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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.

The Master CFO Series:
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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.

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Our report sets out a framework that puts the CFO’s role in a new light which can help you achieve profitable growth.

The Master CFO Series:
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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.

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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.
The DNA of the CFO

This survey provides insight into what it is to be a CFO today, exploring their expectations and aspirations, and the skills and relationships needed to be successful.

Finance performance improvement starts with framework

Amid signs of economic recovery, we suggest in The future of Finance (pdf, 248.8kb) that CFOs establish and implement a holistic framework that identifies weaknesses and potential improvements, and which helps enable Finance to be more effective, lower costs and help deliver more value to the bottom line.

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