The CFO College

APRIL 8, 2021

You’ll really want to delve into the pain points of business owners (saving money, reducing tax burden, and increasing bottom line), tax opportunities and planning, and GAAP accounting and solutions. You’ll also want to stay current on successful brands, along with trending operations, metrics, and benchmarking.

CFO 52

CFO Benchmarking Tax Planning Accounting 52

VCFO

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Assessing Accounting For entities preparing GAAP compliant financial statements, adoption of Revenue Recognition Standard (ASC 606) and Lease Accounting Standard (ASC 842) is now mandatory. Reviewing the asset register and eliminating assets that have been scrapped. What About Borrowing? Most lenders do not lend money unconditionally.

Finance 91

Finance Strategic Planning Auditing CFO 91

Planful

AUGUST 1, 2017

According to a 2014 study by APQC benchmarking the financial close process, the bottom performers took 12 days or more to close and report their results to management. Multi-GAAP reporting (i.e., US GAAP, Canadian GAAP, IFRS, etc.). It can also consume a lot of time and resources every month, quarter, and year-end.

GAAP 40

GAAP Value-Added Analysis IFRS Auditing 40

Onplan

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Benchmarking and KPI tracking across the organization to stay on course. The tool has several custom reporting features, including providing scorecards and benchmarking with external data. Automated reporting also enforces compliance with GAAP and IFRS standards. Ad hoc reporting and visualization. Final thoughts on Vena.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Budgeting Forecasting Planning 52