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Article: All change.(finance transformation)
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- Financial Director
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- March 27, 2007
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Byline: Andrew Sawers
All change
The transformation of the finance function is an ongoing process that needs wholesale investment in technology and structures. But this will only happen when business recognises its true contribution
Peter Simons, technical specialist, CIMA
We talk about finance transformation as though it was a question of getting from state A to state B. Really, it is an ongoing process or journey which may be never-ending A- it is just always changing. The drive to increase shareholder value has been with us for 20 years now. The focus was on the head office aspect of the accounting function, but now it has turned to ...