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Discover below how my colleagues from PwC CFO Service delivered valuable support to the finance team at Joe & the Juice, steering the organization towards their strategic ambition of establishing a best-in-class finance department.

Discover below how my colleagues from PwC Danmark CFO Service delivered valuable support to the finance team at JOE & THE JUICE, steering the organisation towards their strategic ambition of establishing a best-in-class finance department 🚀

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Weekends are great to plan and reflect so I thought to share Casper Kaars Sijpesteijn's post here, it is an opportunity to plan for a new role if you are thinking to move or maybe improve some of what you are doing in your current role 😊 The first 100 days in a new role are a brilliant opportunity, they build the foundation for you to shine in this new role. Even if you are not planning to move roles atm, I would still recommend joining as there would be things that you can do differently as a result of listening to this session. #emergingtechnologies #datastrategy #data #newrole #leadership --------------------------------------------------- 🗣️ A global industry practitioner, an academic and a non-executive director who is on a mission to demystify how to create the right data strategies and ecosystems for scaling analytics and emerging technologies 🎙 Podcast Figure It Out With Fatema on Spotify and Apple podcasts as well as on YouTube 🔔 Click the bell on my profile/follow to get notified of new knowledge-sharing posts on data strategy, emerging technologies and data career tips

In today's evolving business landscape, the role of finance extends beyond numbers. Our 3 day CPD accredited development programme is designed to develop the essential skills and mindset to thrive as a Finance Business Partner. It takes a detailed look at collaboration, insightful analysis, and driving business growth through strategic decision making. Find out more below : #FinanceBusinessPartner #CPD Grant Thornton UK LLP

As companies aim to become more sustainable, the responsibilities of CFOs are expanding beyond finance to include reporting on the value-oriented aspects of their operations. This report, created by ACCA and BDO , emphasizes the crucial role of CFOs in organizations and their relationships with stakeholders. The role of CFOs is continuously changing and adapting to meet shifting organizational priorities. To learn more about this topic, further research is recommended.

Our first 90 days with the Khalid Zaman from the CFO Centre….. I approached the CFO group during a period where we were without a Financial Director, as it was quite appealing to have support from a highly experienced commercial FD/CFO part time, for a fraction of a price of a full time Financial Director. As a company we understood how essential the role was for the future growth of the company, but for the size of our company, we just wouldn’t be able to support the Salary of the correct person. I did initially have doubts about the payback we would get from working with the CFO group, however I decided that it would be worth exploring. We were assigned Khalid Zaman, who coincidentally had experience in Aerospace, with a strong commercial background and having served time as the FD for many BAE Systems businesses globally, with Aerospace being our target market. It couldn’t have worked out better. We’ve been working with Khalid on a weekly basis for the past 3 months, and I can confidently say it was one of the best business decisions we made. In a very short amount of time we have made huge progress. We have got to a position where we have accurate cash flow forecasts, a solid business plan for the next 5 years, supported by solid financial forecasts. Khalid provides constructive challenge, and his proactive nature and out of the box thinking has changed the way we operate. from an accounting point of view, bringing in a more project accounting-based method of forecasting and management of the business and contracts, which is perfect for our business. I can’t praise Khalid enough for the impact he has had on the business from day one, his contribution has helped us to start to think differently and bigger and is genuinely helping us to plan the bright future of Futura Systems by understanding the levers to pull to add value within our group. We no longer look month by month, we are now looking 5 years plus ahead, which gives us an exciting future..

What do CFOs need to do to prepare for the #FutureofFinance? We’ve teamed up with the ACCA and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand to take a deep dive into the future of the finance function. What we see is that fast-moving economic and operating realities mean that traditional approaches to finance function delivery and skills development are no longer enough. With CFOs increasingly looked to for guidance as trusted partners, the finance function is being reimagined. At the heart of this shift is the emergence of the CFO as the Chief Value Officer - providing proactive and predictive insights to the business, which is critical in a changing world where trust is at a premium. But how do the most successful CFOs do this? You can read the report here: https://pwc.to/4dMLOEb And we'll be bringing the key insights to life at our Future of Finance webinar on 8 October. It would be great to see you there - please register here: https://bit.ly/3z8RHww I look forward to listening to your ideas next time we meet. PwC #FinanceTransformation #CFO #value Simon Seymour Helen Brand Ainslie van Onselen Leigh Bates Trishia Ani Ben Clarke Rosalind Burke Katherine Bell Carolyn Cole Max Young Nick Groves David Russell Eleanor Hortop