Today’s CFOs increasingly find themselves in a position to actively transform their companies. This emerging reality is rapidly transforming the nature of both the CFO role and the finance function. Once seen primarily as a steward of financial stewardship, the modern CFO is now a...
For CFOs, the business itself is their biggest customer and most important client. And given the increasingly dynamic operating landscape today’s middle-market businesses are tasked with navigating, ensuring that their own firm is leading the charge relative to peers and competitors is top of mind...
When it comes to compliance, businesses need to grow up — quickly — to compete. From Apple’s ongoing troubles in the European Union to former FinTech-darling Synapse’s bankruptcy in the United States, the contemporary to-the-letter regulatory and compliance landscape is driving corporate costs up for...
The future of the chief financial officer seat and finance function is being built atop contemporary transformations. Transformations that are increasingly being driven, in turn, by contemporary business needs. That’s because, given the realities of today’s shifting macro backdrop, CFOs are more and more turned...
Over the past 10 years, more change has occurred than over the previous 50. Technological innovation has transformed business functions, operating models, roles, responsibilities, and nearly every element of the enterprise marketplace. “Different industries have seen transition happen at different paces, but 20 years ago,...
The modern chief financial officer looks a little more modern every day. Having emerged almost fully from the back office, finance functions and their CFO leaders are increasingly turned to as a single source of company-wide truth amid the unpredictable realities of today’s dynamic and...
Today’s chief financial officers have evolved from back-office accountants to financial architects. And, given the dynamism of today’s business landscape, the transformation of the finance function couldn’t be happening at a better time for organizations. No longer confined to the back room, crunching numbers and...
Today’s CFOs have their task cut out for them. From managing and mitigating historic levels of uncertainty to striking the right return on investment (ROI) from the crowded field of digital innovations and solutions promising to transform work, all the way to monitoring macroeconomic trends...
The global economy today is increasingly marked by volatility and rapid shifts. Geopolitical tensions, technological advancements and changing consumer preferences demand that businesses remain agile yet resilient amidst a backdrop of increasing uncertainty. And in such a climate, there are no sacred cows for today’s...
