Registration is now open for the Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference, Gartner’s flagship CFO event, on 20-21 May 2024 in National Harbor, Maryland. Reserve your space today. Listen to this exclusive preview of the Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference, which helps organizations unlock enterprise value by transforming finance’s top roles: CFO: Mastering digital transformation. Measuring AI initiative risks and opportunities. Financial planning and analysis (FP&A): Modernizing data architecture. Creating business partnership influences. Controllers: Revamping governance ..read more

Seventy-eight percent of CFOs ranked finance organization structure as one of their top priorities for 2024. However,r most CFOs find this a daunting task, given there is not single “correct” organization design and stakeholders often resist change. In this episode of the Gartner CFO Podcast, we talk to senior director of research Emily Connelly about how to effectively lead a finance org restructuring ..read more

Eighty-eight percent of boards now consider cybersecurity a business issue, not a technology one. To treat cybersecurity as a business investment, CFOs need to know the business value of cybersecurity. Using outcome-driven metrics and the Gartner Cybersecurity Business Value Benchmark, CFOs can make informed investments that balance the need to protect with the need to run their business ..read more

Reduced profitability is quickly becoming the new reality for CFOs. Moreover, the key areas where costs are rising most, such as digital transformation, are the same areas CEOs need financial leaders to prioritize investments and drive growth. Gartner VP of Research Dennis Gannon offers CFOs four critical trends and actions to successfully address these cost pressures and accurately forecast the approaching impacts on their organizations. Gartner VP of Research Dennis Gannon works with research teams to address the shared challenges of CFOs and other finance leaders by bringing that research t ..read more

CFOs of top-performing enterprises exhibit specific traits — agreeableness, empowerment, accountability — and take specific actions, such as tying learning and development to strategic objectives. Listen now to discover how you can use these critical traits and actions to achieve positive business outcomes and growth ..read more

In 2024, CFOs will be inundated by difficult challenges that determine success. As guest Marko Horvat explains, “CFOs are being tugged from a million different directions. So how do you allocate your time to make sure you're spending it on the right thing?”  Listen now to discover how you can improve the financial function, boost growth through productivity and enhance CFO effectiveness across the enterprise as well as additional key priorities in this critical episode of the CFO Podcast. Marko Horvat is a vice president in Gartner’s Research and Advisory practice, specializing in topics ..read more

Employees with high levels of digital dexterity are 3.3 times more likely to deliver digital business outcomes than those with moderate digital dexterity. Learn the 5 competencies that matter most for achieving high digital dexterity and the building blocks that form a future-ready culture ..read more

CFOs can no longer treat finance transformations as a side gig. This episode explains why full-time, dedicated finance transformation leaders and teams are necessary for the transformations to succeed. Geraldine Garaud is a director analyst in Gartner’s finance practice, providing guidance in key areas such as finance strategy, organization design, change management. She also advises clients on effective finance transformation programs. Prior to joining Gartner, she spent 17 years in various finance roles for complex matrix organizations. Outside the U.S., she led finance groups in Asia, the M ..read more

Learn four of the biggest topics CFOs are grappling with that Gartner’s CFO & Finance Executive Conference will address on 31 May and 1 June 2023. Marko Horvat is a vice president in Gartner’s research and advisory practice, specializing in topics most relevant to CFOs and finance transformation leaders. Marko has been a CFO, controller, head of financial planning and analysis and led several transformation efforts in many industries, including public, private and nonprofit entities. Marko is a licensed CPA in California, where he resides ..read more

July is the perfect time for CFOs to pause, critically evaluate how the first half of the year went and refocus moving into the rest of the year ..read more