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Creating value, driving behavior

In times of economic downturn, businesses look to the finance function to lead the way with sound financial management.

This means benchmarking performance to identify efficiencies and savings. It means improving your systems and processes so that your business information is more accurate and readily available. And it means considering alternative operating models for running your finance function, such as a shared services or outsourcing arrangement.

Ernst & Young can work with you in this. We have the breadth of experience that comes from working with many of the world’s leading and fastest growing companies. We can help you make sure you have effective processes that enhance control, create value and drive organizational behaviors. So your finance function has the agility it needs to advance the changing business agenda and sustain future business success.

The evolving role of today’s CFO

CFOs’ involvement in their businesses is broad, their contributions to their organizations are manifold and the scope of their responsibilities is growing.

Canada’s small public companies struggled to secure financing in 2011

Despite Canada’s relatively stable economic landscape, small public companies here are still struggling to obtain access to credit — a critical cornerstone in their ability to succeed.

The Master CFO Series:
A tale of two markets

We explore the new set of challenges CFOs face in balancing investments across developed and rapid-growth markets and communicating that balance to the investor.

CFO report: the new era of banking regulation

In our fifth CFO report, we examine how major banks are recalibrating their business in an industry altered by post-crisis regulatory reforms.

The Master CFO Series:
The hidden costs of entering rapid-growth markets

The opportunities in rapid-growth markets are undeniable. So too are the risks. Where others see primarily opportunity, the CFO must spot complexity - the costs both manifest and hidden. We explore the CFO’s role in rapid-growth market entry and the true costs of investment.

What is the future of finance leadership?

“Chief Financial Officer” is arguably a misnomer. And, while the breadth and profile of the role is attracting more candidates, those with the experience to meet the evolving demands of the role are becoming fewer in number. This is not a position which organizations can leave to chance. Yet too many are.

Back seat or center stage? CFOs and the media
More CFOs are talking on a broader range of topics across more varied media channels than before. How are CFOs meeting these changing demands? Learn more in our Master CFO Series report.
$1.1 trillion dollars tied up in working capital

Up to US$1.1 trillion of cash is being unnecessarily tied up, according to our annual working capital survey of 2,000 large companies. Nearly two-thirds of these companies also saw their performance deteriorate in 2009. See how the gap is widening between the best and worst performers.

EY Insights: our best thinking goes mobile
EY Insights: our best thinking goes mobile
Find insights into your business issues on your mobile device with EY Insights, our new thought leadership app.

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Master CFO

Our Chief Financial Officer program provides CFOs, and aspiring CFOs, with insight and guidance as they develop themselves and their team.

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