Financial Forum

Building a Better Workday for Financial Leads in Norway

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The AmCham Financial Forum is a platform that provides cross-industry financial leads the opportunity to share best practices and have open discussions amongst peers – building a better understanding of what it takes to run a successful international finance department in Norway. 

Through roundtable discussions and engaging, interactive workshops, member participants delve into real world financial operations challenges – from balancing both strategic and operational roles, to ensuring they are getting the best insights and data possible.

Select Forum Topics

Responding to Financial Disruption: Understanding the Impacts of Automation and Centralization

New advancements in financial technology occur at a dizzying pace, a trend that can leave many CFOs with the difficult task of separating the noise from critical developments. Two areas in which these developments have converged with wider global trends are outsourcing and automation. As the prevalence and availability of outsourcing leads to shrinking financial teams, CFOs are having to find the right balance between outsourcing, automation, and retaining top talent in country.

The CFO of the Future: Focusing on the Human Element of Finance in Tomorrow’s Business Environment

As one CFO Forum participant noted in our February forum, “Reports don’t create results, it’s what people do with them.” Indeed, from driving employee engagement to developing accountability structures, today’s CFO must not only have an astute financial mind but must also be a talented leader. It is a task that will become even more difficult as AI and outsourcing play an increasingly larger role.

Forum Format

AmCham’s CFO Forums are hosted on a quarterly, rotating basis by participating member companies, featuring up to twenty participants and an interactive program that runs approximately one-and-a-half hours.

The forum host typically participates as one of two to three presenters, all presenting individually on agreed upon, forum-related topics that open the floor to active engagement from all participants.

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Previous Forums

Forum Summary: AmCham CFO Forum – September 2019

September 25, 2019 No Comments

AmCham welcomed invited financial leads to Discovery Networks Norway’s Nydalen offices for the latest edition of our CFO Forum. Discovery’s Henrik Stobbe spoke on the importance of financial leadership in industries undergoing rapid transformation, touching upon the evolution of media from linear to digital and the challenges that evolution has brought with it. Stobbe was followed by BI Norwegian Business School’s Paul Ehling, who spoke on the cash vs. investment debate, encouraging attendees to challenge the “cash is king” mentality.

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Forum Summary: AmCham CFO Forum – June 2019

June 26, 2019 No Comments

AmCham welcomed 18 invited CFOs and financial industry leaders to Sonitor Technologies’ Lysaker offices for our latest CFO Forum. Group CFO Hannah Tofteberg first outlined Sonitor’s development and leading ultrasound location technologies. Participants represented member companies ranging in size, scope, and nationality, allowing for a truly in-depth discussion of what it means to represent Norway in an international organization.

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Contact us

For interest in participating

  • +47 22 41 50 10
  • amcham@amcham.no