Bringing your full value as a business partner (Part One‪)‬ Finance in 15

PwC’s Finance in 15 podcast series offers finance executives and business leaders insight into the pivotal ways finance can increase strategic value for their organizations. In this episode, we discuss the last of the 3 Ps of finance transformation: performance. As finance teams can struggle to produce data fast enough to help the business make key decisions, a focus on performance is an essential component of the transformation journey. During the episode, National Future of Finance Leader at PwC Canada Adam Boutros sits down with Marilyn Wang, a Partner in PwC Canada’s One Analytics group and Sébastien Doyon, who leads the company’s Quebec finance transformation practice. They discuss the fundamentals of performance in finance transformation and how teams can address it within their organizations.
00:18 Adam introduces the theme of today's episode- performance
00:44 Adam introduces today’s guests: Marilyn and Sebastien
1:06 Marilyn and Sebastien explain what they each do in their roles at PwC
2:40 Marilyn and Sebastien each provide an overview of their interpretation of the meaning of “performance”
7:44 Marilyn shares some information about the tools that can help leaders get started in their finance transformation journey
9:06 Marilyn and Sebastien explore best practices for finance teams addressing performance
13:13 Adam’s reflection on the interview