Insight
The CFO agenda for disruption
KPMG’s Don Mailliard, Corporate Services Line Leader, and John E. Mulhall, Financial Management Service Network Lead, share their views on the future of finance.
In the wake of rapid disruption, CEOs are looking to the finance function to take on a considerably broader and deeper set of strategic responsibilities than ever before.
Leading finance organizations have developed an agenda to deal with disruption. And with a clear line of sight to the impact of disruption on both the business model and the operating model, the CFO has the chance to turn disruptors into opportunities for competitive advantage and growth.
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Looking at the future of finance
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Finance disrupted
CFOs face a business environment in turmoil. Explore six key areas for focus and examples of finance organizations turning disruption into opportunity.
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The Future of Finance
To address disruption, leading CFOs are reinventing the finance organization's operating model to be more nimble, effective, technology-and data-driven.
Innovation and investment
When thinking about how to strategically allocate capital, the most progressive CFOs adopt the mindset of a venture capitalist (VC), especially when it comes to investments in innovation. Questions they carefully consider when evaluating through a VC lens include:
- How does business model disruption affect the fundamental economics that govern my industry?
- What level of disruption is the industry and my company facing?
- What external market signals should my business be looking at?
- How should my enterprise approach innovation investments?
Extreme automation
Insights and analysis
Organization and talent
Service delivery model
Each decade has brought significant change to service delivery. As the scope and structure of finance shifts, service delivery requires another dramatic shift.
The right service delivery model optimizes automation and balances global, regional, and local activities with the goal of enabling strategic business partnering.
Risks and controls
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