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Modernising Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) for 2025

Future CFO

Credit risk assessment and adaptive sales terms In managing DSO, assessing credit risk accurately is paramount. Tang explains that credit risk assessments that finance teams employ should be capable of evaluating customer creditworthiness.

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The Role of a CFO in Financial Risk Management

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Here is a list of different types of risks a CFO will help manage: Operational Risks Disruptions in day-to-day operations due to internal issues or external factors can severely impact a business. A CFO can develop contingency plans, conduct regular audits, and ensure robust internal controls to mitigate these risk.

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Finance Must Take Control of Customer Master Data

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

Audit and tax readiness: Having tax-exempt certificates, legal names, and transaction records tied to the correct entity keeps the business in compliance and reduces audit prep work. In addition, the credit function can play a valuable role as a gatekeeper for confirming the accuracy of new customer data.

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Using Predictive Analytics in Risk Management

CFO Talks

Regularly review these reports with your internal audit or risk teams. Supply Chain Risk Management In industries where supply chains are critical, disruptions can lead to costly delays. Customer Credit Risk Predictive analytics can also be applied to assess the creditworthiness of customers.

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Serent Capital Starts New Fund; Bullish On B2B Payments Category

PYMNTS

Through invoice integration, the service boasts improvements to savings and offers a compliance audit feature that can help vendors cut spending. For example, our portfolio company, GDS Link, provides credit risk management solutions to lenders. Fenton said Serent has an advantage in understanding the healthcare vertical. “In

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On Capitol Hill, Credit Bureau CEOs Say Reporting Changes Are In the Air

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He noted that under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the recently enacted S.2155, He also noted the structural changes at the company, which included the development of a cyber audit framework, and the hiring of 1,000 full-time risk and IT professionals to its workforce in 2018.

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162: Lindelani Gumbo

CFO Talks

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. Your dad was a CA, so you’re a second generation CA, and your dad has his own audit firm, is he still in practice as an auditor?