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Interview
Profiling the modern CFO: A panel discussion
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Seasoned finance chiefs explore revamping business models and coping with new competitors, currency risks, and changing capital structures.
Article
Starting up as CFO
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There are a few critical tasks that all finance chiefs must tackle in their first hundred days.
Article - McKinsey Quarterly
Communicating with the right investors
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Executives spend too much time talking with investors who don’t matter. Here’s how to identify those who do.
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The CFO’s role in capability building
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Organizations developing new skills for the next normal must determine exactly how and where to invest in them. The finance leader is uniquely suited to provide the necessary combination of insights.
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Memo to the CFO: Get in front of digital finance—or get left back
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Companies are still in the early stages of applying digital technologies to finance processes in ways that will create more efficiencies, insights, and value over the long term. Here is how the CFO can lead the way.
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Bots, algorithms, and the future of the finance function
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Automation and artificial intelligence are poised to reshape the finance function. Knowing what to automate and managing the disruption can lead to a new era of productivity and performance.
Lessons and challenges
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Reflections on 20 years of McKinsey on Finance—and three challenges ahead
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Revolutionary innovations, brilliant ideas, and climate imperatives will change everything—except the fundamentals of finance and economics.
Charting growth
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Looking back: What does the ‘long term’ really mean?
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Stock markets can be volatile, and some years they decline. But the ups far outnumber the downs—and returns are in line with two centuries of performance.