CFOs and finance executives have one main goal: to exceed the increasing expectations of internal customers. Both are focusing and delivering as much on strategic issues as they are on managing the day-to-day finance, tax and transactional details for their companies. With the determination to make their financial planning and analysis reports more astute to stakeholders, they are embracing a more strategic mindset and operating model.

From data and security to advanced analytics to customer service and cloud, here are five finance trends for board members to watch, previously outlined in Protiviti’s 2019 Global Finance Trends Survey Report.