CFOs play a crucial role in driving xP&A transformation, enabling cross-functional collaboration, integrating planning beyond finance, and fostering a business-partnering mindset.

Amarnath Kamath, CFO at AXA Group Operations, shares how he restructured finance using a unique cooking analogy—ensuring processes and people are all in sync. He unlocked new strategic capacity by centralising routine tasks, creating specialist teams, and empowering Finance Business Partners.

Balancing centralised and decentralised FP&A models is key to improving efficiency, collaboration and business agility — learn how to optimise your structure.

Successful FP&A digital transformation in startups requires a user-centric, flexible approach that bridges the gap between strategy and execution.

In this video, Valerie Martin, Senior Finance Director, Go To Market at Autodesk and San Francisco FP&A Board Ambassador, shares how she transformed finance teams by prioritising culture, mindset, and behaviour change.

The article showcases Microsoft's "Modern Finance" journey, led by Takeshi Murakami, highlighting how Artificial Intelligence and advanced technologies transform finance operations by automating tasks, enhancing decision-making, and enabling a strategic focus.