CFO Talks

DECEMBER 5, 2024

With over 15 years of experience in financial management, she has held key roles at Nedbank, Imperial Bank, and Regiments Capital, where she developed expertise in corporate finance, reporting, and business strategy. What key skills should a newly qualified accountant develop on their path to becoming a CFO?

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

In this post, I will provide a motivation, if you need one, for why I create and share the data updates, followed up by a description of my data sample, which includes publicly traded companies listed and traded across the world, as well as the data variables that I estimate and report.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Future-forward finance and accounting organizations were quick to embrace robotic process automation (RPA) years ago to manage mundane, repetitive back-office tasks like data entry and routine financial reporting. AI is a tool and not a replacement for finance professionals.

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The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 5, 2023

Your Future in FP&A: Navigating the Varied Career Paths Typically, , Financial Planning and Analysis are integral parts of a comprehensive financial management system, which also includes accounting, revenue and cash flow management , governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), along with other core financial processes.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 30, 2021

According to Payscale.com , skills such as leadership, and financial reporting and strategic planning, won’t elevate your take-home pay much. These days, strong computer skills, as are advanced knowledge of accounting, budgeting, and finances. But these are table stakes of the profession. An MBA or CPA is also highly desirable.

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The Finance Weekly

JULY 19, 2022

FP&A stands for "financial planning and analysis," and is the backbone of the modern finance department. It’s the budgeting, financial forecasting, financial analysis, and decision-making that support an organization's health and strategy. Every business performs accounting as part of its standard operations.

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Complete data analysis (DA). The responsibilities of controllers today extend to more than just accounting and forecasting; FCs are now expected to engage in business administration and financial planning. The benefits of CPM software are as follows: Reduced operational costs. Automation of previously manual tasks.

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The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 21, 2024

When you’re making small-talk with someone who isn’t in finance or accounting about how work is going, and they answer with “busy,” do you ever question how hard it really is? All involving Excel data manipulation. They have a five person accounting team who spend an unwieldy amount of time dumping data from NetSuite into Excel.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

In this post, I will provide a motivation, if you need one, for why I create and share the data updates, followed up by a description of my data sample, which includes publicly traded companies listed and traded across the world, as well as the data variables that I estimate and report. Data: Trickle to a Flood!

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The Finance Weekly

JULY 31, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gradually revolutionizing various industries, including the field of accounting and finance. They highlighted how AI technology is transforming the way finance and accounting teams work with data and make decisions. Nicholas Boucher, a Finance Leader and Educator also participated in the webinar.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

In this post, I will start with a rationalization of why I do this data analysis every year, follow up with a description (geographic and sector) of the overall universe of companies that are in my analysis, list out the variables that I estimate and report, and conclude with a short caveat about 2020 data.

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