Finance and organisational performance: shaping the future

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CIMA has launched a new report for insight into how the finance function's shape, structure and roles are changing to meet organisational objectives more successfully. 74.5% believe working in ‘management support’ helps an organisation better meet its objectives.

We consulted with over 4000 finance and senior managers worldwide to bring a unique and relevant insight from your finance colleagues. This is further demonstrated through real life case studies from organisations such as Tesco, ABN AMRO, SABMiller plc, Hays and Cathay Pacific Airways.

Topics covered include:

• the changing shape and roles of the finance function to better meet organisation objectives
• how the best performers, as rated by respondents, are structuring and focusing finance
• areas of growth and decline for the finance professional
• the changes in the finance skills mix required to best fulfill an organisation's goals
• building a talent pipeline for the finance function.

Contributors

• Adrian Marsh, director of group tax, treasury and corporate finance, Tesco plc
• Samir Dewan, senior vice president, COO, ABN AMRO Singapore and Private Banking Asia
• Jonathan Watts, director finance and control, SA BMiller plc
• Paul Venables, group finance director, Hays plc
• Frank Vitaglione, CFO Europe, CBRE Investors
• Phillip McLelland, finance director, UK Asset Resolution Limited
• Tim Roberts, finance programme director, Cathay Pacific Airways
• KK Ng, finance director, Asia Pacific, Exact Software

1. Introduction and context
2. Delivery of finance services to the organisation: structure  
3. Delivery of finance services to the organisation: types of service
4. A -Z of performance in the finance function  
5. Competency requirements of finance professionals 
6. Developing finance professional to meet organisational and personal needs
7. Next steps
8. Research methodology
9. Figures, charts and tables

Read the executive summary from the report (PDF 93KB).

Please note that CIMAplus subcribers can download the report through the CIMAplus homepage.