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How CFOs can stay attuned to evolving market trends

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This results in CFOs re-emphasising fundamental financial practices. The year 2024 sees a strategic focus on robust cost management, cash flow optimisation, and liquidity planning. Navigating financial instability Ongoing discussions of inflation and budget cuts echo across global organisations.

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What it takes to be a leader with competence and capabilities

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“I think we need to recognise that the CFO role can mean a lot of different things in different businesses. It really depends on the type of business, their strategy and the type of skills they want the CFO to lead on.” Dan Wells, CFO at GrowCFO Charisma. Persuasive. These are qualities we often equate with leaders of the past.

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CFOs in Asia-Pacific optimistic on regional economic outlook, survey says

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This is the findings of Deloitte 's Asia-Pacific CFO Survey which asked 276 CFOs in the region in a bid to understand the challenges, priorities and ways they seek to navigate the years ahead.

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Finance leader Q&A: Be ready to patiently understand people you lead

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Editor’s note: Wei Zheng (pictured), Finance Director, Hays Asia shed light on what matters when it comes to leadership, how you can progress to become a leader, and the biggest challenge facing finance leaders today. This interview is part of FutureCFO’s Female Leadership in Finance Series. What’s your career goal now?

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E78 Partners Announces Strategic Acquisition of Private Equity-Focused Finance and Accounting Firm Outliers LLC

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Outliers will operate as part of E78’s Leadership & Transaction Services business unit, which offers highly technical and strategic interim CFO services, executive search, and transaction execution services. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. For more information, visit e78partners.com.

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Podchats for FutureCFO: Action items to accelerate finance transformation

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In an IBM Global C-Suite study , two-thirds of CFOs surveyed confirmed that their agenda includes taking an active role in developing strategy, driving growth, reducing costs, managing risks and providing insights. Why is artificial intelligence important to the CFO and the finance team? Sanjay Patil.

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CFOs: Are you personally effective?

Future CFO

Are you one of the personally effective CFOs? According to Gartner, only 22% of CFOs achieve a high degree of personal effectiveness. The most important relationships that drive high performance in the CFO role are found in the boardroom and where the customers are, not in the finance department, he pointed out.

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