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From Controller to CFO: What Changes?

CFO Talks

Example: When it’s time for an audit, the Controller is hands-on, working directly with the auditors, showing them the books, and explaining the details. The CFO, on the other hand, talks strategy with the audit partner and handles any big issues that pop up. The Controller might help by pulling together the necessary data.

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Beyond the Basics: 7 Key Focus Areas for New CFOs

CFO Talks

The position of Chief Financial Officer has evolved significantly over the past few decades. No longer confined to the guardianship of financial reporting and compliance, modern CFOs are now pivotal strategists and advisors at the heart of corporate decision-making. Delegation and Empowerment: No CFO can do it all alone.

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Preparing Your Finance Organization for the New Era of AI

CFO Leadership

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. What data governance, privacy and security procedures do we have in place or need? Where is that data located?

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Elevating tomorrow’s finance leaders today

Future CFO

According to Payscale.com , skills such as leadership, and financial reporting and strategic planning, won’t elevate your take-home pay much. What makes for a sought-after chief finance professional (CFO)? These days, strong computer skills, as are advanced knowledge of accounting, budgeting, and finances.

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Risk Mitigation

Finvisage

Accountancy firm PwC is reported to have been hired by the company to look at its accounts, which are audited by Grant Thornton. The accountancy watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council, said: “We are looking into this matter carefully and will give full consideration to further action as more facts become available.”

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A Buyer’s Guide for the Top 10 FP&A Software 2022

The Finance Weekly

It’s the budgeting, financial forecasting, financial analysis, and decision-making that support an organization's health and strategy. Analyzing the effects of past and future financial activities and behavior in order to evaluate risk. Ensuring that the company's accounts and finances are audit-ready at closing.