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189: Andile Dawn Mbatha

CFO Talks

Welcome to this SAIBA CFO podcast, SAIBA is the South African Institute of Business Accountants, it has more than 12 000 members and specialises in a wide range of disciplines such as accountancy and tax, training and development, career enhancement, legislation, designations and financial reporting.

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Q&A with finance leader: Lead with context, coach with content

Future CFO

I can vividly remember my first high school economics class, that was when I first realized that math wasn’t only theoretical. Another significant milestone was my stint as the chief audit and control officer based in Zurich, Switzerland. Kris Giswold (KG): My journey in finance began with my love of puzzles and numbers.

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181: Imtiyaaz Abdul-Gaffur

CFO Talks

‘ I love breaking the mould of what it is to be a traditional accountant’. Today’s podcast is sponsored by Draftworx, which provides automated drafting and working paper financial software to more than 8000 accounting and auditing firms and corporations.

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Deloitte country CFO: How you can rise through the ranks

Future CFO

I started to like numbers and did very well in Math. This made me decide to pursue my education in accounting. After graduation, I started my career in finance at Arthur Anderson as an auditor and became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Then I spent three years with Chevron as a regional finance and accounting implementer.

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Nonprofit Accounting Basics for Founders, Board Members & Executives

The Charity CFO

If you’re like most nonprofit leaders, you’re not researching nonprofit accounting basics to satisfy your curiosity. with this overview of nonprofit accounting basics. . What is nonprofit accounting? Investopedia defines accounting as “the process of recording financial transactions pertaining to a business.” .

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Two CFO-Level Accounting Tools to Add Value to Your Accounting Services

The CFO College

Increase Your Value and Boost Your Services with Two CFO-Level Accounting Tools. Yes, automations can crunch numbers, but there is so much more to providing accounting services than calculations. Skill #2 - The Permanent Audit Trail. The Permanent Audit Trail is a detailed recording and reporting of transactions and events.

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The ‘Nine Deadly Costs Of Fraud’

PYMNTS

Kount’s latest report “Calculating The 9 Deadly Costs Of Fraud,” does the math – and emphasizes how not managing fraud digs heavily into profits. Although adopted by relatively few retailers, the “buy online, pickup in-store” process already accounts for 25 percent of lost and stolen merchandise for brick-and-mortar shops.