If you want to be a CFO, develop these three skills

There are three areas you need to develop in if you want to be a good Chief Financial Officer or Finance business partner – business acumen, tools/techniques and behavioural skills.

And my intention is to unpack these three areas a little bit, so that you can get to grips with planning your development journey more effectively.

In another article I shared my belief that Finance business partner is the new best route to a CFO role. That is to say, core CFO skills are Finance business partnering skills. And well-developed Finance business partnering skills are what you need to be a CFO.

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