The changing shape of the finance function

Our ongoing research into the future of finance reveals that an expanding mandate for finance, digital technologies and new sources of data are combining to change the shape of the finance function.

As expectations and skills evolve, that shape is migrating from a traditional hierarchical triangle (where broader populations of workers report directly upwards to a series of ever-narrower management bands) to a hexagonal structure (where expert teams collaborate as equals to achieve shared corporate objectives). This emerging theme