The modern corporate finance function (Part 1: Building blocks)

What is a corporate finance function, who’s involved, and why does it matter?

Work smarter, not harder.

Unfortunately, I get asked these types of questions frequently. More accurately, I tend to get this specific question shouted at me, as my career focuses on modernizing, automating, and cleaning up finance functions. While my forecasts and models give owners or managers fresh visibility into the future, many times at the outset, what they now see is not a great picture of the future. I consistently see companies burn through cash and just scratch their heads. “I just did not see that coming.”