{"id":235,"date":"2012-06-03T10:58:08","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T08:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/templeman.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=235"},"modified":"2019-01-28T14:55:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T13:55:07","slug":"modern-finance-function","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/?page_id=235","title":{"rendered":"Modern Finance Function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A modern finance function has a mission which goes way beyond just doing the accounting systems, bookkeeping and producing historical financial accounts. &nbsp;Today&nbsp;a modern finance function must fully work with and support the business, while maintaining a clear command of the big picture and an appropriate &nbsp;level of critical detachment and control:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Supporting and challenging the business through <a title=\"Strategy, Budgeting, Planning, and Reporting\" href=\"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/?page_id=169\">planning, decision making, information and monitoring tools and processes<\/a><\/li><li>Creating shareholder value through maximizing cash flows, providing appropriate <a title=\"Company Funding and Company Treasury\" href=\"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/?page_id=182\">company funding and treasury services<\/a>, and being <a title=\"Due Diligence Ready\" href=\"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/?page_id=192\">due diligence ready<\/a><\/li><li>Ensuring the <a title=\"Finance Team and Organisation\" href=\"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/?page_id=186\">finance team and organisation<\/a> can deliver outstanding service in each of the key finance areas.<\/li><li>Protecting reputation and assets through <a title=\"Corporate Risk Management, Compliance and Governance\" href=\"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/?page_id=180\">risk management<\/a>: policies, implementation, processes and controls<\/li><li>Delivering effective business services (shared, support and project) where relevant (for example legal, commercial, IT, corporate services)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For each company the <a title=\"Finance Function Mission\" href=\"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/?page_id=188\">finance function mission<\/a>&nbsp;needs to be tailored to the company&#8217;s business model and current situation and can vary significantly, particularly when a business changes ownership or undergoes significant changes in strategic orientation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A modern finance function has a mission which goes way beyond just doing the accounting systems, bookkeeping and producing historical financial accounts. &nbsp;Today&nbsp;a modern finance function must fully work with and support the business, while maintaining a clear command of the big picture and an appropriate &nbsp;level of critical detachment and control: Supporting and challenging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-235","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":591,"href":"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/235\/revisions\/591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/templemanadvisory.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}