Finance 2035
OneStream’s Finance 2035 initiative explores how the Office of the CFO must evolve to take on a more strategic role and guide business growth in a rapidly changing landscape.
The Business is Expecting More From CFOs
Sixty-seven percent of CEOs believe an organization's success or failure rests on the shoulders of the CFO. CFOs are also expected to be “Masters of Everything” An ever-expanding brief leaves little time for strategy.Today, CFOs are expected to be operational and strategic; profit-led, yet purpose-focused.
What are the ultimate skills for CFO success? Find out here.
Investors Place Premium on Strategic CFOs
Investors are looking at CFOs as agents of change. So much so that they identify the competence of the CFO as the second most important factor when considering investing in an organization, ranking only behind market expansion opportunity. Meanwhile, the competence of the CEO ranks as the seventh most important factor.
What do Investors value most in a CFO? Find out here.
CFOs Face Barriers to Transformation
The CFO role has taken center stage, but with these higher expectations come new pressures that require new skills, workstreams and technology. Seventy percent of CEOs believe that businesses that fail to invest now in tech, infrastructure and skills will not survive in the next 5 years. Seventy-five percent of CFOs believe that, by 2035, data will be their organization’s most valuable asset.
What’s holding CFOs back from transformation? Find out here.
