We recently hosted a Finance Transformation event which questioned the necessity of a finance qualification in the transformation leader. 74% of our guests said that a leader did not require a finance qualification while attributes such as emotional intelligence, drive and leadership were deemed essential.
When it came to the ideal team - our audience of CFOs, HR Directors and Transformation Leaders were torn with some claiming the Big Four type of consultants were most effective while the collective agreed a blended team of interims, consultants and staff seconded from the business was the ideal breakdown for most programmes.
I think we are all in agreement that a programme needs to have strong finance process knowledge, programme management capability and often systems expertise but what does your ideal team look like?
I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter and if you would like a copy of our Finance Transformation white paper from the event please do get in touch.
