About the Author ix
Testimonials xi
Introduction xiii
Acknowledgments xxi
PART I: CHANGE—WHY THE NEED AND HOW TO LEAD
Chapter 1: Getting Your Finance Team Future Ready 3
Chapter 2: Leading and Selling the Change 17
PART II: TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE NEXT MONTH-END
Chapter 3: Rapid Month-End Reporting: By Working Day Three or Less 29
PART III: TECHNOLOGIES TO ADOPT
Chapter 4: Future-Ready Technologies 49
PART IV: PROGRESS YOU NEED TO MAKE WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS
Chapter 5: Reduce Accounts Payable Volumes by 60 Percent 77
Chapter 6: Month-End Reporting Refinements 91
Chapter 7: Lean Reporting—Informatively and Error Free 101
Chapter 8: Lean Board Reporting 135
Chapter 9: A Lean Annual Planning Process—Ten Working Days or Less! 149
Chapter 10: Lean and Smarter Work Methods 177
Chapter 11: Effective Leadership, Growing and Retaining Talent 199
Chapter 12: Quick Annual Reporting: Within 15 Working Days Post Year-End 225
Chapter 13: Managing Your Accounts Receivable 245
Chapter 14: Attracting and Recruiting Talent 249
Chapter 15: Lean Accounting 265
PART V: HOW FINANCE TEAMS CAN HELP THEIR ORGANIZATIONS GET FUTURE READY
Chapter 16: Implementing Quarterly Rolling Forecasting and Planning 281
Chapter 17: Finding Your Organization’s Operational Critical Success Factors 315
Chapter 18: Getting Your KPIs to Work 327
Chapter 19: Reporting Performance Measures 351
PART VI: AREAS WHERE COSTLY MISTAKES CAN BE MADE
Chapter 20: Performance Bonus Schemes 371
Chapter 21: Takeovers and Mergers 387
Chapter 22: The Hidden Costs of Reorganizations and Downsizing 399
Appendix A: Useful Letters and Memos 409
Appendix B: Rules for a Bulletproof Presentation 419
Appendix C: Satisfaction Survey for a Finance Team 427
Index 435