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Elevating the CFO’s Role with Oracle RMC: A Shift Toward Strategic Oversight and Growth

INSIGHT 3 min read

WRITTEN BY

Kara Fazioli

The implementation of Oracle Risk Management and Compliance (RMC) significantly enhances the Chief Financial Officer’s (CFOs) strategic role, transforming their approach to overseeing audit, compliance, and organizational risk. With this shift, CFOs move from managing cumbersome, resource-intensive processes to a streamlined, insight-driven framework that enhances operational resilience, bolsters financial accuracy, and opens new avenues for growth.

Transforming the CFO With Oracle RMC

Traditionally, CFOs have navigated a complex and often fragmented landscape of compliance and audit processes. The lack of a centralized, real-time compliance framework required CFOs to rely on manual, labor-intensive workflows across teams and external auditors, resulting in inefficiencies that raised both audit costs and operational risks. This structure left limited bandwidth to focus on forward-looking priorities, as a significant portion of the CFO’s role was spent on oversight of disparate compliance activities and risk mitigation measures.

Oracle RMC transforms this paradigm by providing the CFO with real-time, automated oversight across risk, compliance, and security. With Oracle’s system-generated reports and streamlined workflows, manual processes are minimized, allowing for swift, seamless compliance collaboration among internal teams and external auditors. The resulting efficiencies reduce audit fees, eliminate the need for additional consulting resources, and ultimately ensure that compliance functions are agile, predictable, and aligned with the company’s broader strategic objectives.

Improving Security

Oracle RMC also significantly elevates the organization’s security stance. By automating continuous monitoring of key protocols, Oracle RMC enables real-time alerts on high-risk transactions and configuration changes, proactively safeguarding shareholder value and reinforcing the company’s cybersecurity posture. This level of oversight provides CFOs with a greater degree of control and confidence, making it easier to demonstrate strong security and control protocols to stakeholders, investors, and auditors.

The financial implications of Oracle RMC are substantial. The platform’s automation of routine compliance and security tasks reduces consulting fees, audit overages, and documentation costs. Freed from the administrative burdens of manual compliance, CFOs can redirect resources toward high-priority growth initiatives, such as strategic acquisitions and capital allocation, reinforcing the company’s competitive position and long-term value.

With streamlined operations, Oracle RMC positions CFOs to focus on strategic growth and business transformation. By integrating compliance automation with real-time data insights, CFOs can confidently steward the organization through complex challenges—from M&A activities to market shifts—knowing that financial integrity, operational resilience, and security protocols are well-managed. This evolution allows CFOs to fully embrace a proactive, future-focused role, strengthening their ability to drive sustainable growth and deliver enhanced value to shareholders and stakeholders alike.

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Author

Kara Fazioli is a Senior Manager at Sikich in the Oracle Cloud Technology practice. Kara has more than 6 years of proven experience as a trusted advisor and implementer providing Oracle consulting services. She has helped clients with their Oracle Cloud digital finance transformations in various industries, with a notable emphasis on healthcare.