Day Two, 4 August 2021

For many organizations, scale and resources changed drastically in the last year, but the demands against finance didn’t. The onus now is on working ‘smarter,’ wringing out opportunities from every conceivable corner and data analytics is the way to do that. Whether it’s saving on costs, finding opportunities for better productivity, risk management or resource allocation the answer is in the data. This session talks about doing more with less, specifically:

• Prioritizing the right data 

• What has been the most useful data insight uncovered by your organization?

• Sorting the critical tasks from the ‘nice to have’

• Understanding what better performance means for your organization and directing your strategy towards it 

Ramamoorthy Rajagopal

Director, Finance
Tesco Business Services & Tesco Bengaluru

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The CFO is no stranger to investing in new technologies to help make the finance department run faster, more efficiently, and for longer. Two of the front runners at the moment are Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). But in this Olympic year, who would win in a straight contest? Which is the fastest, strongest, and most likely to win the CFO’s approval? 

This session pits RPA vs. AI to see which is the ultimate technology for the finance department. During the session you will learn:

• What RPA and AI actually are and how they are used in finance departments

• The tale of the tape: strengths and weaknesses of both technologies

• How RPA and AI compare to each other in a head-to-head contest 

Learn how RPA and AI can work together to drive transformation for your finance teams.

Gary Malhotra

VP of Product Marketing
AppZen

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At a time of so much disruption and opportunity many finance organizations are re-thinking their business model. There are a number of “paths”, or models, that companies may follow on their Finance Transformation journey. These models are based on their corporate strategies. And each model is a unique combination of the decisions that tackle the following business questions:

• Why? (What is the primary goal of the transformation?)

• When? (Is the transformation started during the prosperity or due to stagnation?)

• What? (What is the content and geographical scope of the transformation?)

• Who? (Will the transformation be led by external consultants or in-house? How are stakeholders involved?)

• Where? (What is the role of SSC in the transformation?)

• How? (Is the transformation digital? Lean? Scaled agile? etc.)

In this session our speaker will delve into these questions, focusing on:

• Examining the most common finance transformation models, their success factors and risks.

• Proposing the models arguably best suited for the new normal and beyond.

Joanna Golebiewska

Former Director of EMEA Finance Program Management & Transformation
Fresenius Medical Care

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