CFO Dive

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

With the holiday season kicking off, it seems a good time to remember the CFOs who are fighting to do the right thing behind closed conference room doors.

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CFO Alliance

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The post The Best Way to Build is to Buy: Business Acquisitions in a Recession appeared first on CFO Alliance.

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Centage

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

When you think of a business that’s recession proof, you probably imagine a company that provides the type of essential products people need regardless of the state of the economy. For example, grocery stores, healthcare businesses, and freight companies are all widely regarded as being recession proof. However, the truth is you don’t have to operate a need-oriented business to withstand times of hardship.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

As some U.S. companies are turning to job cuts to reduce costs, chief financial officers and other executives are navigating a host of potential stumbling blocks. While jobless claims are still historically low , U.S.-based employers announced 33,843 job cuts in October, up 13% from September and up 48% from a year earlier, according to outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.

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CFO Dive

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

CFOs must take on the role of storyteller when communicating with their boards as their focus shifts from growth and towards long-term sustainability in a pre-recession environment.

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The CFO Centre

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Outsourcing is nearly always cheaper, more efficient, and more flexible than hiring in-house staff. You can use outsourcing to tap into expertise and experience not available in-house (technical or managerial) or to identify and then reduce the costs of support services. But concerns about the potential pitfalls of outsourcing stop SMEs from seeing the many […].

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The Reformed Broker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Let’s assume we’re going to have a recession in 2023. I don’t know if we will, but everyone seems to think so, so let’s just say. So what. What can you do to stop it? Not much. Can you change your own spending and psych yourself up to survive it? Absolutely. Are there changes you could make to a portfolio in order to gird yourself for a worsening economy?

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

In today’s ESG-focused world, there is no taboo about corporations seeking advice and partnership opportunities with nonprofits. Unfortunately, many corporations don’t know where to start. What contact they have had with nonprofits has usually been through their corporate giving or corporate social responsibility programs. Three main opportunities exist for collaboration: using nonprofits to support product launches, going to market through a company’s nonprofit arm, use nonprofits to help form

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CFO Dive

DECEMBER 1, 2022

An expanding scope of responsibilities — which require finance chiefs to have cross-disciplinary expertise — is slowing decision making, according to an Accenture study.

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Finance 288

Speaker: Nancy Wu, Head of Sales and Customer Success at SkyStem

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Navigator SAP

DECEMBER 2, 2022

What if working remotely was exactly the same as working in the office?

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CFO 224

The Reformed Broker

DECEMBER 1, 2022

LET’S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO SAM BANKMAN-FRIED pic.twitter.com/HIVB3nTX2V — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) November 30, 2022 Last night’s interview between the New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin and Sam Bankman-Fried ended with the host thanking the accused criminal mastermind for coming, despite the protestations of his lawyers. The audience applauded as the screen went black.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 2, 2022

When Frances Lawrence was first brought in as Financial Director at software company FISCAL Technologies in 2019, the business was in real need of working capital to accelerate the growth curve. . Up until then, there had been no external investment and the organic growth had been steady but slow and achieved by hard graft. Profits made from any given year were immediately ploughed straight back into the business. .

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CFO Dive

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

“Growth” means different things to different CFOs and different companies, but the one constant is about finding a way to not only protect the business and protect the finances but to also figure out what it looks like to help the business expand.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 2, 2022

It is amazing to think about how Toyota blew its enormous lead in Hybrid tech, failing to launch any substantial push into EVs. The chart below shows exactly how much sales have fallen for the first hybrid EV America has fallen into — and then out of love with. The Prius today badly lags the RAV4, its sister crossover, in Toyota hybrid sales. But the latest design is a handsome reboot, and should help sales pick up.

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CFO News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

According to the S&P Global's survey report, Companies had the fastest increase in new orders and production in three months and business optimism was highest in almost eight years.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Posted December 2, 2022 at 9:29 am by EPI Staff. Below, EPI economists offer their initial insights on the jobs report released this morning, and it was a tale of two conflicting employment surveys. The payroll survey—a survey of employers—showed 263,000 jobs added in November, but the household survey showed a decline in employment. From EPI senior economist, Elise Gould ( @eliselgould ): Read the full Twitter thread here. . .

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CFO Dive

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The market for digital assets continues to evolve and rapidly, and so it’s imperative that CFOs, management and the Board are educated and engaged on the topic so that they can be prepared to meet the latest risks and opportunities that these assets can bring.

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Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 2, 2022

This was a fun conversation with my buddy Pete about all the media madness these days — it was as I was recovering from C19, and while I felt fine, my voice sounds pretty gravelly. If you find that kind of thing tolerable, people seemed to really like this discussion. Lots more details here. Enjoy! The post November 2022: Stand Up with Pete appeared first on The Big Picture.

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CFO News

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Mandatory auditor rotation and a cooling-off period between when the auditor is engaged with a large business and before it takes a significant piece of work again from the same client are among better measures, says Helen Brand.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Total nonfarm payrolls posted a 263,000 gain in November versus a 284,000 rise in October (revised up by 23,000), while September had an increase of 269,000 (revised down by 46,000). The November result easily beat the consensus expectation of 200,000. However, the gain is still the slowest since April 2021. Excluding the government sector, private payrolls posted a gain of 221,000 in November following the addition of a net 248,000 jobs in October.

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Economics Manufacturing Construction Healthcare 130

CFO Dive

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Pricing pressures, labor costs and talent retention struggles are creating new forecasting challenges for financial and business leaders, the AICPA & CIMA survey found.

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Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Last day of the 11th month! Enjoy the end of November with our mid-week morning train reads: • How Much Growth Can You Expect? Imagine I present to you a magical box that can turn your money into more money. The only problem is that you don’t know exactly how much more money you’ll get from this box. You could put $100 into the box and get back $200, $400, or maybe only $150 when all is said and done.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) is a stimulus government aid program established by the CARES Act. It is a refundable tax credit – a grant, not a loan – that businesses can claim, and can recoup up to $26,000 per employee. Who is the ERC Program For? This program was created for companies that showed a decline in revenue, changes or adjustments in standard business operations, or partial/full business suspension during the Covid-19 pandemic and paid employees on W2 payroll during the years 2

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A shopper loads a car with bottled water at a Costco Wholesalers in Chingford, Britain March 15, 2020. John Sibley | Reuters. Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Salesforce — Shares of the cloud-based software company slid more than 9% after the firm announced the sudden departure of co-CEO Bret Taylor. The Dow component dragged down the 30-stock average during Thursday’s sell-off.

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CFO Dive

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Many employees are taking on side hustles, with nearly half of workers recently surveyed citing economic uncertainties as a factor in their decisions, according to Workhuman.

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Economics 244

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