Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Another important aspect to consider within the discussed topic is how exactly FP&A is different from other finance disciplines, namely accounting, corporate finance and financial control. All this makes financial controllers obvious candidates for communicating with external auditors and managing the audit process.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Corporates are gearing up to manage a whole slew of accounting standards changes in the coming years, but one of the more immediate effects involves how leases are recorded on financial statements. Some companies may seek legal advice on adopting the new standards or interpreting loan covenants.

Accounting

CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 18, 2023

AI in the “Real World” While these powerful tools seem to have a near mastery of natural language communication, they are not necessarily designed to possess many of the skills required by finance and accounting professionals. However, they still have a place in corporate finance and accounting.

Accounting

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Along with regulatory action from tax reform and tougher Know Your Customer (KYC) rules adding the pressure of complex red tape, public companies need to add one more compliance concern to their list: changes to accounting standards by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). “In many ways, they are.”

Accounting Standards

PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

Now, analysts at the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) are urging ERM to move beyond the c-suite. Professional accountants are well-positioned to better serve the organizations they work for by enabling effective enterprise risk management that identifies both risks and opportunities for the business,” the CEO noted.

Finance

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

I also have quirks in how I compute widely used statistics like accounting returns on capital or debt ratios, and I will stay with those quirks, no matter what the accounting rule writers say. Financing Flows 5. will reflect the most recent quarterly accounting filing. Margins & ROC 3. Tax rates 4.

Valuation

PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

Several high-profile corporate collapses and initiatives from corporate accounting standard-setters have raised questions about businesses’ use of supply chain finance and whether the trade finance tool prevents investors and auditors from gaining a transparent view into company finances.

Auditing

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission is turning its attention to a lack of transparency within corporates’ investor disclosures as more businesses use supply chain financing. Reports in Bloomberg Tax this week said SEC Corporation Finance Deputy Chief Accountant Lindsay McCord spoke Tuesday (Dec.

Finance

Accountancy Today

APRIL 20, 2023

The report has been authored by accounting professor Carol Adams and examines the barriers to widespread adoption of sustainability reporting in the public sector. In the private sector the practice is already common.

Accounting Standards

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

While the universe of companies is diverse, with approximately half of all firms from emerging markets, it is more concentrated in market capitalization, with the US accounting for 40% of global market capitalization at the start of the year.

Valuation

Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 9, 2024

Matt Levine : 00:06:34 So I worked in this very weird desk at Goldman that it was corporate equity derivatives. And so the thing we were doing was sort of solving like often securities law or tax or accounting problems for people with like derivatives. So like a component of it was like the standard derivatives math, right?

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)