Strategic Shifts: Reinventing the Chief Financial Officer

The role of the chief financial officer is changing, and it's not only due to increasing regulation and onerous responsibilities. Traditional accounting and compliance still holds an important place but the focus of chief financial officers is increasingly looking forward and business-wide. And in their closer working relationships with chief executives, the professionals who control companies' financial functions have acquired the power to transform a business. However, successfully stepping out of the backroom and into the limelight requires the co-operation of many.