Reinventing the CFO : how financial managers can transform their roles and add greater value /
Jeremy Hope
- Boston : Harvard Business School Press, 2006
- xi, 258p, 24cm.
They expect decision-making support and performance insights that can improve bottom-line results. Unfortunately, the complexity and detail inherent in CFOs' jobs keep them shackled to budgeting and transaction-processing systems that leave little time for value-adding activities. Grounded in extensive research, Reinventing the CFO outlines seven critical roles-from streamlining redundant processes to regulating risk to identifying a few key measures -that CFOs must take on in order to successfully transform the finance operation.