The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 19, 2023

The CFO role traditionally has two high-level leadership archetypes: strategic and operational. An operational CFO optimizes performance by combining data from various departments with financial data. A strategic CFO focuses on creating long-term plans to achieve the company's goals. What is Operational Finance?

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Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The growing variety and complexity of tasks within the finance function has resulted in the creation of a discipline that is supposed to become a bridge between the finance and business to support decision-making process by leveraging data and technology. This relates to FP&A which stands for financial planning and analysis.

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CFO Leadership

APRIL 5, 2023

We’ve gathered a panel of CFOs and business leaders on how they succeed in bringing veterans into their organization and use finance training as the catalyst.) Even military personnel who have finance and budgeting as their job specialty aren’t practicing private sector finance principles and concepts.

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Adam Kae

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Adam Kae & Associates is a Virtual Healthcare CFO. In short, we translate your finances to English so you can focus on running your practice while we take care of the rest! This article will talk about: What a CFO Does. What a Healthcare CFO Does. What it Means to be a Virtual CFO. Budget Management.

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Jedox Finance

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

They have reduced fixed costs, changed leasing arrangements, and provided financing measures as lifelines for high-grade suppliers suffering a catastrophic reduction in cash flow. Now, CFOs must go further with dynamic forecasting. CFOs had to do this at the start of the crisis. Planning multiple business routes.

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CFO Talks

MARCH 19, 2024

Change Management: The Modern CFO’s Blueprint The role of a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) goes way beyond just looking after the company’s money. This might involve enhancing digital finance capabilities or adopting sustainable business practices.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Furthermore, the risks and the costs of a cyber incident were difficult to quantify and present in financial models. What is changing for CFOs, is they are starting to think of cyber resilience in terms of underpinning and, most importantly, protecting often substantial digital transformation investments. Phillip Ivancic.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 11, 2023

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, finance-related jobs are predicted to experience an 8% annual growth rate until at least 2030. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , finance-related jobs are predicted to experience an 8% annual growth rate until at least 2030 – in line with other professional sectors.

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The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 5, 2023

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) involve a range of activities, including planning, forecasting, budgeting, and analytical tasks, all of which are vital in providing essential support for a company's major business decisions and overall financial well-being.

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Beacon CFO Plus

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Providing Critical Financial Strategy, Cost Optimization, and More Hiring a fractional CFO for your startup is a strategic move that brings expert financial guidance without the full-time commitment. This guidance ensures that resources are allocated efficiently and that the company’s financial trajectory remains on track.

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CFO Talks

MARCH 14, 2024

Beyond the Basics: 7 Key Focus Areas for New CFOs 1. Introduction to the Evolving Role of the CFO In our previous discussion, we outlined the critical first steps a newly appointed CFO should take to establish a solid foundation within their organization. Delegation and Empowerment: No CFO can do it all alone.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

“CFOs are telling their FP&A leaders that they need to improve flexibility of budgeting and forecasting, enable faster capital reallocation, and updated financial models to reflect rapidly changing business realities,” Pritika Bhattacharjee, vice president, research in the Gartner Finance practice, pointed out.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The Financial Planning and Analysis ( FP&A ) team performs budgeting, forecasting, and analysis that support major corporate decisions of the CFO, the CEO, and the Board of Directors. Very few, if any, companies can be consistently profitable and grow without careful financial planning and cash flow management.

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BlueLight

MAY 1, 2020

Traditionally, the chief financial officer (CFO) is responsible for tracking the company’s past and present financial situation and ensuring on-time and accurate financial reporting. Today, the CFO is expected to inform strategic decisions that drive the success of the company.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 3, 2021

The pandemic gave new meaning to financial agility. It became vital as companies pivoted, recalibrated their financial models, and looked to withstand market shocks. For financial leaders, this shift in meaning created challenges. As a result, every company sought financial clarity. Source: FutureCIO-AFP, 2021.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 6, 2020

They have reduced fixed costs, changed leasing arrangement, and provided financing measures as lifelines for high-grade suppliers suffering a catastrophic reduction in cash flow. Now, CFOs must go further with dynamic forecasting. CFOs did this at the start of the crisis. Planning multiple business routes.

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Jedox Finance

AUGUST 22, 2019

Dear CFO, We heard that you put FP&A on your list of top priorities to work on. We must then repeat it so that it seeps into the finance culture for current employees and attracts the type of people you want to have. Crystal ball to financially model the impact of the strategic options. Sincerely, The FP&A Team.

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Future CFO

JUNE 13, 2022

Editor’s note: Finance executives could no longer succeed by focusing simply on numbers. Grace Lim (pictured), CFO at KK Women's & Children's Hospital (KKH) in Singapore shared with FutureCFO audiences how female finance executives could become CFOs. FutureCFO: When did you start to become interested in finance?

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The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 30, 2022

FP&A is no longer a separate entity that works only with the finance department. With FP&A software, companies can automate their data collections and create valuable dashboards and insights that will help them understand trends and make more accurate budgets, forecasts, and business decisions. But all of that has changed. ,

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BlueLight

AUGUST 21, 2020

Financial Advice for Startups I recently spoke with finance leaders from a couple dozen startups. Their expertise ranged from seed stage start-ups, where the CEO also served as the in-house finance leader, to growth stage companies where an in-house CFO monitored the entity’s current and future financial health.

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The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 30, 2022

FP&A is no longer a separate entity that works only with the finance department. With FP&A software, companies can automate their data collections and create valuable dashboards and insights that will help them understand trends and make more accurate budgets, forecasts, and business decisions. But all of that has changed. ,

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Jedox Finance

JULY 18, 2019

Their comments highlight a common theme of the need to elevate the technical expertise of finance to the level of strategy. Geetanjali Tandon, Digital & IT Transformation Finance Lead at Bayer Crop Science, Chair of the AFP FP&A Advisory Council. Also, a crystal ball to financially model the impact of the strategic options.

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Jedox Finance

AUGUST 13, 2019

Finance professionals generally tend to be risk averse. Transforming your FP&A plan will not be an easy task, but it must be addressed as it is a top priority for the CFO to better support delivering on the expectations from the CEO. How does Finance keep up? Everyone wants to be at the forefront of the next new idea.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. Facebook, I argued, is a corporate autocracy, with Mark Zuckerberg at its helm.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 24, 2020

“Second, traditionally, the FP&A function is seen as an exclusive domain of finance people,” he said. “We We need to bring in non-finance people into the FP&A domain and give them ownership of putting inputs into the FP&A model.”. FP&A should not be a bolt-on function in the finance department.

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The Charity CFO

APRIL 15, 2022

And what can nonprofits do to create consistency and predictability in the financial side of their operations? Triná Owens is a former nonprofit financial director who left her job to become an Accounting Manager at The Charity CFO. Why turnover in the financial department is SO damaging for nonprofits. This sounds weird.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The internal rate of return (IRR) is a core component of capital budgeting and corporate finance. The second method is preferable because financial modeling works best when it is transparent, detailed, and easy to audit. As long as the financing cost is less than the rate of potential return, the project adds value.

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The Finance Weekly

JULY 31, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gradually revolutionizing various industries, including the field of accounting and finance. With the emergence of , AI tools and Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and BERT, professionals in these fields can benefit from enhanced capabilities and streamlined processes.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

And I’ve seen that a lot of times people start to think differently about their finances once they have that kind of context. We can work with pretty much anybody and help them get clarity over their finances. Michael: So, you gather the data, clients upload all their various stuff, you get some the budgeting stuff sorted out.

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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. OnPlan is a financial modeling and forecasting tool built by financial planners and analysts. Customers success. 6 factors when choosing an FP&A tool.

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