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IMA: Leadership Has Become A Top Priority For The Financial Team.

2011/3/30 17:29:00 65

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Cut down to explore new business growth, all sectors of the industry pay more and more attention to accounting functions, and these also promote the importance of leadership in the financial work team.

According to a research report by IMA and Accounting Principals in February 2011, 65% of accounting practitioners in the United States said their enterprises were emphasizing leadership development this year, and 26% of financial staff thought that the importance of leadership was increased.

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In an internal seminar held recently by the IMA, the survey interviewed over 850 financial practitioners, including chief financial officer, financial controller, financial controller and financial manager.

"We have always needed excellent leaders, but because of the changes brought about by the Dodd Frank act, the daily financial operation has greatly affected the daily financial operations. These outstanding financial workers are particularly important this year," said Laurie Chamberlin, senior vice president of Accounting Principals. "A prominent financial leader can lead his team to carry out financial work smoothly under the unknown impact of financial changes and find new ways to create value in business."

So what qualities and abilities do we need to be good leaders?

According to the survey results, 24% and 15% of respondents believe that strategic thinking and guidance ability are two key abilities that leaders need.

About 46% of respondents said that in 2011, they were able to identify the challenges they faced to motivate the overall team to be the most important quality required by leaders, more than teamwork (10%) or team reward (5%).

IMA and Accounting Principals have the following three suggestions on how to improve staff leadership:

Formulate development plans, set specific goals to suit growth path and enterprise's macro development goals, employees can make decisions more effectively according to strategic plan and company development direction, and grass-roots employees can more clearly define their career development direction.

Set up mentor Projects - senior accountants have a lot of practical work experience such as tax policy, risk control and validation.

The training of experienced leaders and grass-roots employees is not only a great opportunity for knowledge sharing, but also a good way to establish a communication channel for talents.

Create 360 degree of information feedback and performance evaluation - developing effective leadership requires a top-down approach.

Apart from the opinions of senior management, it is also critical to understand and collect feedback from grass-roots employees.

"From the chaotic job market to the recession, the financial industry needs effective leadership, and the financial industry needs more effective leadership than any other industry," Chamberlin said. "When companies recruit new employees carefully, they realize that they need leaders who can motivate other employees to work and train outstanding next generation employees."

Investigation method

The 2011 leadership survey was conducted jointly by IMA and Accounting Principals in January 2011. The survey interviewed 860 IMA members, including chief financial officer, financial controller, financial controller, financial manager, senior financial analyst and other financial practitioners.