CFO Talks

JANUARY 27, 2025

Career Evolution: A Non-Traditional Pathway Davids career journey reflects a shift from credit enforcement and finance operations to leadership roles in global organisations. Audit never interested me all that much, so it wasn’t a route I was particularly excited about. I must be honest. It is important.

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CFO Dive

JUNE 16, 2025

Ensure auditable reporting and compliance The CFO needs to work with other functions like corporate financial reporting, regulatory compliance, tax, treasury, and legal to ensure timely, auditable reporting and financial accounting. The CFO should ensure their team is fully enabled and incentivized to collect actual emissions data.

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Bramasol

JULY 16, 2025

ERP systems help automate compliance reporting, carbon footprint tracking, and environmental audits. Operational Efficiency Integrated Business Processes : SAP Cloud ERP integrates key business functions like finance, supply chain, asset management, procurement, and customer service.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

AI coupled with The Digitization of the Finance Function create powerful levers for today’s CFO. 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.

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Accounting Finance Auditing IFRS 95

CFO Talks

MAY 12, 2023

However, seasoned finance professional, Thabo Maake believes that National Treasury was correct in its decision. Why Maake believes Treasury was right A core point of Maake’s argument is that State Owned Companies (SOCs) like Eskom are expected to not only adhere to IFRS and the Companies Act, but also the PFMA.

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IFRS Treasury Auditing Accounting 95

CFO Share

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Embarking on your first financial audit can be nerve-wracking. As a small business owner or finance manager, it’s crucial to approach this process with a clear plan. This article includes small business accounting tips to prepare for an audit while minimizing its expenses and findings. How Long Do Financial Audits Take?

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Auditing IFRS GAAP Invoicing 52

Bramasol

JULY 22, 2023

From a global perspective, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), which was established by the IFRS in November 2021 at COP26 in Glasgow, has issued its first two standards. IFRS S1 requires companies to communicate the sustainability risks and opportunities they face over the short, medium, and long term.

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CFO Talks

MARCH 2, 2023

and join our community of accounting and finance executives. Before joining Komatsu, he was a Senior Manager at KPMG in South Africa and he was responsible for several large audit clients. It’s not only on the financial side that I’m involved, I’m also responsible for finance and the IT systems. Go to www.cfoclub.co.za

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Auditing CFO IFRS Construction 98

Bramasol

MAY 16, 2025

Revenue Recognition Compliance: Navigating ASC 606 / IFRS 15 rules for multi-element arrangements and variable consideration. Data Silos: Aligning product usage, support, CRM, billing, and finance data across platforms. IT, finance, end users). Audit Readiness: Growing need for internal controls (e.g.,

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Future CFO

JULY 3, 2024

Clearly, CFOs and the finance function have a big role to play here. Financial materiality refers to the effect of sustainability matters on the company’s current or future cash flows, development, performance, position, cost of capital, or access to external finance mechanisms.

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Finance IFRS Quantitative Data Communication 59

CFO Talks

AUGUST 28, 2024

These include the Companies Act, the Tax Administration Act, the Financial Sector Regulation Act, and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), among others. These statements must be audited or independently reviewed, depending on the company’s public interest score.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Among the things finance leaders must focus on for the new year is undoubtedly the rising interest and trend on sustainability. Ethical dilemmas For Hasenoehrl, trustworthy, transparent, auditable, and ethical use of data is fundamental to successful reporting, both in financial and sustainability reporting.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 18, 2023

AI coupled with The Digitization of the Finance Function create powerful levers for today’s CFO. 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.

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Accounting Finance Auditing IFRS 52

CFO Talks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

It’s essential to engage with various stakeholders—including finance teams, auditors, and even IT professionals—to identify the specific needs that your system must address. A user-friendly interface can significantly reduce the learning curve and increase the system’s adoption rate among your finance team.

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IFRS GAAP Compliance Reconciliations 98

The Finance Weekly

MARCH 28, 2022

What's behind it, and why should CFOs and finance leaders care about it? Continue reading to learn what ESG reporting is, what's new with ESG reporting standards, why Finance teams should care, and the five benefits of aligning ESG and financial reporting. But CFOs and Finance teams are now starting to become involved.

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Future CFO

JUNE 12, 2024

Stephen Adams , director in the Gartner Finance practice, says: “ESG reporting is more widely watched than many CFOs realise. For example, he notes that the ISSB’s IFRS S1 and S2, which were issued in June 2023, fully incorporate the TCFD recommendations. This will improve consistency and comparability amongst organisations.

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Compliance IFRS Risk Management Finance 98

Bramasol

JULY 26, 2024

Within the Five-Step model, Step 4 of ASC 606 and IFRS 15 requires an allocation of the total consideration in a contract, which your company is entitled to collect for each distinct performance obligation. Standalone Selling Price: What is SSP, why is it needed, and how is it determined?

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SAP IFRS GAAP Compliance 91

Future CFO

MAY 1, 2024

As the person responsible for preparing an organisation’s financial reports, which include balance sheets and income statements, the role of a finance controller is anything but ordinary.

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Leadership IFRS Finance Communication 98

CFO Talks

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA): FICA aims to combat money laundering and terrorist financing by imposing obligations on businesses, especially those in the financial sector, to verify client identities, keep detailed transaction records, and report suspicious activities.

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Jedox Finance

JULY 11, 2023

2 With regulations continually evolving, data volumes expanding, and the need for transparency growing, finance leaders are in a strong position to drive these efforts and create strategic value for their organizations. The final ESRS requirements are to be passed as law at the end of July 2023 and no later than the end of August 2023.

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 19, 2023

The goal is to create an accurate and comprehensive record of all transactions that can be used for both internal and external reporting, including audits and tax returns. Depending on the organization’s size, you can have a single person ( such as a CFO ) or an audit committee to monitor compliance.

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CFO Talks

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A tech startup might start with basic financial software, but as it scales and perhaps looks for external investment, the CFO will need systems that support more detailed and sophisticated financial reporting, such as investor reporting and compliance with IFRS standards.

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Planful

JANUARY 19, 2016

With the right tools and processes in place, the year-end close and reporting process can be less stressful and painful for the Finance team, maybe – dare I say it – even something you look forward to. Life is so much easier for accounting and Finance staff now with today’s technology. Watch the Webinar Replay. Ah, the memories!

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IFRS Reconciliations GAAP Auditing 40

CFO Talks

JULY 16, 2024

Nicolaas emphasized CIBA’s role in supporting CFOs and finance professionals through education, resources, and a strong professional network. Key Highlights Dr. Suresh Kana’s Session : Dr. Kana discussed new developments around IFRS S1 and S2, focusing on sustainability-related disclosures.

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Leadership CFO IFRS Strategic Planning 52

Planful

JULY 27, 2016

Not being compliant with US GAAP or IFRS. Lack of controls and audit trails. Time-consuming and costly audit process. Improve audit trails, reduce audit costs. Finance time shifts to value-added analysis, reduce hiring needs. Challenges in consolidating multiple spreadsheets and correcting errors.

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Planful

JUNE 22, 2017

Here are the key accounting consolidation steps in the finance consolidation process : Collecting trial balance data (e.g., Here are the key accounting consolidation steps in the finance consolidation process : Collecting trial balance data (e.g., GAAP or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

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Planful

AUGUST 1, 2017

If the latter is the case, Planful recently held a webinar focused on how you can automate and accelerate the financial close, consolidation, and reporting process and free up more Finance time for value-added analysis. Many Finance professionals may think that only large enterprises need a formal financial consolidation process and system.

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GAAP Value-Added Analysis IFRS Auditing 40

Planful

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

They throw finance bodies at the task of requesting, gathering, collating, and organizing the required data. Planful gives you a robust library of report templates to build the foundation of GAAP and IFRS-compliant balance sheets, income statements, statements of cash flow, and other financial and statutory reports.

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Financial Reporting IFRS GAAP Auditing 40

Planful

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

From the collection and consolidation of financial results, to the creation of year-end financial statements, to audits and regulatory filings – finance teams are often distraught throughout the process. These results then require consolidation following US GAAP or IFRS guidelines. Complexities of the Financial Close.

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CFO Talks

DECEMBER 26, 2021

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. After my degree I got employed by a company called Fox5 as a finance manager and worked there for five years.

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CFO Talks

MARCH 31, 2022

Oyinda Akanbi is making a difference beyond finance in her position as CFO at the leading diagnostics provider in Nigeria. 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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Onplan

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Finance professionals and teams today have numerous solutions available to help them plan, budget, forecast, and analyze financial information. Because OnPlan was designed by financial professionals, it has given the company unique insight into the data modeling requirements of a modern finance department. Batch change capabilities.

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CFO Talks

DECEMBER 26, 2021

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. They’re a unique part of the board in their ability to come from a finance perspective and then interpret the data for business decision-making.

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CFO Talks

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

My name is Lawrence Nsibandze, and I began my career back in 2001 with the Price Hotel Group as an audit clerk. I spent about four and a half years there, doing external audits for clients under international standards. In this role, I introduced a risk-based auditing approach and later became the bank’s financial manager.

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