The future of finance is robots, a small number of exception fixers, and commercially-focussed influencers.
Over the next 5 -15 years automation will change finance, freeing up time for us to be better business partners and leaders.
Month end no longer exists as we know it, as transactions are live time. Forecasts are automated, continuous, rolling, as far out as you want. And with a rolling forecast the annual budget process is largely eliminated.
The future of finance is robots, a small number of exception ‘fixers’, and a small number of dedicated commercially-focussed people with financial expertise.
These pure business partners will be in demand and highly paid. Some will be very, very highly paid.
I call then Super Business Partners.
Prepare your team for the finance revolution by moving from Calculator to Coach and developing the 16 behaviours of World Class finance business partners.