Function series · The 2027 Class · Nominations open
Enterprise Finance
The ones who make the number real.
CFOs, controllers, tax, treasury and FP&A.
The 2027 Class
The class is forming.
The first names appear here as leaders accept and approve their own card. 20 names have been put forward so far.
Featured in this series
The long form.
Features and lists published in this series. Every piece is the leader's own, approved word by word.
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The Finance Power List 2026
The founding list. It stays as the record; the 2027 class builds on it.
See the 2026 list→
Why this series
A forecast is a story until somebody makes it true. This class records the finance leaders who close the books, fund the plan and tell the board the number it does not want to hear.
Owned the number
Closed, forecast or funded something the company lived by.
Changed a decision
Their model, their memo or their no moved what the company did next.
Named by peers
Nominated by the operators who depend on them, then reviewed by our desk.
The path
Nominated to featured.
Four steps. Free at every one. Nobody buys a place, and the leader signs off on every word.
Nominated
By a peer, a partner or our desk. Free.
Recognized
A card in the class, from your own answers, approved by you.
In your own words
A longer record from your portal, when you want one.
Featured
A full feature, chosen editorially, never sold.
How the class is chosen
- NowNominations open. Names arrive from peers, partners and our desk.
- As names arriveEach nominee gets a private portal. They accept, answer in their own words and approve their card.
- 2027Features drop through the year, newest first, here.
- December 2027The class is revealed together, as one record.
Trusted partners
The firms this class names.
Leaders name the firms and vendors they trust from inside their portal. Listing is free and comes from the leader, never from a form.
The first names appear here as leaders accept.
Partners of the series
Firms that stand beside the class.
Partners pay to stand beside the class: their name on the series, their ad beside the stories they bring in, and their brand beside the cards of the leaders they bring. The recognition is earned either way. They never choose who is recognized and never touch a word. See the 2027 partner levels→
Bring someone with you.
Know a leader who belongs in this class? A nomination takes five minutes and costs nothing. They hear from us, not from a form, and they approve every word before anything publishes.
