The value of data and data-driven analytics is no secret to anyone in a financial role, or even anyone working closely with finance personnel.

But equally important is data management—knowing what type of data is suitable for specific purposes and how to handle such data can increase operational efficiency by leaps and bounds.

Ahead of the inaugural Future of Finance and CFO Summit Asia next year, SSON spoke to PropertyGuru Group’s Chief Financial Officer, Joe Dische, on how to harness data for improved financial practices, the impact of mismanagement,and what we can expect from data analytics in the near future.

The reinvention of the Finance function is in progress. According to a survey of more than 60 Finance leaders across Asia by the SSON analytics team, the Finance function will see huge changes in terms of the value proposition, functional scope and technologies leveraged by professionals. In the following pages, this interactive report will:

• Offer insights about how the scope of Finance leaders will evolve
• Explore how analytics and business partnering will drive the value proposition of the Finance function
• Cover responses from Finance leaders about the benefits of digitalisation

Like most other industries, finance has seen significant transformation thanks to technological advancements, and will no doubt continue to evolve along the same path in the future.

We spoke to Indo Rama Corporation CFO Jayanta Chatterjee on the role of digitisation in the future of finance in Asia, which covers the following:

• Current state of situation
• Data and designations
• Recruitment and resources
• What to expect going forward

Strategic transformation is being acknowledged by an increasing number of businesses as crucial for long-term success, often motivated by threats from competitors, stagnating growth, financial crisis, or promising trends and opportunities. But what is strategic transformation and why is it so important? Read on to find out!