A successful finance transformation provides a framework to improve finance functions and business efficiency but also overall enterprise performance. Even though enterprises must take ownership of a financial transformation project, the process of finance transformation involves internal process assessments that are best judged and executed with an external and unbiased partner. No matter the partner chosen, Forrester recommends insisting on the use of benchmarks as an integral part of the finance transformation project. Benchmarks provide enterprises with an invaluable tool that can quickly and concretely determine the efficiency of the organization, post-project, and the efficacy of the transformation project.