Creating Value in a Regulated World

1. Today s Challenges, Tomorrow s AspirationToday s Aspirations.
<p>Riding the two–headed monster.</p>
<p>Getting back in the saddle .</p>
<p>Coping with governance and reporting.</p>
<p>Creating value and growth.</p>
<p>Shaping the new agenda.</p>
<p>Straight from the CFO.</p>
<p>2. Reshaping Finance.</p>
<p>Centralization: where to draw the line?</p>
<p>The quest for standardization.</p>
<p>The new fi nancial management model.</p>
<p>Process optimization and reporting.</p>
<p>Streamlining corporate structure.</p>
<p>Lessons from private equity.</p>
<p>Straight from the CFO.</p>
<p>3. Making Change Happen.</p>
<p>Change, in a hurry.</p>
<p>Champions of change.</p>
<p>Transforming the public sector.</p>
<p>Pulling all change levers.</p>
<p>From CFO to COO.</p>
<p>Talent for the future.</p>
<p>Straight from the CFO.</p>
<p>4. Releasing Intangible Value.</p>
<p>Execution not valuation.</p>
<p>The goodwill dilemma.</p>
<p>Value centers.</p>
<p>Managing intellectual property.</p>
<p>Selecting valuation techniques.</p>
<p>Brands: the missing half of the balance sheet!</p>
<p>Treating customers as assets.</p>
<p>Value tiering.</p>
<p>Moving from back offi ce to the front.</p>
<p>Structural and human capital.</p>
<p>Straight from the CFO.</p>
<p>5. Driving Growth and Innovation.</p>
<p>Sustainable advantage.</p>
<p>Decision support takes center stage.</p>
<p>New ways of working.</p>
<p>In–market innovation.</p>
<p>From the outside, in.</p>
<p>Innovation centers: a win win .</p>
<p>Straight from the CFO.</p>
<p>6. Looking Forward, Not Backward.</p>
<p>Expect the unexpected.</p>
<p>Closing the strategy gap in pharmaceuticals.</p>
<p>Optimizing value through integration.</p>
<p>Rolling forecasts.</p>
<p>Monitoring reality.</p>
<p>Connecting the dots through systems.</p>
<p>Straight from the CFO.</p>
<p>7. Innovative Business Partnering.</p>
<p>Finance of the future.</p>
<p>Working in partnership.</p>
<p>Effective investment in brands.</p>
<p>Decision making under uncertainty.</p>
<p>Finance and innovation.</p>
<p>Dynamic performance management.</p>
<p>The finance academy.</p>
<p>Conclusion.</p>
<p>Straight from the CFO.</p>
<p>8. Promoting Global Connectivity.</p>
<p>Building global partnerships.</p>
<p>Integrating shared services by region.</p>
<p>Creating a worldwide center.</p>
<p>Seamless support: near–shore or off–shore?</p>
<p>Connectivity through technology.</p>
<p>Straight from the CFO.</p>
<p>9. Leveraging Risk and Regulation.</p>
<p>The misery of regulation.</p>
<p>Leveraging Sarbanes–Oxley.</p>
<p>Multiple listings, multiple standards.</p>
<p>Implementation overload.</p>
<p>The case for dual accounting.</p>
<p>Enterprise–wide risk management.</p>
<p>The role of Chief Risk Offi cer (CRO).</p>
<p>Straight from the CFO.</p>
<p>10. Becoming a Sustainable Corporation.</p>
<p>Case for corporate responsibility.</p>
<p>Investor perspective.</p>
<p>Ethics and value creation.</p>
<p>A multi–stakeholder approach.</p>
<p>Best practices: corporate reporting.</p>
<p>Triple bottom line.</p>
<p>Reality check.</p>
<p>Becoming the good corporation!</p>
<p>Straight from the CFO.</p>
<p>Index.</p>