Opinion – Treasury must get a grip on financial risks highlighted by accounts – News from Parliament – UK Parliament

Read the original Public Accounts Committee report on the financial risk in the Whole of Government Accounts.

Source: Treasury must get a grip on financial risks highlighted by accounts – News from Parliament – UK Parliament

Having been a finance director of a major UK government department, I can readily relate to the content of the report.

As I read the PAC report I worry that these findings might have been OK pre-Brexit decision but now a much tougher regime is required.

Risk modelling needs to be much more sophisticated and sensitivity analysis is required against alternative Brexit scenarios. Also best practice in the private sector is necessary, like WGA in three work days. There is is still enormous opportunity for consolidation across government moving to national service centres.

Thoughts?

 

 

Opinion – The jobs of the future – and two skills you need to get them | World Economic Forum

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English: Official logo of the World Economic Forum. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is well worth a read, published by WEF. It reports that maths ability will get you furthest, citing Harvard’s Davis Deming – with the proviso that you must have the social skills to go with it.

Source: The jobs of the future – and two skills you need to get them | World Economic Forum

It looks like there will be a need for socially savvy finance managers according to Deming’s Boston matrix.

Personally, I’m not entirely convinced. This is too simplistic. What about languages? Also I can see a surplus of qualified accountants and non-qualified accountants being engineered out by technology.

Thoughts?