CFOs are no longer content to allow their more technical counterparts to drive digital adoption. With a premium placed on shareholder value, they cannot afford to take a secondary role because business insight and digital are inextricably tied. This skeptical group is beginning to witness greater than expected returns on investment (ROIs) across the board for digital initiatives, making them converts in short order. Forward-thinking executives now realize the CFO of the future is not a technical architect, but rather a leader in linking digital technologies to ROI—spearheading digital finance.

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CFOs ARE THE NEW
DIGITAL APOSTLES

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DIGITAL HAS A
NEW BFF. CFO adoption of digital
technologies is on the rise:
“TO WHAT EXTENT HAS YOUR
FINANCE ORGANIZATION
ADOPTED THESE DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGIES?”
Source: Accenture Strategy Digital Adoption in Finance Survey, September 2016

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The CFO of the future is not a
technical architect, but rather
a leader in linking digital
technologies to ROI.
CFOs ARE EMBRACING
DIGITAL FINANCE,
REALIZING BUSINESS
INSIGHT AND DIGITAL
ARE INEXTRICABLY TIED. 24% are seeing better than
expected returns on digital
investments
28% are seeing returns
as expected

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Digital impacts on finance organizations:
IT’S MAKING LIFE EASIER ACROSS THE BOARD.
BUT IT’S NOT JUST DIGITAL ROI
THAT CFOs ARE LOVING.
86%
can better
manage risk
67%
have improved their
forecast accuracy
66%
report better
decision making
61%
say finance teams are
dedicating more time to
high-value work
Source: Accenture Strategy Digital Adoption in Finance Survey, September 2016

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MOVING TO DIGITAL
A full 82% of leaders said the finance
operating model must change to
realize digital’s full value.
REQUIRES A CHANGE
IN THE WAY FINANCE WORKS.
SUPPORT SYSTEMS ARE
CRUCIAL TO SUCCESS.

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DIGITAL FINANCE
How will you attract talent with
these sought after skills?
REQUIRES DIGITAL TALENT
DATA SCIENCE MATHEMATICS SOCIOLOGY

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Move beyond Digital Lite.
Cloud, mobility and analytics are a good
base, but your peers are already
implementing blockchain, artificial
intelligence and robotic process automation.
1
CFOs:
THREE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
AS YOU LEAD THE DIGITAL CHARGE,

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Remove your cost & productivity lens.
Think total investment value. Align digital
finance strategy with business strategy.2
CFOs:
THREE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
AS YOU LEAD THE DIGITAL CHARGE,

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Decide differently.
Digital is not an overlay. It changes the way
your business operates.3
CFOs:
THREE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND
AS YOU LEAD THE DIGITAL CHARGE,

10. LEARN MORE
about how CFOs are moving full-steam ahead into Digital
Finance by checking out our full report:
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CFOs are the new
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