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FEATURE:
Digital Transformation for Your Business
It is the finance team who will be vital to the transformative processes required to run agile business. The finance team in a business that is adapted to embrace continual change and innovation will look very different to finance teams in more traditional businesses.
This team will prioritise forward projections above historical accounting. It will create data models that focus strongly on core business drivers. Data produced should assist in realigning effort to becoming adaptive to innovation and change.
In truly transformative businesses, digital technologies are an enabling layer releasing resources to shift up the value scale, while mundane and repetitive tasks are looked after AI and robotics.
This is not science fiction; it is today’s business landscape. Digital transformation is available to, and it is a necessity for all businesses from microbusiness to global players.
About THE AUTHOR
Margaret is Chartered Accountant by training, an invaluable skillset for her second career as a tech entrepreneur. She founded Reading Room in the UK and grew it to become one of the UK’s largest digital agencies before selling it in October 2015. She then led a management buy-in for the Asia-Pacific business, rebranded as Adelphi Digital and sold to EY in 2018. She is also an experienced non-exec and an advocate for equality and diversity in the workplace.
About the ICT COMMITTEE
The ICT committee’s mission is to inspire, educate and engage Chamber members and non-members on the transformative capabilities of Information Technology to their business. The goal of the committee is to add value to the Chamber and its members through activities that demonstrate the value of ICT solutions to their business; educate them on future ICT trends that will impact their business; offer member networking opportunities to better enable business across the region; share knowledge and insights, and attract new members to the Chamber. Find out more at britcham.org.sg/committees/ict
About the Author
Margaret is Chartered Accountant by training, an invaluable skillset for her second career as a tech entrepreneur. She founded Reading Room in the UK and grew it to become one of the UK’s largest digital agencies before selling it in October 2015. She then led a management buy-in for the Asia-Pacific business, rebranded as Adelphi Digital and sold to EY in 2018. She is also an experienced non-exec and an advocate for equality and diversity in the workplace.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Find out more at ey.com
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