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Beyond Numbers

Dec 12, 2024

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A WNS Perspective

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How CFOs Can Create a Future-ready Finance Function Today

Transforming finance operations is a strategic imperative for today’s CFO, as is amplifying the finance function's impact on business strategy and value creation.

Our eBook, “Beyond Numbers: Building a Future-ready Finance Function,” explores some of the key challenges CFOs face and provides solutions to help them excel.

“Being an effective CFO is about so much more than looking after the numbers. Our CEO relies on me for insights and ideas that support innovation, create value, and fuel growth.”
— CFO, Leading US Enterprise

This comprehensive eBook delves into several crucial topics, including:

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Enhancing stakeholder experiences

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Implementing Finance OneOffice

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Cultivating a future-ready culture

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Reimagining processes for peak efficiency

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Accelerating outcomes with autonomous accounting

How Can CFOs Shape a Forward-thinking Finance Function?

Krishnan Raghunathan, Head of Finance & Accounting Services at WNS, shares key insights from the CFO Leadership Summit, which saw CFOs and senior finance leaders dissecting the latest trends, particularly focusing on AI and digitization.

Read this eBook for actionable insights and strategic guidance to refine your financial strategies and propel your business forward.

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FAQs

1. What is this whitepaper about?

This whitepaper explores how CFOs can build a future-ready finance function using AI, automation, and modern operating models like Finance OneOffice. It offers strategic insights and practical next steps.

2. Who should read this whitepaper?

The whitepaper is ideal for CFOs, finance leaders, controllers, and transformation leaders who want to modernize finance operations and drive business value.

3. What will I learn from this finance transformation whitepaper?

You’ll learn how to enhance stakeholder experiences, improve process efficiency, adopt autonomous accounting, build a digital-first culture, and shape a future-ready finance function.

4. Why is a future-ready finance function important today?

With increasing complexity, rising data demands, and rapid digitization, finance teams must shift from manual processes to real-time, analytics-driven, automated operations to stay competitive.

5. Does the whitepaper discuss AI and autonomous accounting?

Yes. It explains how AI, machine learning, and autonomous accounting can accelerate month-end close, improve accuracy, and enable finance teams to focus on strategic work.

6. How can CFOs get started with modernizing finance operations?

The whitepaper provides actionable recommendations, including prioritizing digital investments, reimagining workflows, enhancing culture, and adopting integrated Finance OneOffice models.