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“Any of us who get ourselves into a position where we can make a difference,
however small it is, just shouldn’t waste that position.”
SIR RICHARD BRANSON, FOUNDER OF VIRGIN, SPEAKING TO CNBC
Top concerns for finance chiefs
The latest Hays CFO Viewpoint report reveals the key issues keeping
Australia’s finance chiefs up at night:
89%
63%
Attracting talent in
a competitive market
Cost controls in an
inflationary environment
67%
53%
Cyber security risks
Quality, architecture
and effective use of data
Read the report
CFOs take the lead
in ESG reporting
CFOs are pivotal leaders in sustainability reporting across
Asia Pacific. A recent report from Deloitte shows around
a third of companies have finance chiefs as the accountable
executives for sustainability.
While CFOs have become instrumental in ensuring
assurance-ready sustainability reporting, they face
significant challenges, including compliance complexities
and the need to address key resource and capability gaps.
The report shows that 60 per cent of organisations
cannot forecast the number of people they need to meet
emerging sustainability workloads — and those that do
estimate that their needs will double.
Read the report
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