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CFOs ARE THE NEW DIGITAL APOSTLES

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DIGITAL HAS ANEW 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 EMBRACINGDIGITAL 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 ROITHAT 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 CHANGEIN 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.

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CFOs:THREE THINGS TO KEEP IN MINDAS 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 MINDAS 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 MINDAS YOU LEAD THE DIGITAL CHARGE,

LEARN MOREabout how CFOs are moving full-steam ahead into Digital Finance by checking out our full report:

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CFOs are the new digital apostles