In these challenging times decision makers across the organization are looking to the CFO for more timely and insightful information. But for many CFOs this remains a pipe dream. Most of their time is spent on budgeting, reporting, and the month-end close. In this timely book, David Parmenter provides CFOs and their finance colleagues with a number of practical guidelines that will enable them to spend less time on the basic accounting routines and more time adding value and becoming a valued business partner.