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The Future of Financial Leadership: Aligning Operational and Strategic CFOs

The Finance Weekly

The CFO role traditionally has two high-level leadership archetypes: strategic and operational. An operational CFO optimizes performance by combining data from various departments with financial data. It involves analyzing financial statements and data from different business units.

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Where Can FP&A Career Path Take You?

Fpanda Club

This process usually presumes the close collaboration of FP&A teams with business leaders and executives to align goals and expectations and create a common financial model of future revenues, costs and cash flows based on the external and internal factors and conditions. Turning to soft skills, it’s not so easy here.

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Reinventing FP&A post-pandemic

Future CFO

FutureCFO spoke to Nobuaki Hojo , a veteran finance professional and head of APJ specialised regional controlling for SAP, for his perspective on the dynamics influencing the FP&A role, and its repercussions to leadership and the company. What are the three most challenging aspects of being a finance leader in 2022?

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The BP&B Health Check: Your Roadmap to Financial & Operational Excellence

E78 Partners

Stewardship & Leadership : It empowers executives to lead their teams with clarity, ensuring alignment with the organization’s vision and fostering collective growth. Efficiency Boost : It acts as a catalyst, ensuring that resources, both time and capital, are channeled optimally, increasing efficiency.

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Comprehensive Guide to FP&A Salaries

The Finance Weekly

Effective communication skills are essential for FP&A professionals to present financial analysis and recommendations to diverse stakeholders, enhancing their proficiency in communication. FP&A roles often involve engaging in projects worldwide, offering invaluable learning and growth experiences.

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What is a Virtual CFO? A Guide for Businesses

Michigan CFO

Understanding the Role of a CFO A CFO is a high-level executive responsible for overseeing the financial activities of an organization. Their primary duties include financial planning, analysis, risk management, financial reporting, and leadership of the finance & accounting team. What Do Virtual CFOs Do?

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Change Management: The Modern CFO’s Blueprint 

CFO Talks

By distilling these goals into a concise list and communicating them consistently—whether in formal presentations or casual discussions—the CFO ensures everyone understands and aligns with the finance department’s direction. Fostering Commitment to Change True leadership is shown by example.

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