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Monthly Highlights, May 2024

The job of the senior finance executive isn’t what it used to be. Traditional duties—including budgeting, planning, and risk mitigation—remain crucial components of the role. But CFOs now also serve as advisers to CEOs on organizational priorities and strategy, performance challengers, innovation champions, leaders of major investments and transactions, and convenors of cross-enterprise initiatives. And in today’s volatile business environment, CFOs must evaluate the potential impact of climate risks, geopolitical tensions, macroeconomic disruptions, and technological advances.

In our first featured story, McKinsey’s Ankur Agrawal, Christian Grube, Karolina Sauer-Sidor, and Andy West interview eight former CFOs about their finance careers and outline five priorities that CFO hopefuls should consider embracing. Our second story explores how CFOs can raise their games above functional expertise to achieve real strategic impact. Other highlights include the following topics:

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where CEOs should focus their energies to enable their organizations to thrive

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the increasingly blurred lines between the digital and physical

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how leaders can establish a talent system that generates higher returns over the long term

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the latest opportunities in quantum technology

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