Times are changing: what does the future look like for Interim Managers?
Companies are changing quickly driven by the ongoing pressure of globalisation and digitalisation. The functioning of organisations is therefore severely impacted and that especially holds for the role of the Interim Manager.
The back office: where innovation in finance really starts
We even see it in the most innovating companies: finance departments relying on old-fashioned spreadsheets and manual processes. Although some old tricks never die, sticking to manual solutions can complicate innovating internal processes.
Automating company processes: first start improving existing technologies
If it would be up to technology, robots would take over all company processes. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is one of the technologies wanting to emerge everywhere, trying to convince companies to be adopted. In a nutshell, Robotic Process Automation can be described as a category of software tools enabling complex digital processes to be automated.
Robots are everywhere: even in finance
For some reason it’s somewhat difficult to imagine robots being integrated in business processes. Nevertheless their presence is actually very notable in companies where the finance department plays an important role. Although Robotic Process Automation (RPA) was something only the most innovative companies had integrated a few years ago, the number seems to be a lot more elevated in 2018.