Finance & Accounting Decision Matrix

January 22, 2020

Finance leaders today have two shortages they’re constantly required to contend with: TALENT and TIME. Scarcity and churn among qualified accounting professionals only serve to compound the overwhelming sense among CFOs and financial leadership that too much of their time is spent on transactional tasks while strategic initiatives are left to languish. Strategize and devise a plan to streamline your finance & accounting with our decision matrix.

In fact, according to Personiv's 2019 Finance and Accounting Talent Market Outlook, 88 percent of CFOs wish they had more time for strategic tasks. And our very own Megan Weis projects that this trend isn't likely to disappear any time soon.

That can turn into a frustrating feedback loop that too often slows potential growth and stalls profit gains. In this worksheet, you'll discover:

How to determine which tasks to outsource and what to keep in-house
How to use the process-strategy matrix to work through core competencies
Why finance leaders turn to outsourcing as a solution

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