Each year, Business Talent Group releases the High-End Independent Talent Report, looking across industries and business functions to analyze how business leaders deploy top independent talent to fill critical skill, expertise, and leadership gaps. Here are the key finance trends for 2021.
Finance leaders spent much of last year dealing with the economic fallout of COVID-19. In 2021, they will resume the execution of long-term strategies for growth and profitability with the help of high-end independents skilled in FP&A, financial controls, business unit and pricing strategies, and process optimizations—as well as skilled interim hands at all levels of the function.
PROJECT CATEGORIES: Finance
| 34% Strategy |
| 34% Operations |
| 22% Interim Executive |
| 10% Transformation |
MOST IN-DEMAND PROJECTS
Business Processes
Interim Leadership
Planning
Opportunity Assessment
MOST IN-DEMAND SKILLS
Financial Planning, Analysis, and Modeling
Financial Controls, Accounting, and Audit
Corporate and Business Unit Strategy
Process Optimization and Transformation
Pricing Strategy
Program Management Office (PMO)
SAMPLE FINANCE PROJECTS
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Evaluate and improve P&L reports and processes according to best-in-class practices
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Serve as an interim operational leader and general manager for a joint venture
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Develop a pricing strategy for SaaS products
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Perform a portfolio analysis and identify the most promising opportunities for business transformations and investments in the next five years
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Provide project management support for implementation of a new compliance strategy
