Expertise

Finance Leadership

We empower your finance organization.

Demands placed on the companies’ financial departments are high and constantly changing: Regulations are becoming increasingly complex, cost pressure and efficiency efforts are constant companions, and companies are expected to work hard to unlock the opportunities offered by digitization. How can your finance department be positioned sustainably in the face of these tasks? Our answer is having the right strategy and organization. A “High-Performance Finance Operating Model” reflects existing requirements, is prepared for future challenges, and creates added value. On this basis, the Finance department promotes your company’s competitiveness across all areas.

Our solution approach

Transformation plan : We take a systematic approach to developing your financial strategy

For us, everything starts with a structured analysis. To do this, we use for example our finance maturity assessment and the CFO panel as an important benchmarking database and source for best practices. Alongside this, individual expectations and the level of ambition are however also decisive in determining the fields of action and further development initiatives of your Finance Operating Model.

What is your vision and mission? Both are derived from the business strategy, dependent on your service portfolio, associated management model and required roles and responsibilities in an advanced and automated process landscape.
What structures do you need? The organizational structure and IT landscape are derived in line with the results from the first step. And we plan further: What competencies and skills do your employees need to operate your Finance Operating Model efficiently and effectively?
You have decided on your target structure. Now it is important to define effective and targeted change measures, and to plan them and roll them out within a time horizon. We of course keep priorities and mutual dependencies in mind when developing your finance roadmap.
Anchoring performance orientation: Our common goal is to make your Finance department a performance-oriented and value-adding unit in your company. As well as a lean organizational structure, this also includes optimal use of data, technology and systems in digital and automated processes and for reporting and business management.

Transformation initiatives : We take a holistic approach to the Finance department

Transformation cannot be taken for granted – it is a continuous process. From concept to anchoring: We have completed numerous transformation projects in which we supported companies in restructuring their finance organization. Holistic and with special requirements in mind. Here are a few examples from our portfolio:

Reshaping the global finance organization and structures
Expanding business partnerships and strengthening finance governance
Anchoring digital processes and modern methods
Setting up and providing harmonized data models of very good quality
Establishing and developing cross-functional service organizations (GBS/SSC)
Introducing empowerment concepts for employees, teams and organizational units

A performance-oriented Finance Target Operating Model consistently aligns the Finance department to adding value – through clear responsibilities within agile structures, it enables data-driven decisions for strategic management to make a measurable contribution to business performance.

Achim Wenning | Partner CFO Strategy & Organization