The CEO–CFO Partnership Handbook
When cash gets tighter and growth stalls, it’s not more dashboards you need. It’s better conversations. This guide gives CEOs a practical toolkit: 30 questions that cut through the noise and help you pressure-test your company’s financial engine.
What you’ll find in this ebook:
The 30 essential questions every CEO should ask their CFO, organised by theme: cash flow, investment, risk, growth, and technology.
Real-life examples and best practices from European mid-sized companies.
A blueprint to turn finance into a growth partner, not just a cost-control machine.
Lessons from inside Agicap where the CEO, CFO, and Finance Director share what actually works in scaling financial discipline and aligning visions.
What you’ll learn from this guide
Building a strategic CEO–CFO dialogue
Having a skilled CFO is not enough, you need a structured dialogue based on the right questions and shared goals. This section walks you through how to build a communication framework that turns your CFO into a true strategic partner, not just a financial operator.
Reading the numbers to drive smarter decisions
Understanding financial data isn’t just about accuracy. It’s about knowing what’s behind the numbers. This guide helps you analyze cash flow, investments, risk, and business performance, uncovering the real drivers and evaluating scenarios for growth or restructuring.
Using data and technology to grow the business
In a fast-changing landscape, automation and technology are strategic assets. This section shows you how to assess whether your financial strategy is aligned with the tools in use, and how to challenge your CFO to build a more agile, performance-oriented finance function.
About Agicap
Agicap is the all-in-one platform for managing your entire cash flow with a single tool: cash management, forecasting, payment execution, supplier management, and collections.
Agicap enables companies to finance their growth by optimizing their working capital requirements and cash flow within groups. The platform improves financial performance by investing excess cash and reducing financial expenses. It boosts team productivity by automating cash management.
More than 8,000 companies in Europe and the United States trust Agicap to make cash flow a performance lever.
