1. Finance organizational structure
Project support overview

2. We’ll help you to tackle your critical challenges
Sample projects
Illustrative questions finance leaders seek to answer
Benchmark current finance costs
How much should finance cost?
Which areas of finance should be allocated additional resources?
The new finance organization: Structure to broaden the strategy
How does our new organizational structure align with our overall finance strategy?
Do the design principles of the new organizational strategy align with the overall corporate strategy?
Assess the maturity of the finance function
How can we assess the maturity of our subfunctions?
How should we prioritize projects to improve subfunctional maturity?
Get feedback from business partners
How do we capture and incorporate feedback from business partners into our organizational design principles?
How can we clearly communicate the benefits of the new finance organizational design to stakeholders?
How can we overcome resistance to FTE and service changes associated with the new finance organizational design?
Get buy-in from stakeholders on the new organizational structure

3. Tailored expertise and resources deliver impact in the areas crucial to your success
Benchmark the finance structure
Upgrade your finance structure
Stay ahead of the latest trends
How does my finance organizational structure stack up?
How do we plan and execute in finance fast and right?
How do I keep my finance function moving forward?
Analyze finance cost, head count and process efficiency in the Finance Performance Benchmark Suite
Assess finance process maturity using the Ignition Diagnostic
Gather facts on how peers address key finance organizational design issues
Collect feedback from business partners using our Business Alignment Tool
Understand the expanding role of centers of excellence
Review your finance organizational structure with this Ignition Guide
Follow our guidelines on redesigning finance roles for value creation
Utilize our collection of member-donated finance organizational structures
Avoid duplicative work by utilizing our Scope of Activities Benchmarks
Optimize reporting relationships based on our Span of Control Benchmarks
Ensure that finance is aligned with business partner needs
Differentiate responsibilities between the corporate center and BU finance teams
Redesign FP&A roles based on our centralization decision framework tool
Evaluate the benefits and challenges of centers of process excellence (CoPEs)
Update the finance organizational structure to allow improved career mobility

4. Your first 90 days as a client (Illustrative)
Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Review current organizational structure with this Ignition Guide
Analyze cost, head count and process efficiency in the Finance Benchmark Suite
Anticipate future business needs like John Deere, T. Rowe Price, CUNA Mutual and others, as outlined in this topic center
Consider resource allocation to build high-performing FP&A and accounting teams
Evaluate the impact of increased career mobility
Kick off this initiative with your service associate; discuss your challenges and align key resources
Launch our benchmark to evaluate spend, structure and performance
Review progress with your service associate and create a forward engagement plan
Review progress to ensure continued delivery of the right resources at the right time
Discussion: What are the major finance organizational design trends?
Discussion: How can we redesign finance to better support business partners?
Benchmark results: In what areas should we (de)invest resources?
Discussion: What are the change management considerations associated with organization redesign?
Annual Executive Retreat: Improving the Finance-Business Partnership
Finance Roundtable: Finance Talent for the Future
Written Research
Service Associate Support
Analyst & Advisor Inquiries
Live Events

5. We cover a range of key finance and technology initiatives to equip you for success
Your service will be designed to help you deliver the underlying projects and initiatives that are crucial for accomplishing your biggest Finance challenges.
Budgeting
Cost Management
Facilities Management
Finance IT
Finance Organizational Structure
Finance Roles and Responsibilities
Finance Strategy
Finance Talent
Forecasting
Functional Analysis
Growth and Innovation
Internal Controls
Investor Relations
Management Reporting
Metric Selection and Dashboard Design
Portfolio Planning
Real Estate Functional Management
Real Estate Customer Relationship Management
Robotics
Shared-Service Customers
Shared-Service Fundamentals
Shared-Service Performance Measurement and Improvement
Shared-Service Strategy
Shared-Service Talent
Tax Operations
Workplace Strategy

6. How we deliver value to your peers
“Using CEB (now Gartner) resources, we cut the time needed to restructure the finance organization in half, and we achieved a high-quality outcome.”
Ivan Duvnjak
CFO
Bariatrix Nutrition Inc

7. Deliver your critical Finance priorities
We’re ready to help you excel against your critical finance challenges.
Get in touch to discuss how we can fast-track your success.