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PDF Help | | | Each year, companies in the world’s five largest economies spend more than $200 billion on their finance and accounting capabilities. Despite this, surveys show that senior executives in Australia see opportunities for major improvement within their finance functions. Often they are too focused on retrospective reporting, but still need to transform to become a strategic partner to the business. | | | In this video podcast, Cara Morton, the Australian lead for Accenture’s Finance and Performance Management group, discusses opportunities for finance departments that want to align financial and business strategy, measure organisational performance and create new opportunities based on data driven insights. Morton also discusses the five key attributes of finance departments in high-performing companies, including: shareholder value management, enterprise performance management, capital stewardship, enterprise risk management and efficiencies in back-office finance operations. | | | We hope you enjoy this edition of the Australia Business Agenda 2008 Video Series.
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This video and podcast series stems from Accenture’s management primer on the current executive agenda:
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