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Top 5 Signs Your Accounting Is a Mess (And How to Fix It)

The Charity CFO

Without accurate reconciliations, your cash position is a guess at best. To fix this, start by performing monthly reconciliations for every bank and credit card account. Use accounting software with built-in reconciliation tools, and make sure someone other than the bookkeeper is reviewing them for accuracy.

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Why Every Nonprofit Needs a Skilled Accounting Team

The Charity CFO

The absolute baseline of a nonprofit accounting team should include: An Accounting Associate or Bookkeeper Responsible for accurate, timely transaction entry, reconciliations, and supporting documentation. And weve seen firsthand that financial clarity starts with the right people in the right roles.

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The Charity CFO Financial Blueprint: What the Best-Run Nonprofits Have in Common

The Charity CFO

This section focuses on: Approval workflows and disbursement controls Monthly reconciliations and reporting cycles Digital document retention Audit readiness and compliance planning These practices are essential to creating a trustworthy, funder-ready organization. TRANSPARENCY & ACCOUNTABILITY Financial visibility isnt just for the CFO.

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Driving Efficiency Without Breaking the Business

CFO Talks

Then why are we burning budget on it? Real-World CFO Wins Heres what happens when CFOs attack non-value activities: One CFO slashed month-end from 12 days to 5 by automating reconciliations. Budgets are scrutinised. Non-value activities leave a data trail if you know where to look. Breaking processes in the name of speed?

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Workday Adaptive Planning Reviews

The Finance Weekly

Workday Adaptive Planning aims to solve this problem by offering a cloud-based Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) solution with AI-powered forecasting, budgeting, and workforce planning tools. Budgeting & Forecasting - Automate budgeting processes and generate real-time financial forecasts based on live data.

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CFOs look forward to GenAI amid rising cost, regulatory challenges

Future CFO

Cost is now the biggest barrier to achieving vision and purpose Cost pressures emerge as the top concern for respondents, with cumulative cost-cutting and inflation significantly eroding tax and finance functions’ budgets in real terms. The post CFOs look forward to GenAI amid rising cost, regulatory challenges appeared first on FutureCFO.

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Sales Performance Management: Connecting the dots to xP&A

Jedox Finance

Therefore, an SPM solution should follow the different activities of sales operations: Budget & Target Setting is the starting point where the organization aligns between the revenue goals and go-to-market plans. Data Silos – Sales data and financial data are separated, making reconciliation between those sources difficult.