Future CFO

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

It went to note that FP&A and reporting teams have been stretched as the demand for rapid and effective business insight from finance has proved critical for many organisations which have been placed under acute stress. Crisis-born FP&A best practice. “Life challenges us, so that we become enlightened. Siang Leng Tay.

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Future CFO

MARCH 7, 2024

Chief financial officers in Southeast Asia are bracing for "heightened challenges" amid ongoing volatility, according to a latest study by Deloitte. Ho Kok-Yong “What is unique about Southeast Asia CFOs is a certain savviness in terms of capitalising on the upsides that volatility presents," he adds.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Unlike a typical financial downturn, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic has been far more difficult to predict. The virus continues to ravage the global population, effect changes in consumer behavior, unearth workforce planning challenges, precipitate demand drops, and create supply chain shocks across the business world.

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The Finance Weekly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The humble spreadsheet remains an essential, if not critical, component of many financial operations. Therefore, while we won't pay attention to what is or isn't happening to Excel (or Google Sheets), we can predict some CFO tech trends in 2023. But that’s not the only thing that’s driving tech investment for CFOs in 2023.

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The Finance Weekly

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As 2024 approaches, CFOs need to assess their 2023 achievements and plan for the coming year. Analyze the current economic situation, considering challenges such as inflation and rising interest rates. Despite these challenges, CFOs must collaborate with their management teams to formulate practical solutions.

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BlueLight

JUNE 2, 2020

Last month, I wrote an article about the FP&A function of the CFO suite ( link ). For this piece, I’ll dive into a tactical analysis that is important to every CEO and CFO, the budget vs actual variance analysis. How should we adjust the forecast going forward? That’s not good but now what?

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Jedox Finance

JULY 18, 2019

” is the clear message from Chief Financial Officers. To do that we must address the mindset of the entire FP&A team. Operating within your organization’s framework, as we discussed in the previous posts in this blog series , will frame how your FP&A team carries out this mandate.

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Focus CFO

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Some business owners downplay the complexity of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) and mistakenly task their accounting team with this crucial function, or hope their CPA firm can be of help. Let’s examine how an outsourced, fractional CFO can improve FP&A: Improving Data. .” – Lao Tzu.

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Planful

APRIL 29, 2021

By staying on top of current FP&A trends. In 2021, that means examining how agility, cloud technology, and microplanning are redefining FP&A. Agile financial planning can help during times like these. Many finance leaders understand the importance of agile planning. JPMorgan Chase lost $3.1

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Planful

APRIL 1, 2020

What the Experts Are Saying: Helpful Resources for FP&A. PriceWaterhouseCoopers: PwC’s COVID-19 CFO Pulse Survey. The Wall Street Journal — CFO Insights and Analysis from Deloitte: Capex Risk Modeling for COVID-19 Response. CFO Journal: Crisis Management: The Overlooked Leadership Skill.

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Collectiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

In the latest episode of Collectiv Conversations, I chatted with Stephen Newland about the future of financial planning and analysis and how we can improve the forecasting and budgeting process. Stephen is the director of FP&A at GrowthLab Financial , which offers finance-as-a-service for growing businesses.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Future-forward finance and accounting organizations were quick to embrace robotic process automation (RPA) years ago to manage mundane, repetitive back-office tasks like data entry and routine financial reporting. AI is a tool and not a replacement for finance professionals. over at least the next decade. over at least the next decade.

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CFO Leadership

JANUARY 25, 2024

If a group of chief financial officers (CFOs) from 2018 stepped out of a time machine into their 2023 offices, they would be astonished by what they saw. Research from Protiviti shows that CFO priorities are intensifying and converging. This is the case for both publicly and privately held organizations.

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CFO Leadership

JANUARY 5, 2024

If a group of chief financial officers (CFOs) from 2018 stepped out of a time machine into their 2023 offices, they would be astonished by what they saw. The intensity stems from the larger, more far-reaching implications of the make-or-break decisions CEOs and boards expect CFOs to make quickly.

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E78 Partners

APRIL 13, 2023

Key Takeaways Private capital markets faced headwinds in 2022, but a boom is predicted due to more companies staying private longer, institutional investors increasing allocations to private equity, and a demographic shift as entrepreneurial Baby Boomers consider succession plans for their businesses. Are you prepared for this secular trend?

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Future CFO

AUGUST 30, 2021

What makes for a sought-after chief finance professional (CFO)? According to Payscale.com , skills such as leadership, and financial reporting and strategic planning, won’t elevate your take-home pay much. These days, strong computer skills, as are advanced knowledge of accounting, budgeting, and finances.

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BlueLight

JULY 30, 2020

Forward In the current economic crisis, business leaders from early-stage startups to large multinational corporations have had to make difficult decisions. The financial implication of these decision is critical and the CFO is the executive helping the CEO navigate these decisions. Edited for readability.

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CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 1, 2023

In this Planning Aces episode, host Jack Sweeney and guest host Ben Murray discuss the collaborative organizational effort behind generating business intelligence (BI) and the different places BI resources may reside within a business, with reference to an episode featuring Gary Zyla, CFO of AssetMark. What’s he about?

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Among these are the changes that were faced in the financial planning and analysis function. Data in the cloud also aided Vena Energy’s FP&A team in analysing data remotely. Chew believes this technology contributed significantly to the success of their FP&A operations.

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Future CFO

MAY 26, 2020

Mike San Diego, chief financial officer for JK Finance Capital. Mike San Diego, chief financial officer for JK Finance Capital. Asked what keeps him awake at nights during these periods, Mike San Diego , chief financial officer for JK Finance Capital in the Philippines, said “scenario planning for business recovery”.

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Future CFO

JULY 7, 2021

Future CFO: How can finance function leaders become agile enough to adapt to the constantly changing finance ecosystem? Where they identify gaps, leaders should work with their teams to align these characteristics to their existing strategy and develop a tactical plan to close the gaps identified.

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Planful

JANUARY 11, 2022

And as the economic recovery continues and business operations slowly return to normal, the digital surge shows no signs of slowing down. Consistent with their 2018 forecast, McKinsey’s late 2020 study found that organizations that invested more in digital than their competitors were twice as likely to report outsize revenue growth.

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Jedox Finance

JULY 3, 2019

In the first post “ The Future of FP&A ” of this blog series, we discussed how the CFO must be the guide, and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) must take control of new and changing expectations for the finance department. ” Why: Overall tone for FP&A. .”

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CFO Leadership

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

WE ARE PROUD TO ALIGN WITH ORACLE NETSUITE AS A NATIONAL SPONSOR OF THE CFO LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. That’s because the last data points were taken from a survey intended primarily for CFOs, with a smaller set of response data from others on how they felt about the job their CFOs were doing. Six Quarters of Spending Expectation Data.

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