How can finance leaders can bridge resource gaps to improve productivity and efficiency?
There are remarkable and a seemingly unique confluence of crises facing business leaders right now. Perhaps even a once-in-a generation risks: the war in Europe, high inflation and post pandemic effects as well as those from “the great resignation”. Cyberattacks and extreme weather events are more and more common. By some called a polycrisis.
How do businesses stay ahead? Many businesses still operate in silos, have complex system environments and poor data quality. Processes are cut in pieces and KPIs are not enabling end-to-end improvement. There is not necessarily alignment between priorities, critical development areas and resource allocation. The Hackett Group’s 2024 research show that the finance workload is increasing but at the same time reductions in head count and operating budget result in productivity and efficiency gaps.
So what should you do? Here you will learn what operating model Digital world-class Finance function’s choose to enable end-to-end actionable insight and what they choose to invest in (time and money). We will discuss and present a view on:
– What role does AI, machine learning, RPA, process mining and other novel technologies play in Finance of the future?
– How do companies organize end-to-end to meet key challenges?
– How can companies deliver proactive, predictive insights from high quality data?
– What skills and talents are needed in an increasingly automated Finance function?