Automation is still high on the CFO’s agenda, but in a world of industry convergence, changing business models, regulatory shifts and talent wars, the finance function now needs to be ready for a new set of challenges.
CFOs are focusing their transformations on where they’ll get results — with their people, their transactional processes, or straight to the heart of risk and business performance.
Our Finance Effectiveness Benchmarking report draws on the input of company interviews, case studies and benchmarking data from more than 700 finance functions from across the globe. We’re seeing CFOs still investing in automation and are keeping business at the heart of every step.
“Successful future finance leaders will have to merge strategy with execution. Harnessing right-brain skills, like analysis & communication using data, with execution and outputs of emerging technology will become crucial to their progress as leaders.”
The starting line is different for every business