“Back in the old days, the finance department was a place where a team of accountants, lead by a CFO, that kept the place tidy and supplied the management with backward-looking reports. Often with numbers three months old. Today, top managers in mature companies use their finance function as a forward-looking, strategic partner that binds finance and business together. As a business partner where the CFO becomes a CVO – Chief Value Officer – if not by name then by virtue.”

Jørn Jepsen, partner at Deloitte