Despite opinion polls showing that the UK’s financial directors and CFOs strongly favoured remaining in the EU, the UK is now attempting to plot a future operating on the outside, so what are the immediate risks and considerations for top finance teams, asks Phil Scott, managing director at FD Recruit

Global research by PwC has identified a €1.1 trillion opportunity to release cash for business, by addressing working capital performance, and predicts that Brexit uncertainties will drive UK firms to tighten up by holding minimal inventory and demanding prompt payment

Financial institutions are reporting a number of challenges over compliance with new OECD requirements related to the automatic exchange of information (AEOI) on client bank accounts in foreign jurisdictions, exacerbated by problems complying with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) requirements, according to Aberdeen Group