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From CFO to CEO: the essential leadership skills
- 22 Apr 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Many CEOs have backgrounds in accountancy, but taking the leap from the finance function to the chief executive’s chair requires a much broader skill set.
Finance function key to materiality testing
- 09 Apr 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Bringing accountants into materiality testing early on is vital not just for better reporting, but more effective ESG strategies, consultancy says.
Your transformation programme needs action (planning)
- 26 Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
In the latest in our series on implementing a transformation programme, Neil Cutting looks at the steps required to create a concrete action plan.
How generative AI is set to disrupt finance
- 20 Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
As its capabilities grow, Gen-AI is poised to shake up the finance function in general and accountancy in particular – but its risks and drawbacks cannot be ignored.
Leading digital transformation in finance
- 01 Dec 2023
- ICAEW Insights
At the ICAEW Annual Conference this year, there was an overarching focus on the opportunities and responsibilities that technology brings for finance professionals and their organisations, and how it is reshaping the world of finance and accounting.
Delivering transformation: a lesson in project management
- 06 Sep 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Finance transformation series: Neil Cutting advises CFOs and transformation leaders on the essential skill of project management.
ESG for SMEs: how to adapt your finance function
- 18 Aug 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Implementing ESG practices and procedures throughout the finance function presents team leaders with a host of challenges, as five experts explain.
Gap analysis: the transformation starts here
- 18 Aug 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Finance transformation series: getting started with a finance transformation project can be daunting, but Neil Cutting has an exercise to help you get moving
I know why transformation projects fail
- 02 Aug 2023
- ICAEW Insights
The vast majority of business transformations do not get off the ground. Neil Cutting has the answer.
The finance team toolkit part 7: applying the five perspectives
- 11 Jul 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Drawing his first batch of articles to a close, Neil Cutting explains how to bring the five perspectives of transformation together when starting a project.
Creating a development plan to future proof your career
- 11 Jul 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Executive coach Oliver Deacon and ICAEW Head of Jobs Claire Brandon provide tips on how to develop and showcase your skills to make yourself stand out and keep pace with changing finance functions.
Six essential skills for new and aspiring managers
- 06 Jul 2023
- Chris Paterson
If you’ve just been promoted to management, or you’re looking to take that next step, ICAEW trainer and executive coach Chris Paterson shares his tips for leading a high-performing finance team.
The finance team toolkit part 6: applying systems and technology
- 01 Jun 2023
- ICAEW Insights
In our ongoing series on good finance transformation, Neil Cutting explains how systems and technology fit within every element of the project.
Cash remains king as businesses gear up for growth
- 17 Apr 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Why finance functions tightened their cash management and forecasting during the pandemic – and how those good habits have remained.
Using technology to optimise audit talent
- 27 Feb 2023
- ICAEW Insights
New technologies are having a profound impact on audit and finance functions. Cloud, AI, blockchain and data and analytics are transforming the skills and focus of audit professionals.
The finance team toolkit part 4: the right people
- 17 Feb 2023
- ICAEW Insights
If the current war for talent shows us anything, it’s that systems and processes are nothing without talented people. Here finance transformation executive, Neil Cutting focuses on the ‘people pillar’ of organisational transformation.
ICAEW: Cuts to public sector finance teams are “false economies”
- 22 Nov 2022
- ICAEW Insights
ICAEW describes investment in strong finance functions as “critical” to spending public money effectively amidst tight spending settlements for public bodies
How small actions can lead to big results
- 15 Nov 2022
- ICAEW Insights
The principles of ‘everyday actions’ can transform business performance and help teams through financial challenges. Mitali Kelly ACA explains how.
International Stress Awareness Week: managing stress at work
- 10 Nov 2022
- ICAEW Insights
Experts in management, leadership and business transformation share the best practice for accountants when it comes to handling stress management.
Sustainability: Finance at the heart of decision making
- 04 Nov 2022
- Nina Johansson and Henning Diederichs
Sustainability is commonly defined as meeting today’s needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. But sustainability covers more than just the environment – it also relates to ethical, societal and governance issues. ICAEW and CIPFA strongly advocate for the role that the finance function can play in combatting the impact of climate change for the public sector.
Facing the challenge of tech transformation
- 05 Oct 2022
- ICAEW Insights
Finance teams must embrace finance transformation or face becoming obsolete, warns former Microsoft Finance Director Oliver Deacon. He shares his vision of the technologies that will shape the jobs of tomorrow.
How must SME finance chiefs approach technology transformation?
- 01 Apr 2022
- ICAEW Insights
Digital transformation can provide SME finance functions with a powerful edge – but how should firms execute this critical process? We spoke to ICAEW Southern President Ashley Milne to find out.
What do CEOs want from the finance function?
- 29 Mar 2022
- ICAEW Insights
Chief executives want to see their Chief Financial Officers supporting their decision making, as business heads explain to ICAEW Insights.
Digital skills for digital finance
- 25 Mar 2022
- ICAEW Insights
Audit and management accountancy in the finance function require a constantly evolving set of skills to add value to their clients and to their employers.
The new technology reshaping the finance function
- 07 Mar 2022
- ICAEW Insights
Technological innovations are driving the most profound change in finance functions in modern history, revolutionising every aspect of the traditional finance division.
The finance function post-COVID
- 04 Mar 2022
- ICAEW Insights
The pandemic gave CFOs confidence in their ability to work in more geographically diverse and virtual ways, which will bring permanent and much-welcomed change to the finance function.
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The evolving role of the CFO
- 17 Nov 2021
- Christian Doherty
The work of the CFO is changing, here’s how
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How to create business order out of chaos
- 16 Nov 2021
- Gary Dolman
Own the unknowns and create order out of chaos
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Accountants harnessing the power of tech
- 16 Nov 2021
- Craig Stirk
Tech allows for continuous monitoring of financials; take advantage
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How to build an innovative team
- 20 Oct 2021
- Chris Dyer
The answer is simpler than you think
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