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ESG and sustainability action items for leadership in 2024

Future CFO

It encompasses environmental, social, and economic dimensions and involves the responsible use of resources, reducing waste and pollution, promoting social equity, and ensuring economic viability over the long term,” she put forward. Yet, do not hesitate to modify them over time with learnings and expanded scopes.

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Enhancing Business Valuation: Aligning Owner Perception with Market Realities

VCFO

You can learn how you compare to your competitors and best in class by benchmarking your performance to a peer group. For instance, if your benchmarking shows a gross profit margin below the industry, that may signal excessive Cost of Goods Sold or Cost of Sales, suggesting operational or supplier agreement issues.

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Preparing Your Finance Organization for the New Era of AI

CFO Leadership

While finance organizations are increasingly turning to AI to enhance their operations and streamline processes, leveraging AI capabilities to improve decision-making is in the early stages. Scenario analysis may also leverage AI to model various scenarios to better understand potential consequences of different decisions and market changes.

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Today In B2B: ERPs Broaden B2B Payments Capabilities; Bloomberg Broadens Credit Risk Data Pool

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Bloomberg customers will now be able to use the news site's terminal to look at Credit Benchmark 's credit risk data, which comes from risk views of the world's largest financial institutions, according to a press release. Clients will also be able to use the data for an enterprise use case, the release stated.

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#FA Success Ep 339: Resetting The Business For Its Next Stage Of Growth After Hitting The 10-Year Capacity Wall, With Eric Roberge

Nerd's Eye View

So, whether you’re interested in learning about how Eric struggled to find a lead advisor that was both a good fit and was willing to take on some business development which led him and his wife to revamping their processes instead, how, even though Eric and his wife experienced a downturn in the business, he was prepared economically as he had (..)

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938: The Art of the Possible | Jason Leet, CFO, Zylo

CFO Thought Leader

“I was involved in some of the diligence, so I was aware of what was going down several months in advance,” explains Leet, who had joined ExactTarget in 2006, as he vividly recalls for us the company’s impressive climb upward—along with its disappointing 2007 decision to pull its IPO due to Wall Street’s economic collapse.

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How To Fight Inflation: 14 Tips For Business Owners

VCFO

total economic melt downs, (2000, 2008), terrorist attacks, pandemics (bird flu, swine flu, coronavirus), natural disasters (fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and floods), and geo-political tensions and disruptions. Leverage Your Relationships. Benchmark employee compensation to competitors and across industries. Diversify Debt.