Catherine Grainger: Head of Sempre Planning Practice:
Key Spotlight on the importance of integrated Planning:
As a finance professional that has worked on both sides of the finance fence, a CIMA qualified management accountant in industry, as well as more than 20 years in data and technology consultancy and an IBM Champion, I understand the pressure finance teams are under, as well as their frustrations and aspirations. From experience, I can also tell you not just how technology can help, but that, by implementing solutions that allow finance teams to use their skills to analyse data, they are driving better business outcomes for future-proofed financial resilience.
Technology and digital disruption are changing how companies operate and finance leaders are learning how to make the most of technology for data management, business planning, business intelligence and intelligent automation. Being a finance leader is no longer just about having finance skills. It’s about looking outwards and forwards, not inwards and backwards, in order to become even more strategically important to an organisation – the first port of call for insight into current financial resilience and future plans is to maintain it.
Through our work with numerous finance and finance technology teams in leading UK organisations, Sempre has built a wealth of experience in understanding finance transformation, how to achieve it, the key components to focus on, and where organisations tend to fail.
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