CFOs first 100 days in office:
Your spend management checklist

When you start a new role as CFO, it can be tempting to think that your first 100 days should be all about making sure everyone knows you're in charge or making a drastic change to underline your arrival. Here is your spend management checklist...
 

The bulk of your first 100 days needs to be about identifying the most important information through a series of reviews:

• Review your spending
• Review your suppliers
• Review your risks
• Review your processes
• Following up in a perfect world
• Following up in the real world

You can't do everything in your first 100 days, but the one thing you must do is lay the groundwork.