The World Economic Forum’s 2021 global risks report highlights short- to long-term threats. Finance teams have an opportunity to lead the charge in managing emerging risks.
Shifting a traditional finance and accounting team to one that lives and breathes business partnering will require more than training sessions. Consider these lessons from a management accountant’s experience.
Here are practical suggestions to improve the success of finance process automation: Start with an inside-out approach, focus on high-value reports, do strategic mapping, and consider software’s key functionality.
Getting internal stakeholders’ buy-in is the first and often most challenging hurdle in kick-starting a finance transformation. Here are three strategies to consider.
The finance leader of a US-based software company talks about the limitations the pandemic imposed on the company’s global sales force at a time when demand for data analytics software is rising.
Uncertainty and challenges in the months ahead will provide finance with opportunities to show value and gain new experience, members of the UK advisory panel predict.
Milena Kirandjiska leads the Customer Success Onboarding Function in the UK for SAP Concur. Early investment in customer relationships and cross-functional collaboration have been the cornerstone of her strategy in speeding up value delivery for customers and ensuring exceptional retention.
Amy Steele is a partner in the National Office of Deloitte & Touche LLP and serves as the Global and US Audit & Assurance methodology leader for blockchain and digital assets. She co-chairs the AICPA’s Digital Assets Working Group and serves on the Center for Audit Quality’s Emerging Technologies and Cybersecurity task forces.
CIMA President Nick Jackson, FCMA, CGMA, says that management accountants’ role alongside the executive leadership team in driving sustainability is critical.
Finance chiefs of McDonald’s China and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance China share how digitalisation unlocks finance’s ability to add value at a recent CGMA100 summit in Chengdu.
CIMA President Nick Jackson, FCMA, CGMA, says the pandemic presents opportunities for management accountants to establish their reputation as creators of value for the long term.
As companies rethink fundamental strategies to achieve long-term value creation amidst a global pandemic, a new report offers guidance for finance to lead the way.
