Leadership ·
the function, by design
12
Automation as a side project
doesn’t compound.
at capacity
at capacity
+ automation, on the side
↓
the keen one
at capacity
at capacity
One person bolts automation onto a day job already full. It lives or dies with them —
it never compounds into the function.
Pillar 01
Controllership
Treasury & Controls
Senior
Depth
Close, IND AS, cash & banking
+ AI
Auto-reconciliation, anomaly flags
Pillar 02
FP&A & Analytics
Analytics & Data
Mid
Depth
Planning, variance, business cases
+ AI
Models-as-code, forecasting
Pillar 03
Digital Finance & Automation
Automation Lead
Senior
Depth
Process design, controls owner
+ AI
Builds & runs the agent layer
Pillar 04
Commercial Finance
Business-Partner
Mid
Depth
Pricing, margin, deal support
+ AI
Self-serve dashboards, what-ifs
Hiring sequence
1
Automation Lead
first — the capability the rest compounds on.
build first
2
Analytics & Data
on a fixed-term contract for the pilot.
FTC · pilot
3
Business-Partner
waits — permanent, once value is proven.
can wait
Cost case — illustrative, indexed (base = 100)
Today
(side project)
100
Designed
function
108
A defensible,
fully-loaded run-cost
view — the investment conversation grounded in numbers, not enthusiasm. Figures indexed & synthetic.
The operating model
— not the next tool