, as companies increasingly adopt cloud services to realize their desired digital business outcomes. In…
