Several forces will reshape the way finance will be organized in seven to 10 years. Share your vision and help create alternative models for the future look of the finance function.
Nilly Essaides
Nilly Essaides is the Managing Director of Groups, Research & Insight at NeuGroup.
In the past, she was the Senior Research Director of Finance/EPM/FinOps Advisory at The Hackett Group. In that capacity, she devised quantitative surveys, analysed findings, built models, authored research reports, blogs, delivered webcasts, presentations and facilitated peer-to-peer exchange.
Ms. Essaides has nearly 30 years of experience researching, writing, and speaking about finance topics, with a focus on the way finance adds value to the enterprise through excellence in financial management and planning processes. Previously she led the FP&A practice at The Association for Financial Professionals.
Ms. Essaides is often quoted in the Wall Street Journal and other publications. She’s a prolific blogger with thousands of LinkedIn followers, and writes for external publications such as Digitalist Magazine. In addition, she co-authored a book about the internal transfer of best practices, If Only We Knew What We Know (Simon & Schuster, 1998).
Author's Articles
According to research conducted by the Hackett Group, the market for robotic process automation (RPA) is real and growing. It has the potential to change the business process outsourcing (BPO) landscape, global business services (GBS) organizations, and broader business-specific processes.
I was recently invited to join FP&A-Trends’ Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Committee by Larysa Melnychuk, managing director. The AI/ML committee is comprised of finance practitioners and data-management/science experts. This blog is based on the committee’s first two meetings in 2018.
I was recently invited to join FP&A-Trends’ Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Committee by Larysa Melnychuk, managing director. This blog is based on a case study presented at the June 2018 meeting.