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Land O Lakes CFO， Dan Knutson

To become thought leaders and influencers， finance professionals will need to expand their experience base. “For our finance staff， I think the most important thing is to have a broad range of experiences，” says Dan Knutson， executive vice president and CFO at food and agricultural cooperative Land O Lakes. “I would want somebody to have worked in each one of our businesses at one point， to be alongside that business partner， to be a valuable source of information， to be able to analyze data quickly and provide insights.”

“财务人员要成为企业的思想领袖，要有自己的影响力。为此，他们需要扩大自己的实践基础，要有丰富的实践经验。” 蓝多湖公司（Land O Lakes）执行副总裁、首席财务官Dan Knutson这样认为，“我希望财务团队成员能够到公司的每个业务部门进行体验，与各部门的业务伙伴并肩作战；希望他们成为有价值的信息来源；能够快速分析数据，并给出自己的见解。”

Mahindra & Mahindra CFO， VS Parthasarathy

In the view of Mahindras & Mahindras Parthasarathy， finance professionals will need to evolve to become innovation leaders， central to a companys success in hard times. “I think we [in finance] need to move beyond the paradigm called ‘business partnership and become value creators. A value creator has both functional expertise， on the one hand， and business acumen and business understanding， on the other. We dont want accountants anymore，” he continues， “because computers can do most of the job. The functional expertise should come from thought leaders and influencers of today and tomorrow.”

印度领先汽车制造商Mahindra & Mahindra集团CFO VS Parthasarathy认为，当企业经历困难时期时，财务人员应当成为创新的领导者，这是企业成功的关键。“财务人员的角色应该不仅限于‘业务伙伴，而是成为价值创造者，既要有专业知识，又要有商业智慧和业务理解能力。今天，我们不再需要单纯的会计师，因为计算机能够处理大部分工作。我们需要的是能够影响今天和未来的思想领袖。”

Jones Lang LaSalle Asia Pacific CFO，Angie Lim

For Angie Lim， CFO for the Asia Pacific region of the financial and professional services firm Jones Lang LaSalle， developing finance staffers with wider skills is one of the more important challenges she faces. “What youre looking for，” she says， “are ‘people who are analytical， but also have good communication skills， and can interact and communicate and engage with others.” The ability to engage with business partners and analyze information is “something that you dont find in every accountant，” Lim says. “A lot of them take the numbers and then run with it， without understanding what is happening behind the scenes. I think thats a danger with the newer accountants that Im seeing.”

美国房地产及资本管理公司仲量联行亚太地区CFO Angie Lim 表示，她面临的重要挑战之一就是要培养财务人员具有更广泛的技能。“我们需要的人才既要有分析能力，又要有良好的沟通技能，能够与他人互动、交流，以及建立友好关系。会计人员大多缺乏与业务伙伴互动的能力以及信息分析能力，他们虽然每天跟数字打交道，但不了解数字背后的故事。这对于新的会计人员而言是非常危险的。”