2024 Chicago CFO Executive Summit

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Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Chicago's top CFOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CFOs today:

Unearthing Cost Efficiency Through Streamlining Finance Processes

Identifying Best-in-Class Finance Data and Analytics Strategy and Structure

Enriching FP&A Scope and Dependability to Maximize Business Impact

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Pat Jermain

Plexus
CFO

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CFO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Chicago CFO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Evanta's Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda

Executive Boardroom Session

Fortifying Trust, Risk and Security with AI

CFOs are tasked with identifying the finance processes where AI will make the most significant early impact. While evolving technology can serve as a threat to organizational security, it also serves as an ally in mitigating risks while enhancing efficiency.

Join this session to discuss how to:

Identify high return use cases for AI in the finance function
Understand and educate stakeholders on the benefits of AI and automation tools
Prepare your organization and people for the adoption of new technology

Keynote Sessions

Transform FP&A Into an Enterprise Capability

According to Gartner’s research, more than 85% of FP&A teams struggle to sustainably support the complex business decision-making and planning needs stemming from economic turbulence. Today, CFOs must think beyond automation of routine FP&A work as a source of finance business partnering capacity and transform FP&A into a mindset that business decision-makers embody and practice.

Join this keynote for a deeper understanding of:

The best delivery model to sustain value-added decision-support in a turbulent economic environment
The simple shift in FP&A’s business partnering approach that drives decision-makers to internalize the FP&A mindset
The pragmatic use cases for AI and Machine Learning in FP&A

Lunch Keynote Presented by Zscaler

More details coming soon.

Closing Comments and Prize Drawing Session

Building the Future of Finance

With the continued democratization of enterprise data, CFOs are challenged to create a structure that drives fact-based decisions measured by statistically significant KPIs. Grainger takes a future-focused approach by linking its Finance, Analytics and Corporate Strategy functions under one team–FACS–charged with planning, analysis, innovation and partnership to drive strategy and results. This structure enables Grainer to streamline decision-making and drive significant team member engagement.

Join this keynote for a case study on:

Identifying statistically significant KPIs to inform future business strategies and financial decisions
Enabling fact-based planning throughout the organization to drive meaningful results
Elevating the role of finance while optimizing resources