There are three areas of skills you need to develop if you want to be a good Chief Financial Officer or Finance business partner – business acumen, technical skills and behavioural skills. And my intention is to unpack these three areas a little bit, so that you can get to…...
Why The CFO Can No Longer Rely On Finance Skills Alone
In a recent Q&A with the CFO of software giant Epicor, David Mehok, I asked about the evolution of the finance profession in general and of the CFO role in particular. Saying that finance skills are now just the “ticket to entry” into the profession, Mehok went on to describe…...
What To Look For In A CFO
When looking for a chief financial officer (CFO), there are a lot of factors to take into consideration. As a chief executive officer (CEO) of an outsourced accounting company that employs seven talented CFOs, I’ve learned what to look for in bringing on a CFO either part time or full…...
The Future CFO
With today’s CFO often described as a ‘financially literate CEO’, the challenge for aspiring CFOs is to develop their leadership skills and business acumen as well as their financial intelligence. With guidance on how to achieve this and why, Amy Parkinson, Principal Consultant and financial leadership specialist at executive search…...
Why You Don’t Need to Be an Accountant to Be a CFO
Directors of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc. congregated in the boardroom in late 2018. On the agenda: the ideal résumé of their next finance chief. They wanted to fill the impending vacancy with someone who had expertise in raising debt and equity—a priority for the Annapolis, Md.-based investment firm. The…...
