Top buyers, providers, and advisors of financial and administrative outsourcing.

by FAOT Staff

They are the practice leaders helping to shape the outsourced F&A market as we know it today—73 buyers, providers, and advisors who are the 2007 Superstars of this global business. Each has helped to make FAO what it is today: a thriving industry that’s helping organizations everywhere reign in their back-office F&A costs, simplify compliance requirements, and allowed CFOs to focus on strategic issues.

This is the third year in which FAO Today has compiled its list of Superstars, all of whom have pioneered the market. Buyers such as BP’s Russell Taruscio, one of the earliest FAO practitioners, and Jake Farkas of Trinity Industries, who has actively spread the gospel about FAO, set examples of how outsourcing can benefit world-class enterprises. Others such as Genpact’s Tiger Tyagarajan and Accenture’s Kevin Campbell are leading the provider revolution, stringing together key acquisitions, investing in critical resources, and helping the uninitiated CFOs envision FAO’s potential in their own organizations. Let’s not forget about the key advisors and consultants, whose role is to facilitate and shorten the vetting process while overseeing implementation and offering benchmarks.

While FAO Today made the final selections to this list, we also solicited the input of the industry’ brightest insiders, so their aid should not go unacknowledged. If someone you feel was omitted from this list, we encourage your feedback so that next year’s group is even more comprehensive and inclusive.

2007 FAO SUPERSTARS (PDF)