The role of finance has therefore evolved.

Finance leaders are now expected to play a more strategic role in businesses by creating added value and influencing business decisions beyond traditional and manual finance processes. Finance leaders must now cleverly harness technology, support seamless financial operations, and provide meaningful and actionable insights from finance-data.

In line with disruption and the ever-changing business landscape, Future of Finance and CFO Summit Asia 2020 has been strategically developed to drive finance transformation in preparation for the next wave of disruption.

Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted businesses globally, and business leaders were left with much uncertainty around market conditions, business operations and remote working processes. The only thing that became certain through this pandemic is the importance of transformation to tide businesses through challenging times. The benefits of finance transformation became apparent, allowing CFOs and Finance leaders to drive focus towards accelerating such transformation. There is now added emphasis on real-time finance data analytics, finance process automation and more to achieve increased efficiencies and productivity from traditional finance processes.

At Future of Finance & CFO Asia 2021, we will bring together finance leaders to discuss how to effectively and sustainably drive finance transformation, and explore the true benefits of leveraging tools and technology in navigating business uncertainties.