There are three aspects to becoming a better business partner: building the trust with the business leaders, deploying the right collaborative technology and realigning the finance organization to support a closer working relationship.
Becoming a Value-focused Finance Organization
Defining the finance organization’s mission and aspiration starts from the top and should run through the DNA of the entire enterprise. Start with the choice — and implications — of a control-focused versus a value-focused finance team, and then have the board and CEO create a mandate for the CFO to fulfill the desired vision. This guide is sponsored by Workday.
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