Competitive Financial Operations: The CFO Project is a thought-leadership initiative that provides fresh insights and practical guidance on creating highly efficient cost competitive business processes in a constantly changing business environment. The current collection titled The Agent of Change is the third in a series designed to inform chief financial officers about the latest approaches companies are exploiting to achieve operational excellence.

The Agent of Change is a collection of white papers, case studies, interviews and company profiles representing the thoughts and research of more than 40 industry analysts, practitioners and leading solution providers in the finance industry. The emphasis is on the rapidly changing role of the CFO, who is not only responsible for traditional accounting functions such as governance and risk management, but is also expected to serve as a forward-thinking business leader.

The essays explore the way CFOs are managing the tricky balancing act between serving as internal “traffic cop” and acting in the role of corporate leader. They present expertise on corporate governance, risk management, achieving compliance and transparency, business planning, executive compensation and more.