CFO Insights: Building a Future-Ready Finance Skill Set

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As a finance leader in the world of Academia, and because of the accelerated pace of change and ongoing advancements in technology in today’s business world that stretches across Public and Commercial sectors, you can’t afford to rely on yesterday’s job skills. No matter where you are in your career, it’s crucial to start preparing now for the future by augmenting your existing job skills with additional hard and soft skills.

In SAP Concur’s CFO Insights series ‘Building a Future-Ready Finance Skill Set‘ we spoke with CFOs and executive finance recruiters to gather their insights on how finance jobs are changing and what job skills will be needed moving forward.

Here are some top future finance job skills that have been identified:

A growth mindset that encourages innovation, continuous learning, adaptability, and resilience
Business strategy and planning skills to actively influence the strategic direction of the business
Digital skills and expertise in technology to support the business and optimise processes
Data and analytics skills to understand the financial story as well as the story of the business
Change management skills to lead as your company’s chief strategist, trusted advisor and change agent for the future
People skills to lead, manage, and work with a diverse group of people from different countries and cultures around the world

Download the ‘Building a Future-Ready Finance Skill Set’ eBook to learn more about the insights identified.