The Agile CFO: Enabling the Innovation Path to Growth
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The Summer Agenda: CFOs and the Power of Automation
By: Documation Software Ltd
Type: White Paper
The summer season is more important in finance than you might think. CFOs are evaluating first half performance while also kicking off the budgeting and forecasting cycle for the next year.
With all of that on their plate, they must ensure that their finance operations are built to withstand that kind of demand and workload. This is where automation comes in. In this article, you will take a look at the advantages of automation within the finance sector.
Read on to learn more about the power of automation in the financial sector and why CFOs everywhere can achieve enhanced efficiency and effectiveness.
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3 emerging roles of CFO’s
By: Sage
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78% of UK finance leaders say the industry needs a new class of CFO.
The role of the CFO is expanding, with more diverse responsibilities forcing CFOs to evolve, take on more, and redefine their position within their organizations.
This infographic explores the ways in which CFO’s are evolving, analyzing 3 different categories of how the position has changed:
- Chief facilitative officers
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- Chief future officers
Download now to learn more about the evolving role of the CFO.
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IBV - AI’s quantified impact on the finance function
By: IBM
Type: Research Content
For chief financial officers (CFOs) and finance professionals, the expectation to be guardians of stability and agents of transformation has elevated both what’s at stake and opportunity.
To tackle this paradox of responsibilities and drive value through the organization, finance executives need to leverage new approaches, new tools, new perspectives, new organizational constructs and new skills – especially related to data and decision-making.
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