The CFO Reality Check

The CFO Reality Check

At Accountex Summit Manchester FD Show 2026, Xledger CEO Peter Hucker joined ACCA’s panel of finance leaders to discuss how CFOs are navigating growth, investment, costs, and risk in an increasingly uncertain economic environment.

The discussion covered key topics including:

How economic uncertainty is shaping board-level decision-making and strategic priorities.
The practical challenges finance leaders are facing when advising on growth, resilience, and long-term planning.
Real-world perspectives from CFOs and Finance Directors on navigating today’s rapidly changing business environment.

Watch our speaking session

Watch our speaking session featuring ACCA Chief Economist Jonathan Ashworth, ACCA Senior Insights Manager Clive Webb, Xledger UK CEO Peter Hucker, Sarfaraz Akram (COO at Lancashire Farm), and Susan Allan (TVS Interfleet).

Together, the panel explored the outlook for the UK and global economies, how finance leaders are responding to economic uncertainty, and the strategies CFOs are using to balance growth, investment, costs, and risk. The discussion combines economic analysis with practical insights from finance leaders, offering a real-world perspective on decision-making in today’s challenging business environment.

Guide

The CFO’s Guide to Digital Transformation

Welcome to Xledger’s CPD-Certified guide.

Our guide unpacks the risks of digital stagnation and offers key performance indicators (KPIs) that CFOs can use when measuring transformation success. Featuring expert insights, you’ll discover the steps to scoping a new finance system and critical questions to ask when aligning finance and wider business needs.

Complete the learning to receive:

CPD certificate
Accompanying learning materials

Article

What Factors Prevent CFOs from Achieving Cost Control?

The barometer that shows what’s top of mind for organisations right now – at least at the C-suite level – is hovering most often around ‘cost control’. But why is it such a hard problem to solve?

Webinar

Modern Finance Made Simple: The Case for Moving Beyond Legacy Systems

Welcome to Xledger’s CPD-Certified webinar.

In 30 minutes, experts from Xledger and Millennium Consulting unpack the main blockers that prevent organisations from migrating to modern finance software, including risk perceptions, integrations, data quality, and change management.

You’ll learn the benefits of cloud technology and automation and hear expert insights into how carefully considered system change can build resilience in finance teams. Focus your understanding of system modernisation and cement your learning with a short, multiple-choice knowledge quiz.

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