How CFOs can seize the moment #CFOReimagined Step up How, then, can CFOs overcome challenges, fill in skills gaps and combat attitudes that are holding them and their functions back from becoming strategic enablers? During analysis of our survey data, they are implementing real-time we isolated a leader group of 349 or near-real-time monitoring of “high-growth” firms—organizations business performance. 76% that greatly exceeded their targets Pushing through the difficult parts for revenue growth last year. It is of disruption is the best—and really of CFOs agree that without worth noting that in these firms, the only—option. We believe the “one version of the truth” CFOs are more likely to be driving CFO is the right person in the C-suite across business units, their transformation, planning disruption to oversee the ecosystem of data organization will struggle and targeting value, suggesting a and analytics that other functions possible correlation between business are feeding. The CFO is poised to to meet its objectives. performance and the expansion of own enterprise data and analytics the CFO’s remit. They are also more alongside the CEO. likely to say their data and analytics capabilities are strong, and that 31 The CFO Reimagined: from driving value to building the digital enterprise