The role of a modern finance professional is more than sending reports to other stakeholders or crunching numbers. The business team expect finance professionals to take active participation in the management of the business. Soft skills have become a must-have for finance business partners.

How does Finance participate in the business, what skills do we need? These questions and many others were answered in our recent Gambia Finance Leaders Forum.

CEOs want to see more strategic participation from today’s CFOs. This requires stepping away from daily demands such as reporting an controlling.