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In this episode, Clive Webb and Tim Barber join Hannah Munro to talk about the increasing importance of understanding and communicating value in finance.

Clive Webb, Head of Business Management at ACCA. Clive deals with business and technology-related matters from the perspective of the CFO. 

His research interests include the application of digital technologies to the finance function, and how they impact the people and processes they support. 

Clive has a particular interest in the personal developmental aspects of an organisation.

Tim Barber has worked in the Business Consulting arena for nearly 30 years, with UK, Australian, and Saudi Arabian consultancy practices, following 7 years of line management experience in logistics and operations. 

In June 2021, Tim was appointed a Visiting Fellow at Hull University’s faculty of Business, Law, and Economics, with a focus on exploring the potential for the employment of relevant systems thinking to support the successful adoption of social value principles into business. 

He is also currently on the advisory boards for a couple of new businesses that are focused on addressing the sustainability agenda. 

What else is covered in this episode?

• What is the change that we’re seeing in finance teams and what does that have to do with value?
• How do we define value?
• How value goes beyond economic impact
• What are the components of economic value identification?
• Examples of the value identification conversation
• What this means for the skills in finance

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Clive's LinkedIn
Tim's LinkedIn
ACCA Website

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In this episode of CFO 4.0, we have a return guest, Ash Noah, Vice President, CGMA External Relations at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (the Association), representing AICPA & CIMA, to talk to us about finance, mindset vs skills, and how the existing workforce needs to adapt.

In his role as Vice President, Ash serves as a liaison to CFOs and CEOs to understand how finance teams are evolving and guides the Association’s initiatives to help management accountants create more value for their organisations. 

What else is covered in this episode?

• What new skills/mindsets does the finance workforce need for the future?
• What does the structure of this new organisation look like?
• What's driving the urgent need for change? What will happen if we don’t?
• Where is the next generation of finance teams going to come from?
• How does the existing workforce need to adapt?
• How do we address the non-technical skillsets needed?

Links mentioned in this episode:

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Clive Webb, Head of Business Management at ACCA, returns to the CFO 4.0 Podcast, to chat about the future of the CFO role, and discuss the key insights which came from Clive’s research.

Also covered in this episode:

• The gap of perception between what a CEO wants and what a CFO thinks a CEO wants in the role
• What are the areas CFOs aren’t focusing on, but they should?
• How to grow the next generation of CFOs?
• The virtual CFO and what they can bring to an organization
• What skill sets are valuable to a CFO?

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Clive's LinkedIn
ACCA Website

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Missed our last Financial Transformation Live session over on LinkedIn or YouTube?

No need to worry, you can listen to it here on our CFO 4.0 Podcast!

In this Financial Transformation Live session, Hannah covers how you can rethink and redesign your existing finance processes to improve productivity and allow your team to focus on the things that add value.

Also in this episode:

• How to identify where to focus your process improvement efforts
• Tools & techniques for brainstorming solutions to process problems
• Top tips for implementing process changes

Links mentioned in this episode

Learn more about Financial Transformation Live
PDF Presentation for this session
Getting started guide to streamlining your finance processes | Free download!
The 11 biggest benefits of finance process mapping | Blog
Automating your finance team with Sage Intacct | On-demand Webinar
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In this episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah sits down with Fiona Hathorn, CEO of Women on Boards UK, to chat about balancing the cultural fit with bringing something different to the Board, and top tips on setting out on your Board journey.

Fiona is the CEO of Women on Boards UK alongside advising a number of different boards and organisations, including Advisory Panel Member for the FRC, Advisory Board Member to Spktral, advisor to Peel Hunt, and Chair of Hanx's Nominations Committee.

This episode also covers:

• What skills & knowledge do you need to be on a Board? And how do you get them?
• How to find and identify Board opportunities? And how to identify if it’s a good opportunity for you
• How to make yourself stand out as a potential Board candidate?
• What does a typical Board recruitment process look like?
• Top tips on interviewing well

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Fiona's LinkedIn
Women On Boards UK Website
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In this episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah Munro chats to Jeremy Foster to discuss the role of the CFO, and the benefits of not thinking like a traditional CFO. Jeremy is Chief Financial Officer at Talroo. He has more than fifteen years of experience as a senior executive, mainly in the technology and banking field. Jeremy has been CFO or COO for 3 Inc. 5000 companies, two of which have made the Inc. 500.  Also covered in this episode:

• Jeremy’s unconventional journey to becoming CFO
• Benefits of not thinking like a traditional CFO
• Optimising finance structure and team design to achieve an agile finance function
• Insights into financial and resource strategy for high growth
• Top tips on how to approach marketing investments
• Jeremy’s essential tool list to create agile finance functions  

Links referenced in this episodeJeremy's LinkedIn
Talroo

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In this episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah Munro talks to Clive Webb, Head of Business Management at ACCA. Clive deals with business and technology-related matters from the perspective of the CFO.

 This episode covers the Pandemic and Beyond for finance, and also explores the research Clive carried out about the pandemic, and also the future of finance as a function.

Also covered in this episode:

• Update on current research in the ACCA professional insights team
• COVID and the shift it has created within the role of finance
• Impact of volatility has had on the demands from the finance organisation
• New data skill sets needed within finance teams
• The importance of technology to the future of finance

Links referenced in this episode:
Clive's LinkedIn
ACCA Website
Finance's Journey to the Future Article

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Join us for the next instalment of Financial Transformation live where Hannah Munro talks about how to get started with mapping out your finance processes!

Topics Hannah covers include:

•  Top tips for getting started with process mapping
• What process mapping tools do we use?
• How to approach process mapping within your team
  ...and so much more!

Links referenced in this episode:

• Webinar: Automating your finance team with Sage Intacct
• Top 5 Process Mapping Tools for Beginners - Blog
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On our newest episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah sits down and chats with Chris Argent, Founder of Generation CFO.

In 2009, Chris was frustrated by poor systems, poor reporting, and lack of time. It was in 2009 that he created Generation CFO. It started off as a small group over on LinkedIn, and is now a huge community with almost 70,000 members!

What else is covered in this episode?

• Chris’s journey to Generation CFO
• The shift in finance Chris has seen during his time at Generation CFO
• What changes are happening in finance teams today?
• Importance of people to the technological shift that’s happening
• Fixing processes vs automating them
• Getting started on your transformation journey

Links referenced in this episode

Join the Generation CFO Group on LinkedIn
Follow Chris on LinkedIn
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On this episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah chats to Billy Scanlan, CFO at The Marketing Practice.

Billy joined The Marketing Practice in 2021, but has previously helped scale fast-growth, private equity-backed B2B businesses. In this episode, the two talk about getting that first CFO role, and how you can build your skills and capabilities to make you a good candidate for your first CFO role!

What else is covered in this episode?

• What is The Marketing Practice?
• Why Billy chose The Marketing Practice as his first CFO role?
• How to build the skills and capabilities to make you a good candidate for your first CFO role?
• How to find your first CFO role?
• What questions to ask before accepting the offer?
• How to make your first 90 days a success in your new role?

Links referenced in this episode
Billy's LinkedIn
The Marketing Practice Website

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