Moving from spreadsheets to strategy, the role of the CFO – and the finance department in general – is evolving to take on greater operational control and project management for a business. According to a McKinsey Global Survey, CFOs are increasingly charged with investor relations, board engagement, and technology adoption, as well as ESG risks and opportunities. From every angle, CFOs are influencing change in an organization.
While those responsibilities certainly remain important ones, a number of circumstances have come