
The Finance Function Needs a Talent Upgrade
The mandate for finance is evolving from simple bookkeeping to serving as a trusted business partner. To succeed, CFOs must develop their current workforce and recruit talent from new sources.
最高財務責任者は、2つの重要な業務を両立させる必要があります。すなわち、財務部門のトランスフォーメーションの推進と、部門内の日々の活動の調整です。BCGのCFOエクセレンス・センターは、多様な業界の企業の財務部門と協働してきた広範な経験を生かして、クライアントがこれら2つの課題を克服するためのサポートを提供します。
BCGでは、CFOとそのチームが最高水準のパフォーマンスと効率性──これを私たちは財務エクセレンスと呼んでいます──を達成できるよう支援するための包括的なアプローチを構築してきました。私たちのCFOに対する支援のアプローチは、6つの中核的トピックに焦点を当てています。このアプローチが世界中の財務リーダーとの密接な協業の基盤となっています。
BCG engaged with a global investment bank to accelerate its finance transformation and address key operating model questions. Our work with the CFO and the team to redefine the operating model for higher efficiency and greater effectiveness resulted in cost savings of up to 20% in several areas.
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, we helped an international airport operator analyze and refine its capital allocation decision process. This swift pivot on a key CFO strategy led to a capex cost savings of €1 billion.
The mandate for finance is evolving from simple bookkeeping to serving as a trusted business partner. To succeed, CFOs must develop their current workforce and recruit talent from new sources.
Finance functions can use two related capabilities—dynamic planning and advanced business intelligence—to turbocharge their role as forward-looking strategic advisors.
Companies can gain breathing room to operate under stressful conditions; withstand the scrutiny of shareholders, creditors, and regulators; and pursue market opportunities.
Corporate leaders have a pivotal role in bridging the divide between institutional sustainability commitments and day-to-day investing practices.
Our Center for CFO Excellence team helps help finance leaders transform their finance function operating models to achieve higher efficiency and effectiveness, unleash the power of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, orchestrate companywide transformations to drive the corporate value agenda, and more.