Archive for Mohamed Elrouby

What finance professionals need to know about Strategy? Series # 6: Today I am going to talk about McKinsey 7S Model. As a CFO or FP&A you will be required to understand how your organization is positioned to achieve its strategic goals? Or what elements influence its ability to implement change successfully? McKinsey 7S Model […]

Understanding strategy is one of the critical competencies that CFO’s and FP&A’s should develop. In my new series of blogs, I am going to cover the most common strategic tools that should all senior finance professionals to understand. Our strategy tool today is Porter’s five forces. As a CFO or FP&A you will be required […]

The increasing pace of change in competition, technology, and business landscape is driving FP&A leaders to provide real-time insights from large amounts of data. FP&A is expected to be more agile, more insight-oriented, and more data-driven. How can FP&A become a trusted business advisor and help organisations navigate through uncertainty? There are 5 things to […]

Your FP&A team needs to act fast, adopt a business partnering mindset, and leverage digital analytics to provide relevant business insights. Five key pillars enable financial planning and analysis skills to shift from gatekeeper to enabling The 5 pillars of FP&A leaders: Let’s take a look at the five pillars of transforming and enabling the […]

Business acumen became one of the most important competencies for finance business partners. It is the admission ticket to a permanent seat at the decision-making table in your organisation. Without business acumen, finance cannot contribute effectively to the value creation process and is not able to understand what is behind numbers. This article will explain […]