EMEA Recruitment recently partnered with Microsoft & PwC to co-host a CFO roundtable event in Amsterdam. The event was focused on ”Technology in Modern Finance”, bringing together CFOs of multi-national businesses from various sectors.

This gave a fantastic opportunity to see the digital transformation projects that Microsoft have implemented to improve their financial processes, including the introduction of machine learning forecasting, which has seen them say goodbye to their standard manual forecasting procedures! This was a concept difficult for many to comprehend, but Microsoft provided evidence to show that the predictions via machine learning were far closer to actuals than previously forecast.

The group discussion, facilitated by PwC, emphasized that multi-national companies are at very different stages of development with AI and robotics, but it seemed clear that the role of a CFO is changing and highlighted the evolution of skills required within a Finance function.

We look forward to hosting similar events around the impact of digital technology on finance with Microsoft and also other partners in Switzerland and the Netherlands later in 2019. We look forward to bringing you more news soon!

If you are a CFO who could be interested in attending such events, please don't hesitate to contact Hannah Mallia, Director, at [email protected]

It has been a busy week for our Swiss Finance division this week, as we hosted two networking events - one in Geneva and one in Zurich! Paul Toms, Founder of EMEA Recruitment, Michelle Ewing, Director, and John Bower, Director - Finance, were all in attendance, along with consultants Chris O'Brien and Emma Feneley.

We enjoy every opportunity to meet with those in our network, which has been developed over 11+ years. It was wonderful to see some familiar faces, as well as meet those who were attending for the first time, from the mid to senior finance market.

Having a strong network is essential in today's world of quickly evolving work environments. For those living in (or moving to) Switzerland and looking for a new opportunity, they will find that, in the Swiss market particularly, networking is valued and can be greatly beneficial.

Thank you to all who came along and helped to make each of the events a success!

This week saw the return of the annual CIPS Switzerland event held in Zug. For a third consecutive year we sponsored the event, which attracts well over 100 plus participants from the local market with specialisms across Procurement and Supply Chain.

John Byrne, Gareth Chapman and Richard Bailey were present to answer questions about our business, the general market performance here and how our consultancy services have been helping to partner our client and candidate requirements over the last year.

We look to continue the support with CIPS Switzerland moving forward as this event, and others run throughout the year, are key for Procurement and Supply Chain professionals wanting to grow/share knowledge on current industry topics whilst expanding their own networks. John Byrne, our Swiss Country Director, will also be presenting at a future CIPS event this year.