Future of Finance & CFO Select
Executive Leadership Summit
Main Day Three - Thursday, September 18, 2025
8:00 am - 8:55 am
Executive Breakfast: Strengthening Connections on Day Two
Gather for an energizing Executive Breakfast as we come together for Day Two, deepening the relationships we've built. This is a chance to continue conversations from yesterday, share insights, and discuss how we can stay connected and support one another in our ongoing journeys beyond the event.
8:55 am - 9:00 am
Chairperson's Welcome
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Revolutionize Finance Roles: Are Traditional Skills Becoming Obsolete?
Rohit Dhir -
Vice President Global Procurement and Finance,
Animal Health
As digital transformation accelerates, conventional finance skills may no longer be enough. Explore how to redefine workforce capabilities to meet the demands of a tech-driven, rapidly evolving financial landscape.
• Debate whether traditional finance roles need a radical overhaul to stay relevant.
• Discover how AI and automation are reshaping the skillsets required for future finance teams.
• Learn bold strategies to attract tech-savvy talent and foster a culture ready for disruptive innovation.
In today’s volatile business environment, misalignment across the C-suite can lead to fragmented strategies, missed opportunities, and inefficiencies in resource allocation. Without cohesive insights, CFOs risk cutting in areas that could stifle growth or investing without full operational clarity.
This session will provide actionable solutions to break down silos and foster cross-functional collaboration, ensuring that financial strategies are fully aligned with broader business goals. Learn how to benchmark best practices, gain visibility into departmental priorities, and drive decisions that fuel growth, enhance efficiency, and build resilience.
A series of 25-minute consultative meetings with service providers that can help provide insights and value to your roadmaps, strategies, and plans for the quarters to come: based on mutual availability and personal preference.
1:1 Business Meetings
10:15 am - 10:40 am 1:1 Business MeetingsA series of 25 minute consultative meetings with service providers that can help provide insights and value to your roadmaps, strategies, and plans for the quarters to come: based on mutual availability and personal preference.
This is an opportunity to select some common challenges that you would like to collaborate with your peers on. In groups of roundtables, we will discuss and explore ideas and areas of opportunities.
Challenge Rounds
10:15 am - 10:40 am Benchmarking Session: Shape the Conversation in Real TimeJoin us for an unscripted Benchmarking Session where you and your peers set the agenda! This dynamic, interactive forum allows you to explore the most pressing challenges and trends in finance, share real-time insights, and collaborate on best practices. Come prepared to dive deep into the topics that matter most to you and leverage the collective expertise of your fellow executives to drive meaningful discussions and innovative solutions.
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Networking Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Reinventing Finance Workflows with Intelligent Document Automation
As finance teams mature in their automation journeys, the shift is moving from isolated task automation to intelligent, end-to-end document workflows that improve accuracy, speed, and control. This session explores how intelligent document automation and AI are reshaping core finance operations like invoice handling, order management, and compliance.
• Understand how AI-driven document workflows can reduce errors, enhance decision-making, and improve operational resilience.
• Learn where finance leaders are prioritizing intelligent document automation in their digital roadmaps—and how it integrates into broader finance transformation strategies.
Sponsored by: Kanverse
A series of 25-minute consultative meetings with service providers that can help provide insights and value to your roadmaps, strategies, and plans for the quarters to come: based on mutual availability and personal preference.
1:1 Business Meetings
11:45 am - 12:10 pm 1:1 Business MeetingsA series of 25 minute consultative meetings with service providers that can help provide insights and value to your roadmaps, strategies, and plans for the quarters to come: based on mutual availability and personal preference.
This is an opportunity to select some common challenges that you would like to collaborate with your peers on. In groups of roundtables, we will discuss and explore ideas and areas of opportunities.
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Executive Luncheon
As automation evolves from isolated use cases to enterprise-wide strategies, finance leaders must rethink how they orchestrate intelligent automation at scale. This session explores how to integrate RPA, GenAI, and citizen development into core finance operations to unlock measurable, end-to-end impact.
- Share lessons learned and scalable approaches for maximizing automation value
- Explore how to balance governance with empowered innovation across teams
- Align automation efforts with business outcomes and ROI
Finance leaders have mastered data accuracy and analytics, but the true challenge lies in transforming insights into stories that influence decision-making across the organization. To lead strategically, CFOs must blend analytical thinking with storytelling to clarify problems, shape direction, and drive impact.
• Learn why storytelling with data is a critical skill gap in finance today
• Explore how CFOs can build soft skills and talent to craft clear, actionable narratives
This is an opportunity to select some common challenges that you would like to collaborate with your peers on. In groups of roundtables, we will discuss and explore ideas and areas of opportunities.
2:10 pm - 2:15 pm
Event Concludes
A series of 25-minute consultative meetings with service providers that can help provide insights and value to your roadmaps, strategies, and plans for the quarters to come: based on mutual availability and personal preference.
This is an opportunity to select some common challenges that you would like to collaborate with your peers on. In groups of roundtables, we will discuss and explore ideas and areas of opportunities.
