#FinanceMaster

#FinanceMaster
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Mar 8, 2023 • 19min

S3 Ep7: Finance Keeps the Score on Success

As this series comes to an end, Anders Liu-Lindberg discusses the ultimate role of Finance being a Function that not only keeps the score but also drives it forward. He wraps up how to make your Finance Function fit for the future in the third season of the #FinanceMaster show. 
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Mar 1, 2023 • 25min

S3 Ep6: Ticket to Paradise: Process Automation

In the penultimate episode of the series, Anders highlights the importance of process automation to free up time for value-adding work. As part of this, he discusses how process design is at the heart of good automation, and how visibility and understanding of the work being performed is vital in ensuring the effectiveness of an organization.
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Feb 22, 2023 • 21min

S3 Ep5: The Heart and Mind of a Future Finance Professional

In this episode of #FinanceMaster, Anders explores what goes into the heart and mind of a Finance professional to allow for a successful career. Among the topics discussed is the importance of developing emotional intelligence, and how encouraging empathy is critical for success, not only for the individual but ultimately for the organization as a whole.
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Feb 15, 2023 • 17min

S3 Ep4: The Touchless Finance Function – Is It Possible?

The goal of the “touchless” Finance Function is fundamentally to remove friction - to minimize the amount of time spent transaction processing, data handling, and reporting. In this episode, Anders explains how to achieve the art of the possible, and highlights the key steps that firms should take to free up valuable resources for value-added work. 
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Feb 8, 2023 • 26min

S3 Ep3: Let's Create The Agile Finance Function, Shall We?

Inspired by analyst, David Axson, who believes that business automation through machine learning and robotic systems will enable Finance teams to spend 75% of its time on decision support and predictive analysis, Anders explores the birth of this new Finance operating model and how it is reorganizing entire businesses.
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Feb 1, 2023 • 28min

S3 Ep2: The Cultural Revolution In The Finance Function

When so many Finance professionals are found to be guilty of perfectionism (the likely result of a role defined by precision-based processes and quantitative data), Anders explores the negative impacts this trait can have, and why an alternative focus on creative and strategic thinking is the key to unlocking real business value.
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Jan 25, 2023 • 23min

S3 Ep1: Building A Finance Function Fit For The Future

In the third series of #FinanceMaster, Anders Liu-Lindberg looks at how the the Finance Function is entering a new phase, and how businesses and Finance professionals are most likely to "win" if they embrace the new and emerging ways of working. 
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Jan 18, 2023 • 29min

S2 Ep7: The Work Of A Finance Isn't Done When A Decision Is Made

In the last episode of this series, Anders explains why the role of Finance isn't just a "supporting" one when it comes to decision making, and why the impact that Finance departments can have, certainly doesn't end once a business decision has been made.
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Jan 11, 2023 • 23min

S2 Ep6: Analytics Is A Marathon - And You're Falling At The Final Hurdle

As the series nears its end, Anders turns his attentions to the one area of career development that Finance professionals have so far failed to focus - and it's one that can yield significant results, very rapidly. Unfortunately, it's also the one many dread: presenting.
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Jan 4, 2023 • 24min

S2 Ep5: Have You Been Dead By Analysis?

With many Finance professionals admitting to feeling that much of their time is spent analyzing data, and often with little certainty as to its higher purpose, Anders explores how to avoid analysis "becoming the death of the you".

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