CFO Talks

JUNE 3, 2025

Predictive Finance, Ethical Leadership, and Public Sector Innovation: Lessons from SAQA CFO Innocent Gumbochuma In the latest episode of CFO Club Conversations , we had the privilege of speaking with Innocent Gumbochuma, Chief Financial Officer of the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and the 2024 Public Sector CFO of the Year.

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 22, 2025

The truth is, many successful nonprofits empower leaders to manage their own department budgets. By decentralizing financial responsibility, nonprofits unlock powerful advantages including: Increased Transparency : Leaders who understand their budgets reduce the risk of financial mismanagement and foster trust within the organization.

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CFO Thought Leader

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Joanne Chengs career had already carried her through multiple successful exits and finance leadership roles when an unexpected opportunity arose. ” Joanne Cheng, CFO, Jellyfish CFO PLaybook Views the budget as a roadmap, aligning investments with measurable outcomes. Jellyfish www.jellyfish.co Jellyfish www.jellyfish.co

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The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Nonprofit budgeting may be a source of dread for many, but there are ways to make the process (and outcome!) A well-crafted budget is a reflection of your mission and a roadmap to financial sustainability. Start with Your Mission Your nonprofits budget exists to advance your mission. much better.

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CFO Selections

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A CFO takes their financial expertise and channels it into a strategic leadership role to create financial success for the company and its stakeholders. As such, their responsibilities include: budgeting and forecasting, managing mergers or acquisitions, and handling compliance issues.

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Fpanda Club

MAY 17, 2022

Budget and annual planning cycle - these words can make many people tremble. There are many reasons to hate budget effort. Indeed, it usually takes several months to run the budget cycle. On average, companies build 5 versions of the budget before final approval. Too many iterations. Too many people involved.

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E78 Partners

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

E78’s Chief Technology Officer, John Buccola, recently engaged in a dynamic conversation with Fara Francis, Global CIO at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), and Todd Thomason, CCLs Global Director of Information Security, Privacy, and Architecture.

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CFO Thought Leader

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Joanne Chengs career had already carried her through multiple successful exits and finance leadership roles when an unexpected opportunity arose. ” Joanne Cheng, CFO, Jellyfish CFO PLaybook Views the budget as a roadmap, aligning investments with measurable outcomes. Jellyfish www.jellyfish.co Jellyfish www.jellyfish.co

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Focus CFO

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This clarity not only informs your budget but also drives strategic decision-making across your entire organization. Here are five key ways to align your sales forecasting and budgeting processes for success in the year ahead. How will you build your budget? This does not, however, mean that the plan should not be adjusted.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Optimising Budgets: Strategies for Effective Financial Forecasting Financial forecasting plays a crucial role in managing budgets effectively. This article explores practical strategies to improve financial forecasting, helping businesses make informed decisions and optimise their budgets. What is Financial Forecasting?

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Identifying and Overcoming Ethical Dilemmas in Business In the corporate world, numbers might drive decisions, but values define leadership. As a CFO your influence extends beyond financial reports and budgets. While challenging, maintaining your integrity is far more valuable than any temporary gain.

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Elizabeth Burns, CFO of Gas du Cameroon (GDC), exemplifies this balance, demonstrating how strategic financial leadership can support environmental responsibility. Under Elizabeth’s leadership, GDC has achieved remarkable environmental milestones. Our CSR efforts are guided by defined policies and a dedicated budget.

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CFO Talks

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Cultivating Organisational Success Through Effective Leadership Leadership plays a critical role in driving the success of any organisation, especially when navigating the complexities of today’s fast-paced business world. Lead by Example The foundation of effective leadership is setting the right example.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Leadership development should be recognized as an ongoing part of professional life. Carving out time for learning and development is critical for anyone who wants to improve their leadership competencies and performance outcomes. The latest research says that structured programs should only account for 10% of leadership development.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

But more importantly, marketers know from experience that when the economy turns, their budget is an easy target. During the pandemic, we saw numerous productive marketing advances, many of which were long overdue — from more agile budget allocation to accelerated digital transformation connecting marketing and e-commerce.

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Centage

AUGUST 16, 2023

Finding a tool for automating budgeting helps companies maintain and grow their business in numerous ways. A solution that provides automated budgets can easily wrangle this data into absorbable metrics that tell a story. Automating budgeting cuts out literally hours of work. Less time inputting information.

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Centage

AUGUST 15, 2022

With that in mind, many businesses are turning to budgeting and planning drivers as a way of obtaining more accurate information. A newer approach to financial management, driver-based planning involves examining a company’s main business and value drivers with a goal of designing plans and budgets with them in mind.

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Centage

JULY 19, 2022

Business budgeting is a crucial factor with the ability to impact a business’ long-term success or failure. Along with providing important information regarding day-to-day operations, an accurate budget better enables companies to predict revenue, trim costs, and make decisions regarding expenditures and opportunities.

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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. Financial literacy across leadership teams These steps build internal trust and alignmentessential for long-term success. Its not just about clean books or audit prep. If so, whenand how?

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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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Navigator SAP

JULY 15, 2022

It requires budget and commitment from leadership, and change management from employees. Midsize businesses, which generally have lower budgets and fewer skilled IT resources, must consider several points before making a decision. When is the right time to consider an ERP solution? Affordability. Scalability.

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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 Finance Weekly

JANUARY 19, 2023

The CFO role traditionally has two high-level leadership archetypes: strategic and operational. Specialists in operational finance create financial models that outline the details of business processes and their impact on the company's goals, staff plans, budget, and cash flow.

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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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CFO News

JANUARY 19, 2023

The budget this year has the unique opportunity to set India on a path of moving from consciousness to leadership. India has made ambitious commitments at the COP and its implementation calls for concrete plans and actions.

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Centage

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

And how will all of these uncertainties affect my business budgeting process? Your ability to provide expert guidance through your business budget and forecasting process will require you to have a deep understanding of your cash flow. Red Flags in Business Budgeting and Forecasting How do you know when it’s time to act?

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ProCFO Partners

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Management and leadership styles need to change as a company grows. They are responsible for managing all financial dealings and transactions, including budgeting, managing cash flow, and ensuring that all accounts are up to date. There are different management styles that suit different phases of business growth.

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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. But times have changed – which is why financial forecasting is more important than your annual budget. CEOs increasingly share your concerns. Watch Demo.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Amid the continuing evolution of the Asia-Pacific region comes the rising demand for flexible and high-level financial leadership. Net Zero Executive & Fractional Leadership says fractional CFOs offer a cost-effective, flexible solution for organisations seeking high-level financial expertise without the commitment of a full-time hire.

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CFO Talks

JANUARY 8, 2025

For instance, if one team member has mastered a new budgeting tool, they can lead a session to help others learn it too. Delegating significant responsibilities, such as leading a budget review or preparing a report for senior leadership, helps them build confidence and skills. Breaking out of this bubble is critical for growth.

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Beacon CFO Plus

JUNE 4, 2025

Do you need someone to: Improve budgeting and forecasting? Pricing varies based on scope but allows for predictable budgeting. This is ideal for companies that need regular financial leadership without the commitment of a full-time hire. What Kind of CFO Does Your Business Need? Prepare for investor meetings or a loan?

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Fpanda Club

JANUARY 23, 2025

In this blog post I wont focus on the activities that fall into FP&As scope by default, such as budgeting, forecasting and regular analysis. They can impact organizational performance and are usually incorporated by FP&A into financial forecasts or budgets. So, the scope of FP&A: what is in and what is out?

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CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 29, 2025

A Finance Strategic Moment On Friday the 13 of March 2020, Steven Miller closed Warby Parkers 280 stores, scrapped the freshly approved budget, and launched PARPause, Adjust, Redeploy. Constructive dissent strengthens leadership trust and outcomes. Unified pricing positions brand for sustainable margins.

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CFO Talks

APRIL 24, 2025

When tension riseswhether over budget allocations, risk appetite, performance metrics, or boardroom politicsall eyes turn to you. Budget Battles These arent just about numbers, theyre about priorities, politics, and power plays. Host collaborative pre-budget meetings. Conflict is unavoidable. What are we deferring?”

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Future CFO

JUNE 27, 2024

Finance leaders are now seeing generative artificial intelligence to have the most immediate impact on explaining forecast amd budget variances, according to Gartner, Inc. The post Finance leaders see GenAI to have most immediate impact on forecast, budget appeared first on FutureCFO.

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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. Why the Most Effective Nonprofits Share Financial Management Across Leadership Teams What Happens Without One?

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