CFO Community Newsletter
Welcome to A&M's CFO Community newsletter
The CFO plays a critical role in leading performance insights and decision-making across their organisations. This newsletter brings together selected perspectives from our work with finance leaders, navigating topics that are shaping today’s CFO agenda across the Finance function and business-wide value creation. Today, navigating AI is a focus area for most businesses, ensuring the right foundations are in place both for value capture today and as the technology evolves.
Recent CFO content
European Value Creation Report 2026
Operational Alpha: How Private Equity is Building Value in a New Cycle
Now in its fifth edition, the European Private Equity Value Creation Report explores how private equity firms are being forced to rethink how they create value as renewed geopolitical volatility, high entry valuations and prolonged exit timelines reshape the industry.
The 13 Week Cashflow
A critical tool for CFO decision-making
As economic uncertainty increases and liquidity risks become harder to predict, CFOs need sharper, more actionable insight into cash performance. This article explains how the 13-week cash flow can become a core part of the CFO's strategic toolkit.
CFO of 2030
Architect of Value in PE-Backed Businesses
As private equity expectations accelerate, the CFO of 2030 will be defined by how they embed EBITDA, cash and exit readiness into the business. This report explores how leading CFOs are becoming a true architect of value.
ACCOUNTING AND TAX NEWS
TAX HIGHLIGHTS
HMRC is currently running a consultation process that could have relevance for PE-backed businesses. The consultation into Close Company Reporting Requirements may be relevant - particularly where the group has extensive transactions with its shareholders.
Additionally, recent R&D tax credit changes have materially changed whether companies can claim the credit in the UK. For PE-backed groups, failing to adapt now risks erosion of claim value and lost cash. On the flip-side, well-structured R&D claims continue to deliver non-dilutive cash funding that supports deleveraging, reinvestment, and EBITDA optics.
IFRS - 18 Update
IFRS 18 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2027, and is to be applied retrospectively for comparative periods.
The new standard will significantly impact the presentation and disclosures of financial statements, particularly the statement of profit or loss, and will affect entities across diverse industries.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Leveraging AI in the Finance Function | 25 June 2026 | London
Building on a previous roundtable discussion, we are hosting a small roundtable for Private Equity finance operating partners and large-cap CFOs to exchange practical experience on implementing AI within the finance function. Given how quickly the landscape has evolved, the focus is now firmly on scaling implementation.
We will be joined by Will Fairbairn, from Zalos, who will bring practical perspectives on the use of computer agents and how they are starting to reshape finance workflows.
CFO of 2030 roundtable | 17 September 2026 | London
The next generation CFO is a true architect of value - owning the operating model, translating strategy into execution, and hardwiring financial discipline into day-to-day decision-making.
In partnership with executive search firm, Renovata, this roundtable is for Private Equity finance operating partners and large-cap CFOs to discuss the questions shaping the CFO agenda today.
