Spend Smarter

“Visibility remains a huge challenge for CFOs in today’s dynamic and ever-evolving business environment. It’s critical that CFOs adopt a cloud-based strategy that enables them to have visibility and control over their spend to make more strategic and informed business decisions.”
—Rob Bernshteyn, Chief Executive Officer, Coupa

Key Report Findings

To better manage costs, 60 percent believe process or technology improvement is critical (pg 3)
67 percent see process or technology improvement as critical to managing risk within the next two years (pg 10)
Breaking down siloes and improving cross-department collaboration is key. Nearly 60 percent who assess their organizations as most able to manage risk, cost, and capital are collaborative
Business performance risk is the number one threat with the potential to impact the financial position of those organizations surveyed

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HOW STRATEGIC CFOS GAIN CONTROL WITH BUSINESS SPEND MANAGEMENT

The challenges addressed in the EIU Report, “The Strategic CFO in a Rapidly Changing World,” are at the heart of modern Business Spend Management (BSM). Providing CFOs a single point of control for managing business policies and processes for all spend – whether it’s a pre-approved requisition against a contract, a post-approved business expense report, or an un-approved non-backed invoice – BSM offers finance leaders an easy way to gain control of all of their spend.