The Contemporary CFO

How Finance Leaders Can Drive Business Transformation, Performance and Growth in a Connected World

This book

• Motivates current and future finance leaders to re-examine their approaches and the capabilities needed to meet rapidly changing expectations in an uncertain, connected world • Examines the practical aspects of digital business transformation, from process automation to creating a data-driven culture and preparing knowledge workers for a new future • Evaluates new requirements for corporate performance management, including more dynamic approaches to planning, budgeting, forecasting, resource allocation and performance tracking • Explores the evolution of new digital business models, including digital business platforms and ditial business ecosystems, and their implications on value creation and on driving sustainable growth • Includes key takeaways, guiding principles, case studies and practical examples throughout the book to encourage readers to apply leading practices in their own organization Edition: 1 Date: 03/11/2021 Price: £29.99 Paperback: 9781398602908 Ebook: 9781398602915 Pages: 280 Format (mm): 235x155 Product Category: Professional Subject: Accounting & Finance

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 The engineer perspective (and the art of design thinking)

1 Introduction 2 Beyond process automation 3 Data, data, data 4 It’s all about people 5 The engineer perspective - Summary

2 The entrepreneur perspective (and the art of systems thinking)

6 Introduction 7 The strategic performance dialogue 8 The operational performance dialogue 9 Performance culture 10 The entrepreneur perspective - Summary

3 The economist perspective (and the art of network thinking)

11 Introduction 12 Digital business platform 13 Digital business ecosystems 14 Multi-stakeholder value 15 The economist perspective - Summary 16 Bibliography