SSOW ANZ 2026: The Next Frontier for Shared Services
12th – 13th May 2026
| InterContinental Double Bay, Sydney
Tsvetelina Naumova
Finance Controller Universal Music Group
NextGen Finance Transformation 2026 Day 1: Tuesday, 12 May 2026
3:10 PM PANEL DISCUSSION | Targeted Tech Literacy: Building True Technology Fluency in Finance Organisations
This session tackles the uncomfortable truth: expensive technology sits underutilized while finance professionals struggle with basic digital skills, data literacy, and systems thinking. Leaders will explore proven strategies to build genuine technology fluency across finance organizations, turning software investments into actual capability and competitive advantage.
Key Takeaways:
• The utilization crisis: quantifying how much technology capability remains untapped due to skills gaps in finance teams
• Capability frameworks that move finance professionals from basic tool usage to advanced analytics, automation design, and data storytelling
• Blended learning approaches: combining technical training, hands-on sandbox environments, and peer mentoring for sustainable skill development
NextGen Finance Transformation 2026 Day 2: Wednesday, 13 May 2026
9:40 AM Beyond Excel Maze: Modern Platforms Transforming Finance Reporting from Burden to Asset
This tech talk showcases modern reporting platforms and tools that are fundamentally transforming how finance delivers insights—automating data consolidation, enabling real-time dashboards, reducing close cycles, and freeing finance professionals to focus on analysis and strategic decision support rather than report production.
Key Takeaways:
• The reporting burden quantified: how manual processes drain finance productivity and delay critical business insights
• Platform capabilities that matter: automated data integration, self-service analytics, real-time reporting, and intelligent variance analysis
• Real implementation examples: organisations that reduced reporting time by 50%+ while improving accuracy and stakeholder satisfaction
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Tsvetelina.
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