FutureCFO Conferences across the key markets of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Thailand, reveal that the finance function is...

The economic landscape facing Southeast Asian and Hong Kong enterprises in 2025/26 feels like navigating a monsoon with one engine...

As 2026 unfolds, Asia stands at the forefront of a commercial revolution, redefining the very fabric of global trade. With...

As we step into 2026, Asia’s finance leaders find themselves at a critical inflexion point. The rhythm of global commerce...

As Asia's finance leaders navigate an era defined by artificial intelligence, evolving ESG mandates, and data-driven decision-making, the role of...

Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping the finance function worldwide, with intelligent agents leading the charge in transforming operations...

As the landscape of finance continues to evolve, the role of CFOs and finance leaders becomes increasingly crucial. In 2025,...

Donald Trump's second administration, with its sweeping tariffs and protectionist policies, threatens to upend four decades of predictable global trade....

In 2025, finance leaders in Singapore and Southeast Asia face a complex landscape shaped by rapid digital transformation, evolving regulatory...

The promise is seductive: Artificial intelligence will liberate finance professionals from mundane tasks, creating space for strategic thinking that drives...

The CFO role in the Asia-Pacific region is evolving at an unprecedented speed, shaped by digitalisation, new business models, and...

Treasury operations in Asia, particularly Southeast Asia, in 2025 and 2026 are navigating a complex and evolving landscape shaped by...

In the evolving financial landscape of Asia, managing Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) has become a critical focus for finance leaders...

As economic headwinds collide with unprecedented opportunity, Singapore's financial vanguards gathered recently to confront the uncomfortable truth: expand or expire....

The role of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has undoubtedly moved outside the traditional accounting function and into a strategic...

In 2025, the integration of AI into the finance function in Asia has the potential to reshape operational frameworks and...

The finance function is undergoing a seismic shift. By 2025, the traditional image of number-crunching accountants confined to back offices...

This article explores the essential skills, career pathways, and challenges faced by finance professionals aspiring to leadership roles.

Transformation imperatives tend to revolve around modernising processes and systems to enable more agile operations that can adjust to the...

Imagine a scenario where your company's operations grind to a halt, sensitive data is exposed, and customer trust is shattered...

It was supposed to be the merriest time of the year in 2019 when Typhoon Odette, or Super Typhoon Rai,...

The accountancy profession is at a pivotal crossroads as it grapples with significant challenges going forward, with technological advancements and...

A recent World Bank Report has shown that Malaysia's path to becoming a high-income nation involves economic reform focusing on...

At the FutureCFO Conference series, organised by Cxociety, finance leaders in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand ranked automation...

Artificial intelligence promises to enhance operational efficiency, improve decision-making, and help CFOs and the finance team drive strategic value. However,...

Financial transformation has emerged as a critical imperative for organisations in 2024, driven by the need to adapt to rapidly...

The Horváth CFO Study 2025 reveals a notable sense of optimism among Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), with 65% expressing positive...

The banking sector in Asia is renowned for its resilience and adaptability, and it must continue to innovate to thrive....

The convergence of AI and ERP offers the potential to overcome traditional barriers to efficiency and accuracy in financial management,...

On 31 July 2023, the European Union (EU) adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), requiring EU and non-EU companies...

The CIMA Foundation says “disaster don’t discriminate, but people do”. The journey to gender parity remains obstructed by a myriad...

The Workiva 2023 Global ESG Practitioner Survey reveals that 90% of surveyed practitioners agree that in the next two years,...

Biopharma firm, Cytiva, formerly known as GE Healthcare, developing many products for researchers, academia, and biopharma, including end-to-end solutions from...

A Forbes article suggests that 2024 will be tough for everyone. FutureCFO discourse with finance and business leaders echoes the...

There are many issues and priorities that are high on the agenda of the Board and C-suite in 2024. According...

Natalie Runyon Natalie Runyon, director of ESG content and advisory services at Thomson Reuters Institute, predicts that in 2024, businesses...

In recent years, the role of chief financial officer (CFO) has never been more challenging as it is fulfilling for...

Talent shortage continues to persist in many parts of the world including Asia. In Singapore, for example, the shortage of...

“The role of the CFO has become one of the most complex and demanding in the C-suite. From financial expertise...

Spreadsheet use remains a staple of many business functions. And why not? It is relatively easy to use. The software...

However, we may belittle it as a product of the late 70s technology, the spreadsheet remains a preferred first tool...

The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team performs budgeting, forecasting, and analysis that support major corporate decisions of the CFO,...

“I think we need to recognise that the CFO role can mean a lot of different things in different businesses....

Businesses face a tremendous number of uncertainties. And this list is only getting longer daily, with many uncertainties remaining persistent....

Gartner says to build an AI-driven finance organisation for the future will require a combination of technical and business skills...

The demand for mobile wallets, online banking services, and the increasing adoption of digital technologies has led to the expansion...

Without a doubt, artificial intelligence (AI) is now a topic of interest among CFOs. How to properly channel this interest...

In an autonomous finance function, processes and activities are partly governed and majority operated by self-learning software agents that optimise...

S&P forecasts that Asia-Pacific will achieve real growth of 3.5% in 2023 while Europe and the U.S. will likely face...

In its perspective, Finance 2025: Digital transformation in finance, Deloitte predicts that with the automation of operations, finance will double...

COVID-19 may have gone the way of a pandemic, but uncertainty remains the norm in 2023. Be it the geopolitical...

The three years since 2020 saw organisations focus on digitalisation, payment efficiency, security, and cash forecasting. With continuing uncertainty in...

Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world to form a single state and consists of five main islands and...

Gartner surveys looking to 2022 show that CFOs, controllers and heads of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) are all focused...

For much of 2022, CFOs faced a new list of responsibilities and the added pressure of fostering a culture and...

Gartner says finance transformation encompasses strategic initiatives designed to revolutionise the way the corporate finance function manages its strategy, processes,...

Warren Buffet famously explained his management strategy with the University of Maryland students in November 2013 saying: “Cash at that...

Each year, FutureCFO invites executives to share their experiences and expertise so that others can benefit from the shared wisdom....

Digital transformation has elevated the role of the finance function from financial steward to enabled. The extended COVID-19 pandemic has...

The latest projections from the Asian Development Bank are that the region is expected to grow 4.3% this year, down...

While it is common to find a chief finance officer (CFO) helming a large or multinational organisation, the costs associated...

Challenging may be the appropriate word to document the environment that will greet businesses in 2023. We are faced with...

Exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and automation have sparked the next wave in enterprise transformation, offering both...

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) teams play a crucial role in companies by performing budgeting, forecasting, and analysis that support...

The face of retail has been changing since the start of digital transformation. Many traditional retailers have witnessed the rise...

The Kroll 2022 Cyber Risk and CFOs report, Over-Confidence is Costly, revealed that 84% of CFOs in Asia Pacific acknowledge...

The fans of inflation are diverting focus for many CFOs from pursuing innovation and growth strategies to curtailing possible runaway...

According to S&P Global, APAC M&A activity in Q1 2022 retreated from 2021’s highs, with deal value for the quarter...

In June 2022, after two years of delay, the Thailand Personal Data Protection Act B.E.2562 came into effect. The act...

In March 2022, a University of Georgia’s Consumer Analytics programsurvey noted that burnout is an increasingly prevalent and impactful issue...

IDC forecasts that direct digital transformation investments will accelerate to 16.5% CAGR 2022-2024 becoming 55% of all ICT investments by...

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs can pose unique challenges to finance chiefs charged with maximizing returns. Reason? Big price...

With businesses and governments becoming more digital, this puts the onus on data centres, regardless of who owns or operates...

* Editor's note: This article is co-produced by Sukhpreet Kaur Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie may have challenged the wealthy to support social...

Large companies typically have subsidiary businesses that sell to each other. The idea is to build the capability to deliver...

"ESG has become a popular shorthand for all the non-financial issues that affect business and investor success. It stands for...

The travel industry has been at the hard hit by the pandemic. But with markets around the region and globally...

Love them or hate it, spreadsheets have been around since 1979 with the release of VisiCalc, a program written for...

In an EY podcast on Why “cash culture” is a critical lever in today’s PE climate, Nick Boreo from EY...

Finance leaders are increasingly focused on digital transformation initiatives despite having to deal with other pressing issues like revenue, profitability,...

The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, unanimously adopted by 189 countries in 1995, remains the strongest global consensus for...

The pandemic remains a test of mettle. This is particularly so for leadership. In good times, it is easy to...

Co-produced by Sukhpreet Kaur, community manager, CXOCIETY According to McKinsey, in the last decade, finance departments have reduced costs by...

Co-produced by Sukhpreet Kaur, community manager, CXOCIETY Deloitte’s updated Finance 2025: Digital transformation in finance lists eight predictions revolving around...

Co-produced by Sukhpreet Kaur, community manager, CXOCIETY Alexander Bant, chief of research for CFOs at Gartner predicts that 2022 will...

“Life challenges us, so that we become enlightened. And by recognizing our true intrinsic nature — our transcendent potential —...

According to Fung Business Intelligence Centre (FBIC), a Hong Kong-based think tank, China’s retail sales will likely grow by six...

According to the Gartner View from the Board of Directors 2021 survey, 69% of board members want to accelerate digital...

Ira Winkler, chief information security officer with Skyline Technology Solutions in the US, recommends that CFOs consider ransomware prevention as...

Gartner predicts that 90% of large organizations globally will adopt Robotic process automation (RPA) in some form by 2022 and...

Gartner forecasts that global spending on security and risk management will exceed US$150 billion in 2021 adding cloud adoption and...

It is anticipated that the next decade’s finance's focus will be towards achieving even higher levels of effectiveness.

S&P Global noted $100 million of US M&A deals were terminated in 2020 because of COVID-19. Aris Wong cautions this...

Transformation will require an ecosystem of technologies, skills, and experiences to help the business meet its stated goals cost-effectively.

“The best-of-breed solution, like Esker’s, gives you a platform to allow AR and AP specialists to perform their jobs more...

Kim Yeoh, CFO for Sun Life Asia, explains that the role of the CFO is no longer just about accounting....

The CFO’s role remains unchanged. He or she will be involved in the financial aspects of any M&A activity, whether...

This Oracle NetSuite guide offers clear benefits to investing in financial management software earlier than might feel necessary.

This whitepaper offers a different perspective on how to deliver on that uniqueness businesses want to convey by internalising the...

Automation will give finance leaders deep insight into all their financial transactions which they currently cannot achieve especially where paper-based...

FutureCFO spoke to two CFOs on how women finance professionals are coping with the changes brought about by the COVID-19...

Proper tax management can lead to lower effective tax rates, better business decision-making, and greater accuracy in financial reporting.

A CFO cares about the data centre on several accounts: multi-year financial investment, compliance, operational efficiency, and impact to customers.

The pandemic has exposed gaps in the policies, the processes, the technologies that finance and accounting rely on. Technology and...

A FutureCFO-Workday roundtable discussed the rising value of data in the CFO organization, the humanization of the role, and how...

With an estimated U$17 Trillion marine-specific cross-border value of goods being traded, Incomlend CEO, Morgan Terigi, is confident there is...

CFOs recognise of the role of digital to redefine and transform finance, and the imperative to use the opportunity to...

Mark Velthuis, president for Asia-Pacific and Japan at Jedox, shares his observation to elevate planning & analysis beyond finance to...

A recent FutureCFO C-Engage vRoundtable examined the role of digitalization in addressing these challenges and gaps. Co-hosed by Kyriba, the...

IT vendors should not limit their discussions to the CIO because it is a technology project. CFOs have a say...

2021 is here. It is a new year presenting new opportunities. It is also likely that challenges from 2020 are...

We are winding down the year 2020. With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, the outlook while still grim remains hopeful...

In this episode of PodChats for FutureCFO, David Upton, Jedox's Director of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances APAC, shares his views...

Accounting is the language of business. So said Warren Buffet, billionaire, philanthropist, investor and business tycoon. He acknowledged having taken...

It has been nine months since a virus has been labelled COVID-19 and measures to stop the spread of the...

As finance undergoes adopts technologies like cloud, automation, machine learning, artificial intelligence, Terry Smagh, senior vice president & general manager,...

Before the COVID-19 outbreak, many finance functions across a range of organisations and sectors were already transforming or evaluating their...

Unlike a typical financial downturn, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic has been far more difficult to predict. The virus continues...

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COVID-19 has raised the importance of having cost clarity and cash visibility. This paper offers some tips on how to...

The SAP Concur 2020 survey, Finance in the New World of Work, revealed gaps in organisations’ expense management, business travel,...

To describe the CFO’s role as a strategic advisory to the executive leadership and the Board is to oversimplify what...

Technology has become an important influence and enabler of business – no matter the size and industry. The challenge for...

We are already in the midst of a talent war. Spurred by changing market dynamics, adoption of automation, low-cost outsourcing...

In times of crisis, cash is king. IBM's Tony Lee discusses capital optimization as an everyday strategy that finance must...

Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz compared the CEO’s role of “owning the ground” versus the CFO’s role of “owning the map”,...

During the M&A process, it is always more about people than numbers. It is of the utmost importance to connect...

Writing about career prospects for 2020 seems out of place at a time when professionals are worried about their jobs...

Karthik Natarajan, regional CFO for P&G's AMA region shares his perspective on digital transformation, the evolving role of the CFO,...

Singapore is performing well with over four-in-five companies (83.2%) producing a form of integrated bottom-line, TBL report. However, much still...

As finance undergoes its own transformation and adopts technologies like cloud, automation, machine learning, and collaboration because of WFH, we...

The truth is talent is parity. The reality is that female CFOs outperform their male counterparts because they are held...

Data management failures have drawn regulatory and public scrutiny, leading to increased regulatory burdens and pressure on organisations and their...

The Robert Half report, Finance 2020 Closer than you think, paints a conundrum for those pursuing a career in finance....

“It’s not a backroom role anymore. It’s to drive confidence, attract capital, and put capital to best use. The new...

Grab and GO-JEK reinventing on-demand mobility to go beyond rides-haring for sustained profitability

CIOs concede that technology is mind-numbingly rapid and is coining new phrases. Your real concern lives elsewhere.

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