Future of finance

Transforming people and processes to drive performance excellence

The future of finance is now

Finance leaders play a pivotal role in helping their organizations navigate a changing business landscape. They’re balancing the need to generate insights to support the organization’s growth strategy with rising demands for efficiencies in how the finance function operates.

Striking this balance isn’t easy, but many chief financial officers (CFOs) are change agents who are planning to accelerate automation and new ways of working to tackle these challenges. But the executives they work with may not be seeing this. According to Harvard Business Review, while 83% of CFOs are happy with the finance function’s performance, only 44% of C level executives agree.

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Looking beyond for new approaches to change


Bridging this gap will require an integrated approach to enhancing the performance of the finance function. You might have invested in a new or upgraded enterprise resources planning (ERP) system, but are you getting the full value from it? You might be facing other structural issues that are holding your finance function back, whether from continued use of manual processes or the need for a more flexible operating model with the right people focused on the activities that matter most.

We offer a comprehensive approach to finance transformation that puts people first and includes helping finance functions move to the cloud, adopt automation and intelligent processes and free up capacity for a more insights-focused role. Wherever you’re at in your transformation journey, you can take comfort knowing we’ll be with you all the way. We work closely with you in small, efficient teams using a flexible process that focuses on rapid, incremental changes that deliver quick wins on the way to transformative results.

Define your focus across people, process and performance

We’ve developed an approach that’s tailored to your specific needs and addresses the key elements of finance transformation: people, process and performance. Wherever you begin, we’ll help you finish first with a more efficient finance function that leads the organization in value creation and performance excellence.

Watch the CFO Spotlight video to learn how PwC Canada took steps to automate and streamline manual and repetitive processes.

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PeopleTo deliver on your vision, you need digitally savvy teams ready to embrace transformation. We’ll help you upskill your workforce to create the right mix of human- and machine-based roles. Now is the time to rethink your workforce structure to develop a more flexible operating model with a finance team focused on the activities that matter most.

How we can help

Finance transformation enabled by technology

Organizations need to upgrade to their ERP systems (e.g. SAP S/4HANA or Workday), but they want to avoid the challenges they’ve had with their past ERP implementations. With the right guidance on people, process and performance and the help of practice aids, tools, accelerators and model company frameworks, you can maximize the return on your investment. We’ll help you ensure a faster and smoother implementation of your new ERP SAP S4/HANA and build a team ready to deliver value to your business from your new ERP.

Contact us

Adam Boutros

Adam Boutros

National Assurance Markets Lead, Future of Finance Leader, Partner, PwC Canada

Tel: +1 905 815 6432

Samir Bishara

Samir Bishara

CFO Consulting, PwC Canada

Tel: +1 416 508 5227

Jill Satre

Jill Satre

Partner, National Energy Leader, Alberta Energy & ESG Leader, PwC Canada

Tel: +1 403 781 1844

Marino Fremis

Marino Fremis

Partner, Finance Transformation Lead, PwC Canada

Tel: +1 416 815 5196

Benoit Auger

Benoit Auger

Partner and Finance Transformation Leader for Quebec, PwC Canada

Tel: +1 514 205 5021

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