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CFO Dive: CFOs Substantially Raise Their Growth Expectations
June 16, 2021
“Nearly all CFOs agreed on the benefit of tech investments. They named changing customer demands (47%) and disruptive technologies (40%) as the top-two drivers for digital transformation…In shepherding those transformation goals across the finish line, 42% of CFOs said their primary role is as co-leader of the transformation; another 19% said they’re a sponsor or enabler, and 16% called themselves leaders.”
CFO Dive: Only 5% of CFOs Have 'Future-Ready' Operations: Survey
June 15, 2021
“For 27% of finance leaders, the necessary data is trapped across systems or organized manually in spreadsheets, which prevents them from drawing insights and value.”
Forbes: The New Essential CFO Skillset
June 14, 2021
“Over the last fifteen months, the role of the CFO has become significantly more complex. In fact, according to Deloitte’s recent North American “CFO Signals”survey of CFOs in Q1 2021, more than half of respondent CFOs (54%) reported “having higher demands from their executive/leadership teams since the beginning of the pandemic.””
Forbes: The Power Of Storytelling In The Finance Function
June 8, 2021
“We are in the era of big data and in every organization and in every finance team you will have the opportunity to work with data. You will have to inform, guide and lead your business. I have no doubt that in the role of business partner many CFOs will be responsible for a majority of the data transformations.”
