CFO Council's new workforce strategy looks to help create the financial manager of tomorrow

Published: May 20, 2021, 1:56 p.m.

b"The government doesn\\u2019t need more financial management employees who are just accountants. No, the modern financial management employee needs a set of skills that are much different today than 30 years ago when Congress passed the CFO Act. That's why the CFO Council released a new workforce strategy. Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller sat down virtually with the three main authors: Mike Wetklow, deputy CFO at the National Science Foundation; Ben Ficks, deputy CFO at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and Steve Kunze, the deputy CFO at the Commerce Department, to discuss how the CFO Council plans to help create the financial manager of tomorrow. Hear more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"