CFO-ready approval deck reference
Recall the finance-facing elements of a business case under approval pressure.
Decision ask What must the first page state? Think approval sentence. Decision, amount, timing, option, and condition. If the approver cannot repeat the ask, the rest of the case has no anchor. Metric choice ROI versus NPV: which leads? Payback is useful when liquidity or recovery risk is the concern. Objection These benefits are soft. Why should Finance care? A leader challenges customer trust, audit readiness, or employee experience benefits. Your line I have not forced them into ROI. I have separated them as nonfinancial benefits with owner, measure, timing, and decision impact. Do not invent dollar values just to…
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