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Keeping Up With Tech: The New Normal For Corporate Finance

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Once all data is consolidated, it is manipulated and prepared for final reporting. Lastly, the little to no time left is spent on the part with the greatest added value- analyzing data, trying to understand the obstacles standing in the company’s way, and identifying what can help the company excel.

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How Data Guides A New Era For The ERP

PYMNTS

The enterprise resource planning ( ERP ) system has been a staple of corporate finance operations for years, acting as a central repository of data and a hub to initiate a range of processes, from accounting to procurement. But the ERP of today doesn’t look like it used to.

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Alight Pulls Virtual Assistant Tech Into Payroll

PYMNTS

In a press release late last week, Alight announce the launch of Eloise, its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual assistant for payroll officials that aggregates and analyzes data. Virtual assistants are a growing technology not only in corporations, but also in corporate finance functions.

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Need For Excel Skills Falling By The Wayside, CFOs Say

PYMNTS

“Spreadsheet” can be a four-letter word in corporate finance, but analysts say professionals continue to rely on the manual tool for everything from reconciliation to payroll. We’ve seen CFOs increasingly take on the role of chief data officers in their organizations,” said Adaptive Insights CFO Jim Johnson in a statement. “At

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Marking Time: A new year, a fresh semester and its class time!

Musings on Markets

Last week, was my data week, where I download and analyze data on all publicly traded companies, listed anywhere in the world, and I will post extensively on what the numbers look like after a most tumultuous year. The class times for the coming semester are below: Corporate Finance: Mondays & Wednesdays, 12.30

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Suplari Customizes AI Analytics For Procurement Teams

PYMNTS

Finance and procurement are generally last in line for engineering or data science resources.” Earlier this year, Gregg Makuch, the company’s head of marketing, spoke with PYMNTS about some of the other opportunities for AI and analytics to improve enterprise financial systems.

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NICE Actimize Automates Corporate Bribery Detection

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But at least a third of the identification of these bribery and corruption schemes in corporations comes from audit and accountancy.”. “As The firm’s ABC solution analyzes data across a company’s financial systems and supply chain, using cloud technology to assess the information across business, geographic, supplier and customer lines.