Future of Finance & CFO Summit Asia
Agenda Day 2
Implementing Finance Process Automation
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Morning Refreshments & Registration
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Chairperson Opening Address
10:00 am - 10:40 am
Readying your Business Processes for Automation Through Process Optimisation and Standardisation
Deepak Kedia -
Head of Finance - Services & Software (Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa & Latin America),
Motorola Solutions
· Exploring how you can bring standardisation and efficiency to legacy processes
· Establishing the right processes suitable to be automated – “where to start?”
· Learning how you can create a modernised and sustainable internal support tool and ensure your success towards hyper automation
Deepak Kedia
Head of Finance - Services & Software (Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa & Latin America)Motorola Solutions
10:40 am - 11:30 am
Panel Discussion: Harnessing Effective Cash Management Tips to Emerge Stronger from the Pandemic
Kenneth Koh -
Head of Finance & Controlling, ASEAN,
Draeger Singapore Pte Ltd
Hanah Agdamag-Isidro - Process Manager - Source To Pay, Henkel Global Business Solutions+
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Accelerating your Automation and RPA initiative Through Process Mining
Nicholas McLaren -
Head of Country Management & Vice President, Group Finance Process Transformation & Malaysia Finance,
DKSH
· Aligning automated actions to outcomes, recommending and creating intelligent automated workflows to improve performance
· Making back-end automation resilient, quick to deploy and does not require regular reconfiguration and supervision
· Delivering exponential value by maximising your execution capacity end-to-end
Nicholas McLaren
Head of Country Management & Vice President, Group Finance Process Transformation & Malaysia FinanceDKSH
12:10 pm - 1:10 pm
Lunch
1:10 pm - 1:50 pm
Reducing Risk, Error and Time Spent with Automated Budgeting and Forecasting
· Pulling actual financial results for detailed comparison to budgeted and/or forecasted data
· Providing unlimited scenarios (budgets, forecasts, what-ifs) and projected financials
· Safeguarding overall financial health, leading to more informed decision making and strategy
1:50 pm - 2:30 pm
Centralising and Managing X-functional Workflows to Support Finance Data Analytics
· Exploring how you can bring standardisation and efficiency to your aging processes
· Enabling workforce mobility, finance data analytics and the breaking down the data silo
· Learning how you can create a modernised and sustainable internal support tool and ensure your digital future
1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Afternoon Tea Break
Building the Next-Generation Finance Team
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Fireside Chat: Discussing How your New Role of an Empathetic Manager Can Help Ensure Business Survival
Ritchie Arceo -
Chief Financial Officer,
ALSTRA, Concepcion-Carrier Air Conditioning Company
· Improving human interactions can lead to more effective communication and positive outcomes
· Reviewing how business leaders can encourage empathy in the workplace
· Applying perspective-thinking to help manage conflict and drive innovation
3:30 pm - 4:10 pm
Closing the Digital Skills Gap To Avoid Setbacks on your Digital Transformation Journey
Lilian Tan -
Head Of Finance - Q2 Solutions APAC,
IQVIA Asia Pacific
· Developing your talent strategy through a clear vision of your digital finance function
· Working with HR to design your strategic workforce-planning capabilities
· Identifying relevant skillsets and mapping out a upskilling strategy
