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Chief Financial Officer

Executive, member of a regional, category or business-unit executive committee

Finance head of a region, category or business unit with several countries or markets underneath: owns the unit's P&L, balance sheet and cash, its capital allocation and investment cases, controls and risk, and a finance organisation of finance directors. Success is judged on delivered growth, margin and cash against plan, the credibility of the numbers with group and auditors, the quality of strategic choices made with the unit's president, and the finance leaders developed.

8 of the role's 23 target skills, the ones that weigh most

Skill 1 of 8

Leading the business

Where this role typically leads

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