As finance functions across the globe progress their transformation journeys from data stewardship to value creation and decision support, the need for the agile finance function has emerged. Accelerating the transformation of finance teams and enhancing the delivery of value to the business, agility offers finance functions a path toward sustained transformation, continuous improvement, tailored solutions, and a collaborative, inclusive culture. 
 
This Statement on Management Accounting (SMA) by IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants) Director of Research – Digital Technology & Finance Transformation, Loreal Jiles, explores the role of agility in the finance function, presents how finance functions can benefit from adopting an agile approach to transformation, and leverages finance and accounting use cases to demonstrate value delivery through the application of agile and scrum. 

Other IMA resources on this topic include:

 
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