Finance & The Office of the CFO

Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in every geography and industry are facing increased challenges and demands from boards of directors, stakeholders and other internal and external sources. To be successful, financial management must deliver on these new demands and drive enterprise value, as well as meet traditional finance responsibilities. FTI Consulting provides CFOs and finance leaders with strategy development, performance solutions and operations support.

How We Help

The FTI Consulting Finance Centre of Excellence provides solutions to help finance functions optimise performance while supporting the CFO to drive enterprise value and business strategy. Our solutions focus on delivering impactful results, from strategy and diagnostics to implementation and interim management.

Across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (“EMEA”), our dedicated teams of senior finance professionals located throughout the region have deep functional expertise to support local and cross-border organisations.

Finance Operations & Technology

CFOs are tasked with improving finance operations and how they respond to changing business dynamics. Finance leaders rely on FTI Consulting to provide the necessary data analytics, toolsets and insights that improve their ability to add value to the business decision-making process. We collaborate with CFOs and their teams to improve the day-to-day finance operations such as:

• Interim Management: Interim CFOs, Finance Directors, Controllers & Treasurers, Finance/ Accounting Support & Surge Resources, and FP&A & Treasury Function Establishment
• Finance Transformation: Assessment & Transformation Roadmap, Finance Operating Model Optimisation, Finance Process Improvement & Automation, and Transformation Management Office
• Finance Technology: Assessments & Roadmaps, IT Cost Transparency, and Finance Systems Evaluation, Selection, & Implementation Management
• Accounting and Financial Reporting: Close Process Acceleration, Financial & Statutory Reporting, Accounts & Legal Entity Rationalisation, and Controls, Audit & Technical Accounting Support

Cash, Cost & Capital Management

Organisation management that optimises working capital and reduces enterprise costs paves the way to transformation, growth and competitive advantage. Your goal is our goal — to create and maintain a stable, efficient organisation, implement solutions that maximise performance, and lead your organisation’s transformation from good to great, all in the most cost-effective ways:

• Treasury and Cash Flow Management: Cash Flow & Liquidity Forecasting, Banking Structure & Cash Management, Covenants & Funding, and Controls, Policies & Governance
• Cost Optimisation: Spend Reduction & Implementation Plans, Contract Analysis & Negotiations, Organisation Rightsizing, and Benchmarking & Target Setting
• Working Capital Improvement: Cash Conversion Cycle & Collections, Inventory Analysis & Rationalisation, Process Optimisation (OTC, PTP, FTF), and Reporting and Dashboarding

Strategy & Planning

To help you create value for your organisation and enhance your decision-making capabilities, we create and implement solutions that build confidence, clarity, controls and consistency. Enhanced by innovative engagement tools, we offer you strategies and solutions that drive value and improve the way finance operates:

• Planning and Performance Management: Forecast Model Development & Review, Business Case Analysis, Performance Reporting & Analytics, and Forecast Risk Identification
• Finance Function Strategy: Finance Strategy & Vision, Organisational Design, Technology Architecture, and Talent Assessment
• Strategic Initiatives and Event Readiness: M&A Strategy, Merger Integration & Separation Support, Due Diligence, and Synergy Analysis