13 / 40
NAME CHOSEN: PERFORMANCE MANAGER IN
EUROPE (60%) OR
MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER
IN THE REST OF THE WORLD (65%)
Fig. 8 Relevant future name for the function
Finally, 15% of the respondents are not satisfied with the two proposed answers and offer other words: individuals
from the Anglosphere mostly prefer to reposition the function in the financial, accounting, and administration
domains (
financial controller, financial analyst, finance manager, cash manager, business accountant, management
accounting director, clerk,
or
clerical
). In contrast, their European colleagues would like their title to refer directly to
business, performance, or the value created (
business analyst, business controller, business partner, financial business
partner, performance controller, value engineer,
and
facilitator
). The issue is whether the management controllers will
be able to unify the representation of their profession around control that involves both strategic and financial
management of the value creation process and the reporting of the
fiŶaŶĐial iŵpaĐt of ŵaŶageƌs’ deĐisioŶs.
0% 50% 100%
Continental Europe
Anglosphere
Other countries
Management controller
Performance manager
Other word
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