1. Finance strategy
Project support overview

2. We’ll help you to tackle your critical challenges
Sample projects
Typical questions your peers seek to answer
Benchmark finance costs and processes
How much should finance cost as a percentage of revenue?
What metrics should I use to assess finance effectiveness at creating value?
Create a finance strategy document
How do others define the strategic purpose and scope of finance?
What are the best ways for finance to convey the value for business stakeholders?
Map key finance processes
How can I keep processes relevant to changing business needs?
What are the right benchmarks to use to measure key finance process efficiency?
Get feedback from business partners
How do we capture and incorporate feedback from business partners in strategy?
What are the best ways for finance to collaborate with non-finance groups, especially analytics?
What are good examples of strategic plan presentations that communicate change?
Who should lead the finance strategy session, and how do we incorporate external examples to drive new thinking?
Build and lead a finance all-hands session on a new strategy

3. Tailored expertise and resources deliver impact in the areas crucial to your success
Benchmark the finance strategy
Upgrade your finance strategy
Stay ahead of the latest trends
How does my finance strategy stack up?
How do we plan and execute in finance fast and right?
How do I keep my finance function moving forward?
Identify what differentiates high-value finance teams ready for 2020 by reading our benchmarking report
Analyze finance cost, head count, process efficiency and more in the Finance Performance Benchmark Suite
Assess finance process maturity using the Ignition Diagnostic
Gather facts on how peers approach role design from our topic center
Collect feedback from business partners using our Business Alignment Tool
Build a comprehensive strategic plan for finance with this Ignition Guide
Avoid transformation mistakes by working like a profit center with our advice
Follow transformation lessons learned from case studies of Ford and Nielsen
Determine the relationship between corporate and BU finance, and establish finance shared services by leveraging insights in this topic center
Make critical technology decisions as part of your finance strategy using Gartner expert research
Cut low-value activities to improve productivity with this Ignition Guide
Anticipate future business needs like John Deere, T. Rowe Price, CUNA Mutual and others, as outlined in this topic center
Draft a mission statement that captures finance priorities using peer examples
Redesign finance roles for value creation by following our step-by-step guidance
Learn what finance leaders are doing to prepare their function for robotics

4. Your first 90 days as a client (Illustrative)
Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Build a comprehensive strategic plan for finance with this Ignition Guide
Analyze finance cost, head count, process efficiency and more in the Finance Performance Benchmark Suite
Anticipate future business needs like John Deere, T. Rowe Price, CUNA Mutual and others, as outlined in this topic center
Follow transformation lessons learned from case studies by Ford and Nielsen
Review the most important competencies for business partnership in our Finance 2020 Competency Model
Kick off this initiative with your service associate; discuss your challenges and align key resources
Launch the Ignition Diagnostic to identify the best opportunities to mature finance
Review progress with your service associate and create a forward engagement plan
Review progress to ensure continued delivery of the right resources at the right time
Discussion: Which best-practice approaches are best for my organization?
Discussion: How do we align finance strategy and business strategy?
Ignition Diagnostic Results Review: Where can I mature finance?
Discussion: What are the human capital considerations for leading finance plans?
Discussion: What do others do to drive adoption of new finance strategies?
Annual Executive Retreat: Improve the Finance-Business Partnership
Finance Roundtable: Talent Development for Faster Decision Making
Written Research
Service Associate Support
Analyst & Advisor Inquiries
Live Events

5. We cover a range of key finance and technology initiatives to equip you for success
Your service will be designed to help you deliver the underlying projects and initiatives that are crucial for accomplishing your biggest Finance challenges.
Budgeting
Cost Management
Facilities Management
Finance IT
Finance Organizational Structure
Finance Roles and Responsibilities
Finance Strategy
Finance Talent
Forecasting
Functional Analysis
Growth and Innovation
Internal Controls
Investor Relations
Management Reporting
Metric Selection and Dashboard Design
Portfolio Planning
Real Estate Functional Management
Real Estate Customer Relationship Management
Robotics
Shared-Service Customers
Shared-Service Fundamentals
Shared-Service Performance Measurement and Improvement
Shared-Service Strategy
Shared-Service Talent
Tax Operations
Workplace Strategy

6. How we deliver value to your peers
“When I start thinking about what we really want to do strategically with the function, I go to CEB [now Gartner]… What I find every time is a really concise, well-thought-out structure for whatever I'm trying to do.”
Division VP Investor Relations Multinational technology firm

7. Deliver your critical Finance priorities
We’re ready to help you excel against your critical finance challenges.
Get in touch to discuss how we can fast-track your success.