Guest Speakers Announced for Financial Accounting & Reporting Forward Focus Session

SSF UK is delighted to announce our guest speakers for the upcoming Financial Accounting & Reporting Forward Focus Session, Steve Bloomer, Director, Account-to-Report, and Jonathan Maffey, Senior Director – Finance Executive Applied Intelligence Practice Lead (EMEA) from The Hackett Group.

As Artificial Intelligence continues to dominate conversations across the finance profession, organisations are asking an important question: what is delivering value today, and what remains a future possibility?

Jonathan Maffey

Jon is the Europe Practice Leader of The Hackett Group's Finance Executive Applied Intelligence membership program, where he works continuously with senior executives of the world's leading companies to provide top quartile performance insights, research
and networking.

Jon has over 20 years Finance Applied Intelligence and Executive leadership experience, formerly Regional Vice President (EMEA & APAC) at HighRadius and Associate Director at PwC where he gained in depth experience with Artificial Intelligence, Digital Finance transformation, System Implementation (S/4Hana, Anaplan, MS Dynamics), Financial Performance Management, Finance Business Partnering, Financial Reporting, Organisation Design, Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting, Data Analytics, Management Information and Customer insight.

Steve Bloomer

A Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Chartered Management Institute with over 25 years experience across a variety of senior positions in finance functions, global business services and business transformation. His career to date includes extensive experience of new systems/procedures implementation, business change management and building new capabilities. He holds an Executive MBA.

Steve has led engagements with multinational clients across Pharmaceutical, Mining, Automotive, Media, Events and Information Technology industries to optimise efficiency, effectiveness and business value across various Finance functions and Account-to-Report capabilities.

Attendees can look forward to gaining valuable insights into real-world applications, evolving trends and the considerations finance leaders should be making as they navigate the next phase of transformation.

We look forward to welcoming Steve and Jonathan to the SSF UK community and hearing their perspectives on one of the most talked-about topics shaping the future of finance.

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