Lean CFO

<p>This book is not about debits credits or accounting theory. It’s about how a chief financial officer (CFO) becomes a Lean CFO to lead the transformation of a company’s management accounting system into a <i>lean</i> management accounting system.</p><p>It’s been well established in lean companies that traditional management accounting systems do not provide relevant and reliable information to decision makers. The CFO as steward of a company’s management accounting system must provide the leadership to improve the quality of the information produced by a company’s management accounting system so it is aligned with a company’s lean strategy lean operations and continuous improvement.</p><p>The integration of a lean management accounting system with a company’s lean strategy will lead to improved decision making by all users and drive long-term financial success. Lean management accounting helps all users from executives to line managers better understand the relationships between lean operating performance and financial performance.</p><p>Written in the style of a practice guide <i><strong>The Lean CFO</strong></i> is written not just for CFOs but for all stakeholders of a company’s management accounting system such as executives and owners lean leaders functional managers and accounting professionals. </p>