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News, Reviews & Interviews
- Finance forte: the future of finance leadership
Insights on the future of the CFO role and what current CFOs, aspiring CFOs and boards need to do to keep up.
Read more 19 January 2012 - The new world of Finance Transformation in consumer products
The role of Finance is more important, more complex, and more demanding than ever. In addition to the typical finance function requirements related to delivering reliable financial information at an optimal cost, CFOs for Consumer Products companies face a number of business issues.
Read more 6 January 2012 - Finance Transformation Leaders - On the Line and Off the Record
Transformation can open the door to unanticipated projects that can multiply complexity fast. At the center of most projects stands a single person who is responsible for making it all happen.
Read more 26 October 2011 - Beyond Baseline: Considerations for Enhancing Shared Services' Cost and Control Benefits
The use of shared services can allow finance executives to not only cut functional operating costs, but also reduce the cost and complexity.
Read more 18 October 2011 - Shared Services: The New Old Thing
Globalization and new technologies are driving a new enthusiasm for an old idea. Whether called centers of excellence, shared services, or business-process outsourcing, the goal is the same: eliminate duplication, enforce standardization, and cut costs. And CFOs lead the charge.
Read more 13 October 2011 - India Moves to Tax the Foreign Income of Its Outsourcers—End of the Offshore 'Vacation'?
Pillsburry Client Alert - Key Changes to the Indian Tax Laws for Outsource Providers
Read more 8 March 2011 - Accenture wins Procurement Transformation Contract from City of London Corporation
A five-year contract to help it reduce its procurement costs by creating a new, world-class procurement shared service center.
Read more 2 March 2011 - Transforming the finance function through Shared Services Centers
Shell has reorganized its finance operations function around five primary Shared Services Centers.
Read more 13 January 2011 - Find the Right Balance
As the role of the CFO continues to evolve from bookkeeper to influential business partner, the range of skills necessary for the job is widening. Rob Marcus, group finance director of Progressive Digital Media Group, talks to Elly Earls about the value of placing equal importance on number crunching and business competence to successfully transform a company.
Read more 11 January 2011 - Global and Responsible
Henkel's CFO considers environmental and social issues as part of a holistic approach to international business. Lothar Steinebach explains to Jim Banks how the growing emphasis on sustainable and ethical business practices in global companies requires a focus on more than just profit.
Read more 11 January 2011
