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Show Notes: Francesca Valli is highly sought after when CFOs come calling to discuss high-priority transformations (their top priority right now). With both a finance accounting background and training, Francesca, combines decades of expertise in finance, IT and technology, and AI and machine learning. Her experience of complex finance transformations underpinned by technology, includes leading a £1 billion ($1.26 billion) digital transformation for multinational beverage alcohol company, Diageo. However even at the biggest, most well-run finance teams the complex and misunderstood issue of change management remains an expensive and difficult challenge.

In this wide ranging-interview for FP&A Today, Francesca reveals the essential things CFOs, and FP&A teams need to know in undergoing any type of transformation. As well as sharing their horror stories of change management programs (Paul reveals a $12m mistake in a deeply flawed change management he observed) the interview also reveals:

What "putting your house in order first" means for finance teams before undertaking any finance technological transformation

The biggest common problems of misalignment

How to avoid overhyped promises of some finance technologies and the questions to really ask vendors.

Whether AI and robots will really steal FP&A jobs and what you can do to remain relevant?

Link to Francesca’s website: Chrys — About Francesca Valli