Accountancy Today

JANUARY 10, 2022

Finance leaders are focused on growth, with a record 37% rating an increase in capital investment as a strong priority for their business in the next 12 months, according to Deloitte’s UK CFO Survey Q4 2021. The survey saw 85 chief financial officers (CFOs) participate, including CFOs of 21 FTSE 100 and 29 FTSE 250 companies.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 1, 2023

It has been said that change is the only constant, and in the corporate world, this is especially true when it comes to the , CFO position. CFO moves often spark internal and external rumors and can draw the attention of investors and short-sellers. Kennedy was previously the CFO at Canadian retailer Roots since 2020.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

A research firm has discovered that the number of material accounting mistakes made by U.S. For many, the mistakes were discovered when corporate finance teams were changing accounting paperwork to comply with the new U.S. public companies has gone up this year. tax law and revenue accounting rules.

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CFO Thought Leader

JUNE 4, 2023

Even today, Dayton Kellenberger marvels at his good fortune in having landed inside the corporate finance department of Coleman Company. ” –Dayton Kellenberger, CFO, Vendavo CFOTL : Tell us about Vendavo … what does this company do, and what are its offerings today?

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CFO Thought Leader

JULY 12, 2023

When David Parsons tells us that he remains concerned about the whereabouts of his 20-something-year-old self, we realize that our talk with Zuto’s CFO is going to be different from most of those that we undertake with today’s finance leaders. I have not necessarily built my career by trying to fill niches and gaps on my c.v.,

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 25, 2023

During my teaching lifetime, I have taught a wide swath of classes, ranging from banking to equity instruments, but in the last twenty years, my focus has been on three classes, c orporate finance, valuation and investment philosophies , with the last one taught only online.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Starting in late January 2023, I will be back in the classroom, teaching valuation and corporate finance to the MBAs and valuation to the undergraduates, and these classes will continue through May 2023. The class starts with a question of what the end game should be for a business (profitability, value, social good?)

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

October marked the highest number of announced layoffs since February 2021, with cost cutting and market conditions among the top five reasons cited for the layoffs, according to Challenger. . WSJ | CFO Journal. The Morning Ledger provides daily news and insights on corporate finance from the CFO Journal team.

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Future CFO

JULY 20, 2020

FutureCFO spoke to Jeffrey Lee , regional chief financial officer at Singapore-headquartered CrimsonLogic , on how the role of the CFO has evolved over the years and to what extent technology is influencing that evolution. Looking back at nearly three decades since your days at Heildeberg Asia, how has the CFO role changed?

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) teams play a crucial role in companies by performing budgeting, forecasting, and analysis that support major corporate decisions of the CFO, CEO, and the Board of Directors. In an article by AICPA , there's been a steady decline in the number of CPAs in the past 8 years.

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Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

FP&A directors can often boast of a considerable track record in financial planning and analysis, also they understand very well the finance function in general and the business model of the company, which leads them to the next step of their careers as Chief financial officer (CFO).

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A new corporate tax on stock buybacks hasn’t worried finance chiefs enough for them to rethink their strategy. The 1% levy on buybacks , which takes effect in January, could cost companies billions of dollars, but a number of executives say they expect to continue repurchasing company stock. WSJ | CFO Journal.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Editor’s note: For our Female Leadership in Finance Series, FutureCFO editor Teresa Leung recently had a chat with Sereen Teoh (pictured below), CFO at BIG Loyalty. Sereen Teoh, CFO, BIG Loyalty. FutureCFO: Can you share with me your finance career journey? I achieved that dream. a subsidiary of Airasia Digital.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

Mean reversion : I am not a knee-jerk believer in mean reversion, but the tendency for numbers to move back towards averages is a strong one. Counter made-up numbers : It remains true that people (analysts, market experts, politicians) often make assertions based upon either incomplete or flawed data, or no data at all.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

What emerged is a picture of CFOs prioritizing collaboration as part of their broader digitization efforts, with the rising need to look beyond financial data to reshape corporate finance. For example, 68 percent of CFOs said the biggest roadblock is that their CIO peers do not “speak the same language.”

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

The table below lists my industry groups, with the number of companies in each one: I am sure that some of you will find even these industry groupings to be over-broad, but I had to make a compromise between having too many groupings, with not enough firms in each one, and too few.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

1X ‘ The harder you work, the more it pays off’ Welcome to the CFO Club Africa podcast, where we interview leading CFOs from Africa and beyond. CFO Club Africa is a division of the Chartered Institute of Business Accountants, the professional body for business accountants, financial managers and chief financial officers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2016

That’s according to Jerry Mills, professional CFO and founder of B2B CFO. The firm looks to provide companies with CFOs when necessary, as an on-demand professional can often be more affordable than a full-time employee. “The really good CFOs work themselves out of a job.” “I felt it was a shame.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While many finance jobs pay well, the following 12 positions sit at or near the top of the pay scale in 2023: 1. As a financial executive, the chief financial officer (CFO) is responsible for the financial health of an organization. What makes finance different from other business disciplines is its focus on numbers.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Chief financial officers (CFOs) often have a love-hate relationship with their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. They’re a staple of corporate finance and, as of recent years, are accelerating their shift into the cloud. It is, by far, the number-one instrument for financial roles inside of these businesses.”

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

AI coupled with The Digitization of the Finance Function create powerful levers for today’s CFO. They’re not very good at mathematics or dealing with numbers in general. However, they still have a place in corporate finance and accounting.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2016

Earlier this year, American Express and CFO Research released findings from its latest Global Business and Spending Monitor to gauge where Canadian financial executives position themselves in the current market climate. Why CFOs may remain hesitant in the 2016 global economy, however, varies depending on geographical market.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 11, 2023

Individuals who excel in the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) role are highly sought after. Because CFOs manage an organization’s cash flow, financial planning, and strategic direction, they are well compensated. Being a financial analyst at a bank requires more than just crunching numbers. Financial Analyst.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 18, 2023

AI coupled with The Digitization of the Finance Function create powerful levers for today’s CFO. They’re not very good at mathematics or dealing with numbers in general. However, they still have a place in corporate finance and accounting.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

Plus, the latest analysis on alternative lending demand, expense management fraud and the gap between what CFOs have for their companies and what they need. Of course, we have the quarterly numbers, too, including insight into how American Express’ commercial card business is holding up. Net income for the GCS unit declined 6 percent.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 20, 2023

Risk and Hurdle Rates In investing and corporate finance, we have no choice but to come up with measures of risk, flawed though they might be, that can be converted into numbers that drive decisions.

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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. number of individual cash flows. number of individual cash flows. Or to put it more simply: What discount rate would cause the net present value (NPV) of a project to be $0? net after-tax cash inflow-outflows during.

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Regent Assay

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The business is led by Joost Beerthuis (CEO), Espe du Plessis (CFO) and Stuart Layzell (Chairman). The team led by Dolf Campman brought us a number of interesting opportunities, and in the case of XVR Simulation this resulted in the completion of an attractive acquisition.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 18, 2023

The question of whether a company is making or losing money should be a simple one to answer, especially in an age where accounting statements are governed by a myriad of rules, and a legion of number-crunchers follow these rules to report profits generated by a firm. The numbers yield interesting insights. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

According to the report, “ The Shifting Landscape of Finance ,” data is at the heart of the chief financial officer’s role.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2016

Greater exposure to risk and pressure to boost revenue are hanging over CFOs’ heads “like a dark cloud,” according to The Hackett Group’s Jim O’Connor, one of the authors of the firm’s latest report, “ The CFO Agenda.” What CFOs Are Up Against.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Accounting 101. I am not an accountant, and have no desire to be one, but I have used their output (accounting statements) as raw material in valuation and corporate finance. To the extent that these numbers are used in computing financial ratios, it will affect your measures of operating income and return on invested capital.

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Future CFO

MAY 1, 2024

Giselle Arellano-Geronimo A controller, for Geronimo, also has the privilege to make a story out of the numbers and convert the results of the financials into actionable business decisions and strategies that help shape the business. “A

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2016

CFOs’ worlds orbit around money, but a new report by The Wall Street Journal suggests these professionals are willing to take a significant pay cut to make a career move. Analysts have found an increase in the number of CFOs starting at for-profit companies and moving to nonprofits, reports said this week.

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Future CFO

JULY 10, 2023

Talent cultivation aside, the programme also aims to correct the misperception among youths that accountancy is about crunching numbers and may be less exciting than other emerging fields, accountancy body noted. The post Talent cultivation: ISCA’s new programme to create diverse, inclusive talent pool appeared first on FutureCFO.

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Future CFO

MAY 2, 2023

Deloitte FutureCFO spoke to Mike Polaha , senior vice president for finance solutions and technology at BlackLine , for his take on how CFOs and other finance leaders can improve the odds of successful transformation. What are the primary objectives of finance transformation?

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