In today's wired world, time is of the essence with frequent changes in organizational structure and shifts in business goals becoming the norm. In this type of environment, few organizations can wait for their financial issues to be resolved; they must respond quickly with new initiatives or risk losing their competitive edge.

The unrelenting pressure on the financial staff to respond often brings into sharp focus the twin issues of headcount and expertise; it is no longer efficient for a company to maintain in-house experts on every facet of the company's financial operations, yet resolving the "crisis du jour" usually requires the financial functions to acquire additional or different skills than in the past.

Founded in 1999, The Financial Executives Consulting Group (The FECG) was created for just these types of situations.