There’s a saying doing the rounds at the moment that data is the new oil and analytics the new engine, so you’d think that if this is where the opportunity is at, and given how much we are involved in generating and reporting the data & insights, then why are some of our skills as finance professionals only just touching the surface of what’s possible and so threatening our ability to remain relevant and continue to be involved in solving meaningful problems for our organisations.

These are just some of topics our guest mentor Simon Harrison and I cover together in today’s episode as well as:
• The surprising skillset Finance professionals don’t quite yet have and the simple practical things we can do to improve this.
• The issue with educational silos impacting our ability to pick up the necessary skills to get hired and create value in our organisations.
• The main areas to be open minded on what IT can teach us on.
• We discuss why when it comes to data Finance needs to be more an art than a science.
• Why SQL is important and why we both still love Excel.
• At the end an important development challenge we lay down for our audience.

If you enjoyed this episode, check out our time-stamped show notes, key quotes, resources and ways to connect with our guest mentor and more at sitnshow.com/podcast/084.

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