CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Optimising Budgets: Strategies for Effective Financial Forecasting Financial forecasting plays a crucial role in managing budgets effectively. It allows businesses and organisations to predict future income, expenses, and cash flow, ensuring that they remain financially stable and prepared for challenges.

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The Future of Finance and Sustainability with Elizabeth Burns The evolving demands of sustainability and financial performance are reshaping the role of CFOs in the energy sector. Elizabeth Burns, CFO of Gas du Cameroon (GDC), exemplifies this balance, demonstrating how strategic financial leadership can support environmental responsibility.

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The Charity CFO

APRIL 1, 2025

The organizations that thrive have a shared commitment to financial discipline, strong internal controls, and strategic leadership. Thats why we created The Charity CFO Financial Blueprint a free , downloadable 30-point guide that distills the best practices weve seen across our top-performing clients. If so, whenand how?

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The Charity CFO

MARCH 26, 2025

If donors know, like, and trust you, theyre more likely to give, engage, and stay loyaleven when budgets get tight or your role changes. A peek into your lifeyour dog, your favorite leadership lesson, your morning routinecan create meaningful connection without crossing boundaries. Its about leadership. These become content.

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Budget: A Source of Tension and Opportunity One of the primary sources of tension between finance and development is the budgeting process. Anderson and Morris agreed that the ideal scenario involves a collaborative approach, where key players from all departments contribute to the budget creation.

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Recognizing the need to enhance my managerial capabilities, I pursued a Postgraduate Diploma in Management, which equipped me with essential leadership skills. First and foremost is financial acumen—understanding financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and compliance is foundational.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 20, 2025

With over 15 years of experience spanning finance, risk, procurement, and executive leadership, Rajesh brings a unique blend of technical acumen and business foresight to the CFO role. He has developed advanced budgeting and project finance models and led large-scale system implementations to drive operational excellence.

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The Charity CFO

MAY 13, 2025

Principle #9: Monthly Reconciliations & Reports The accounting team should close the books monthly, ensuring that all statement of financial position accounts are reconciled. Monthly financial reports should be shared with leadership on a consistent timeline. Get the free guide!

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 31, 2021

According to Gartner , finance leaders anticipate a greater percentage of their time will be spent in improving flexibility of budgeting & forecasting (58%), closely followed by developing digital skills (56%) and redefining employee value proposition in hybrid environments. What does this mean to the finance and accounting team of 2022?

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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. As a result, a company with operational finance leadership may struggle to prepare for long-term growth.

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The Charity CFO

MAY 12, 2025

Trying to combine this role with the CFO function often fails because bookkeeping is structured and rule-bound , while financial leadership requires a more strategic, creative, and big-picture thinker. Cross-training ensures that if one team member is out unexpectedly, your financial operations dont grind to a halt.

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The Charity CFO

MARCH 13, 2025

Implement a Strict Conflict of Interest Policy Every nonprofit should require board members and key leadership to disclose conflicts of interest annually. Master Your Budgeting Process Know exactly what your grants and funding coverand what they dont. Do You Struggle to Make Sense of Your Financial Statements?

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Centage

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Once upon a time, businesses were satisfied with creating an annual budget. You used your budget as a measuring stick to gauge performance against assumptions made months ago. If your board asked you to run new numbers based on fresh assumptions, it took you days or weeks to create a new set of reports. Watch Demo.

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CFO Talks

MARCH 20, 2025

As a CFO, your role goes far beyond reporting figuresyou shape strategic decisions, guide leadership, and influence confidence in the business. Get it right, and you build trust, reinforce stability, and ensure alignment across leadership. So, how do you deliver tough financial truths without unsettling your stakeholders?

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Future CFO

MARCH 3, 2025

Repetitive tasks, such as financial reporting, are increasingly being automated, freeing up finance professionals to focus on strategic initiatives. A recent report by McKinsey estimates that automation could potentially displace up to 30% of work activities in finance and accounting.

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CFO Talks

JANUARY 8, 2025

For instance, when inflation rises, some businesses instinctively slash budgets across the board. Cutting this budget may save money in the short term, but it risks creating a skills gap that hinders future growth. For example, financial reporting software can provide real-time visibility into your company’s performance.

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CFO Dive

JUNE 17, 2025

With more C-suite, investor and board-level focus on AI and bigger budgets supporting the efforts, technology leaders are under pressure to get the formula right, from picking a scalable, beneficial use case to tracking its success post-deployment. You can unsubscribe at anytime.

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CFO Talks

APRIL 8, 2025

Holding an MSc, BSc, and FCCA qualification, Julius has made a remarkable impact in the finance sector, earning multiple prestigious awards, including the Chief Finance Officer of the Year Sustainability Award (2023) and the Financial Reporting Award (2023). ” Sir Winston Churchill Share your favourite leadership lesson.

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CFO Talks

MAY 14, 2025

When financial decisions are grounded in integrity, they tend to be more robust, less reactive, and ultimately more sustainable. Ethical leadership is no longer a moral footnote; it is central to long-term value creation. Does your team get rewarded for delivering on budget at any cost ? Consider performance incentives.

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E78 Partners

MARCH 3, 2025

Despite these favorable conditions, successful IPOs require meticulous preparation, robust financial reporting, and a governance framework that instills investor confidence. Companies must ensure they are operationally, financially, and strategically ready for the transition to public markets.

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E78 Partners

JUNE 16, 2025

If those systems remain siloed post-close, leadership may lack accurate data for key decisions, and finance teams could be stuck reconciling figures manually. A structured communication and change management plan, anchored by leadership alignment and transparent messaging, can reduce attrition and protect institutional knowledge.

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CFO Talks

MAY 29, 2025

Reporting Rules That Make or Break Your Reputation Financial reporting is often thought of as the final step in the business process, the box to tick at the end of the quarter or financial year. They understand that reporting, when done right, is not just a reflection of past performance. But that time has passed.

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Embark With Us

MARCH 20, 2025

Aligning financial reporting systems, tracking and realizing efficiencies, and continuously monitoring financial performance are essential to support patient care and ensure the merged entity's success. Steps for Standardization: Conduct an audit of existing financial reporting and ERP systems in both organizations.

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Spreadym

AUGUST 17, 2023

A financial reporting dashboard is a visual representation of financial data and key performance indicators (KPIs) presented in a consolidated and easily digestible format. Decision Making : Financial reporting dashboards enable data-driven decision making by providing stakeholders with timely and accurate information.

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The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In reality, her research has shown no correlation between an organization’s size/budget and their capacity for impact measurement. The number one factor predicting success in this area is the willingness and commitment of leadership to prioritize impact measurement. Get the free guide!

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CFO Talks

JUNE 18, 2025

Giving them control over budgets, hiring, pricing, and strategy makes them more accountable and more motivated. This includes setting performance indicators, training managers to read and interpret financial reports, and maintaining oversight without micromanagement. In this model, the finance team takes on a new role.

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CFO Talks

APRIL 15, 2025

Are decisions challenged when forecasts dont match operational realities, or is the budget treated as sacred regardless of whats changing on the ground? Submitting reports on time is a compliance requirement. Submitting reports on time with clean data, sensible commentary, and clear recommendationsthats accountability.

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Generation CFO

JANUARY 5, 2022

But it was important to go back to basics of financial reporting to ensure stakeholders had the right information to make faster and better decisions.”. Revamping the budgeting process was initially a sticking point, especially for middle management. . I don’t think many people even knew who I was in the early days!

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The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Nonprofit budgeting best practices are often the difference between success and failure for the organization. Budgeting is a crucial element of understanding the financial health of your organization. While nonprofit budgeting can seem daunting and complex, it doesn’t have to be. It takes time to get a budget right.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 10, 2025

You may be technically excellent, have a sharp grasp of reporting standards, and maintain control of every budget, but if your ability to lead and think does not extend to your team, you are leaving the business exposed. If you want mentoring to work, it must be treated as a structured, trackable leadership activity.

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E78 Partners

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A strategic FP&A capability built on the right infrastructure of data, insights & collaboration allow our clients to enhance forecasting, streamline budgeting, and adapt quickly to risk & opportunities that arise in the business.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The CFO role is multi-faceted and includes everything from financial planning and analysis to business budgeting, financial decision-making, and risk management. CFOs are some of the highest-paid finance professionals because they have experience and networks and excel at financial leadership. Financial Manager.

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CFO Talks

JANUARY 7, 2025

Starting as an engineering graduate with a curiosity about business finance, Morgan transitioned into the world of accounting and finance, where he has built an impressive career spanning leadership roles at renowned organizations like KPMG, United Bank for Africa, and Africa Finance Corporation. Be responsible and accountable.

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The Charity CFO

JUNE 12, 2025

While your annual operating budget outlines the year ahead, life doesn’t always follow the plan. They’re not an excuse for careless budgeting—they’re a tool for resilience. Others choose a fixed percentage of their annual budget. As your budget, programs, and external environment shift, so should your reserve strategy.

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Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The list of typical FP&A activities usually includes planning, budgeting, forecasting, analysis, management reporting and performance management. Budgeting is a type of short-term planning whose goal is to transform strategic objectives into an operational plan by allocating available resources.

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CFO Talks

OCTOBER 10, 2024

One side is all about the numbers—profits, cash flow, and budgets. Instead of going blind, the finance team can work closely with leadership to explore alternatives. Build Financial Models That Reflect Strategy Your budget and financial reports should reflect strategic goals. and “How do we get there?”

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The Charity CFO

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Investing in Employee Development Despite budget constraints, Tiffany emphasized the importance of investing in employee development. Get our FREE GUIDE to nonprofit financial reports, featuring illustrations, annotations, and insights to help you better understand your organization's finances. Get the free guide!

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