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Working Harder Through Hard Times: Career Challenges and Opportunities for Finance Executives--A report prepared in collaboration with Ajilon Finance

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Abstract:: Amid a slowing economy, senior finance executives say they are under greater pressure to provide more (and more accurate) forecasting and analysis with fewer resources—challenges many finance executives view as an opportunity to demonstrate their value to the business. In our survey of finance executives’ career challenges, some respondents lament requests to produce additional data as firefighting done at the expense of strategic analysis, while other respondents affirm they will produce the information that “changes behavior and improves results.” In this report, finance executives share their candid assessments of how they’re meeting current challenges and applying their analytical expertise and business acumen to help their companies navigate the current storm—while a few explain just why they’re jumping ship.

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