The role of financial leadership in sustainable public finances
- Jan 2018
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
- International
This special report explores the role that leaders in finance can and should play in sustainable public finances. Finance leaders need to have both a strategic and a detailed understanding of how government works and be effective communicators and influencers to help shape policy and debates. It is therefore important for such leaders to have a combination of soft skills as well as the detailed technical skills. The report provides insights on:
- The importance of having finance professionals as leaders in the public sector.
- What a successful finance professional leader should look like and the specific skills/qualities that they need to have.
- The challenges that finance professional leaders within the public sector face and how they can tackle them.
- How a finance professional leader can make an impact in government so that people listen when they speak.
- How governments can ensure that they have the right people in place for these leadership positions.
