Research Papers

As modern finance professionals, we are facing some of the most demanding and challenging conditions for decades as we strive to be better business partners. Our ability to deliver dependable business forecasts, optimise the allocation of resources and steer the business to new heights of performance, agility and competitiveness remain central to our professional standing with the rest of the C-suite. Yet we are facing insurmountable challenges.  Drawing upon the experiences of over 58,000 global senior finance professionals, members of our FSN Modern Finance Forum on LinkedIn, our surveys look to explore the challenges the modern finance function are facing and crucially they point to a way forward, helping organizations build a finance function for the future.

We hope that you find our survey findings thought-provoking and interesting and are able to use the reports as a tool to aid discussions with colleagues and the rest of the C-Suite and take your finance processes to the next level.