In recent years, the Finance & Accounting (F&A) function within GCCs has undergone a fundamental evolution. The new finance organization is no longer a back-office entity — it’s a powerhouse of analytics, automation, and decision intelligence. CFOs are increasingly leaning on their GCC-based finance teams to provide real-time visibility into business performance, ensure compliance across markets, and co-engineer the digital backbone for modern enterprises.
From Efficiency to Enterprise Value
Traditional finance operations within GCCs revolved around standardization, controls, and service delivery excellence. However, leading organizations are now transitioning from efficiency to enterprise value — repositioning finance as a ‘key business enabler’.
This shift has seen finance teams evolve from transactional consolidation to predictive insights, leveraging automation, AI, and process mining tools to enhance agility and foresight. Finance in GCCs is thus emerging as a key partner in strategic planning and enterprise resilience.
Reimagining the CFO’s Extended Enterprise
As businesses decentralize and digitize, CFOs are looking at their GCCs as extensions of their strategic enterprise. The “extended CFO office” now resides partly in GCCs— orchestrating everything from risk management and treasury analytics to sustainability reporting.
According to RGP’s CFO Perspectives Survey 2025, 74% of CFOs now wield enterprise-wide influence, and 93% report significant sway over strategy. This marks a profound evolution in the CFO’s role — from safeguarding financial discipline to architecting business transformation.
This model combines the dual strengths of domain expertise and technological capability. A well-integrated GCC finance team is uniquely positioned to bridge business, data, and digital transformation, turning information into intelligence and operations into outcomes.
Harnessing Digital Finance
The next-generation GCC is defined by its ability to blend finance domain knowledge with digital-first execution. Intelligent automation, AI-led forecasting, self-service analytics, and digital audit trails are now becoming standard across progressive GCCs.
Beyond tools, it’s about embedding a data-driven culture within finance. By democratizing insights and enabling continuous scenario planning, GCCs are helping CFOs make decisions at the speed of business. This has direct implications for working capital optimization, pricing models, and profitability analysis.
Future-Ready Finance Talent
The rise of digital finance has amplified the demand for hybrid talent — professionals who can think strategically, interpret data, and collaborate cross-functionally. India’s finance talent pool, with its strong analytical acumen and adaptability, has become central to this transformation.
Leading GCCs are investing heavily in finance academies, rotational leadership programs, and cross-border exposure to prepare the next generation of finance leaders who can blend technical depth with strategic foresight.
The Road Ahead
As GCCs take on a more influential role in enterprise finance, the key differentiator will be how effectively they can align digital capabilities with business vision. From enabling AI-powered forecasting to embedding ESG finance practices, the mandate for GCC finance teams is expanding.
The next decade will define a new chapter — one where GCCs become the cornerstone of global finance transformation, creating enterprise-wide impact through agility, insight, and strategic depth.
GCC Pulse x RGP is organizing an exclusive, invite-only Finance Leadership Roundtable — “Next-Gen Finance in GCCs: Building Agility, Insight, and Strategic Depth” on November 11, 2025, in Bengaluru.
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