Prioritizing AR innovation can help CFOs weather recession: study
CFO Dive
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
With inflation top of mind for CFO’s, upgrading AR processes could help financial executives buffer against persistent economic pressures.
Survey: Executives Optimistic Despite Financial Disruption, Prioritizing Technology Adoption to Combat Talent Shortage
CFO Leadership
MAY 31, 2023
Survey: Executives Optimistic Despite Financial Disruption, Prioritizing Technology Adoption to Combat Talent Shortage As we near the halfway mark of 2023, the overwhelming theme throughout the year has been uncertainty. Executives were 20% more likely to predict economic expansion in 2023 than a recession.
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Historic job growth in 2022 reflects strong but uneven economic recovery: State and local lawmakers should prioritize rebuilding the public sector in 2023
CFO News Room
JANUARY 26, 2023
The economic recovery since 2020 Private-sector employment has largely returned to pre-pandemic levels across the country, except for the leisure and hospitality sector, which faced large job losses and remains 5.5% State and local lawmakers should seize it. below February 2020 employment levels.
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Survey: Executives Optimistic Despite Financial Disruption, Prioritizing Technology Adoption to Combat Talent Shortage
CFO Leadership
MAY 31, 2023
Survey: Executives Optimistic Despite Financial Disruption, Prioritizing Technology Adoption to Combat Talent Shortage As we near the halfway mark of 2023, the overwhelming theme throughout the year has been uncertainty. Executives were 20% more likely to predict economic expansion in 2023 than a recession.
CFOs zero in on digital transformation
CFO Dive
JANUARY 13, 2023
Finance leaders are still prioritizing digital transformation even as they face economic headwinds.
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Top 10 CFO Priorities for 2024
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. Revamp Finance Operations As the , CFO's responsibilities grow, the finance function's impact also expands.
Beyond the Basics: 7 Key Focus Areas for New CFOs
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.
Voters turned out for economic justice: A review of key ballot measures from the 2022 midterm elections
CFO News Room
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Though much work remains to be done to enact a progressive economic agenda, this midterm election showed clear signs of support for a policy agenda that prioritizes economic, racial, and gender justice for working families. Nebraska: Voters approved Initiative 433, which will increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 by 2026.
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Modern Qualities a CFO Must Have
The Finance Weekly
JANUARY 18, 2024
The traditional definition of a CFO is that he or she is the senior manager of all things financial for a company or corporation. The CFO monitors the company’s cash flow, analyzes its financial health, suggests recommendations for possible improvement, and oversees the company’s financial accounting, including timely and accurate reporting.
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925: A.I. and the Hands of Time | Scott Bennion, CFO, Paystand
CFO Thought Leader
AUGUST 14, 2023
If Paystand CFO Scott Bennion were to break his three-decade-long finance career into different chapters, the software finance leader would likely agree that he and many of his peers have recently opened a new one. These are the things that we’ll be prioritizing over the next 12 months.
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906: When Strategy and Profits Meet | Taryn Aronson, CFO, Tovala
CFO Thought Leader
JUNE 10, 2023
In the ensuing months at Redbox, Aronson dug into the numbers and began to educate others on the true economics of Blu-ray versus SD and the practices that optimized the buying and allocation of Blu-ray discs at Redbox. She would subsequently join Redbox’s strategy team after having completed an MBA degree.
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Creative CFO Launches New Investment Vehicle to Back High-Growth Small and Medium-Sized Business in South Africa
Creative CFP
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Cape Town, South Africa Business advisory firm Creative CFO has recently launched Creative Growth Capital, its very own investment vehicle to meet the high demand for flexible funding solutions that are better geared toward SME business models.
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Efficiency First: Tech Trends for Finance Teams in 2023
The Finance Weekly
DECEMBER 22, 2022
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. Anything that can help you with reducing costs is quite popular at the moment,” said Wouter Born, founder and managing partner at Born Capital, an investment firm specializing in CFO tech. “Of
Holding Onto Your Marketing Budget in a Downturn
CFO News Room
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
If you’re a chief marketing officer (CMO), the current economic uncertainty undoubtedly creates anxiety for you, your team, and your agencies. The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has demonstrated the tight correlation between advertising spend and economic indicators like GDP growth by looking at historical data.
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Interim Budget: GST, subsidy, affordable housing are India Inc's wish list
CFO News
JANUARY 24, 2024
The CII suggests balancing fiscal consolidation with economic growth by reducing the fiscal deficit to around 5.4% They propose a three-rate structure for the goods and services tax (GST) and prioritizing investor interest in the government's divestment program. of the GDP.
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Budget 2024: Govt likely to maintain capex momentum in FY25
CFO News
JANUARY 29, 2024
Union budget 2024: The government is expected to continue prioritizing capital expenditure, particularly in the infrastructure sector, in the upcoming Budget to drive economic growth. The government has allocated a record high of Rs 10 lakh crore for capex during the current financial year, with a consistent increase.
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Budget 2024: Govt likely to maintain capex momentum in FY25
CFO News
JANUARY 21, 2024
Union budget 2024: The government is expected to continue prioritizing capital expenditure, particularly in the infrastructure sector, in the upcoming Budget to drive economic growth. The government has allocated a record high of Rs 10 lakh crore for capex during the current financial year, with a consistent increase.
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A Seat at the Table: The Risks of Complacent Data Privacy Governance
CFO News Room
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Current privacy regulations, however, prioritize governments and firms over consumers. Beijing’s economic weight means that many of its domestic regulations will affect foreign actors who need to do business in, or with, China. This sets a bad example for other countries looking to improve their own policies. Ethan Yang.
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Asia Pacific consumers to up spending on discretionary items
Future CFO
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Asia Pacific consumers will likely have more to spend on discretionary items in 2024, said Mastercard Economics Institute (MEI) recently. And what the data shows is that people remain eager to travel and dine out, although levels vary from market to market,” said David Mann, Chief Economist, Asia Pacific, Mastercard.
Five Focal Points for Future-Ready CFOs
CFO Leadership
JANUARY 5, 2024
The intensity stems from the larger, more far-reaching implications of the make-or-break decisions CEOs and boards expect CFOs to make quickly. To support these activities, CFOs also are prioritizing investments that strengthen data models and data governance.
Five Focal Points for Future-Ready CFOs
CFO Leadership
JANUARY 25, 2024
Research from Protiviti shows that CFO priorities are intensifying and converging. The intensity stems from the larger, more far-reaching implications of the make-or-break decisions CEOs and boards expect CFOs to make quickly.
Do You Decide to Plan or Plan to Fail?
CFO Simplified
DECEMBER 10, 2021
With the amount of economic uncertainty in today’s economy, coupled with supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and rising costs – strategy management is critical to achieving your company’s profitable growth expectations. appeared first on CFO Simplified. They can measure results and are best able to reach their potential.
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Limits to Growth: Inconvenient Truth of Our Times
CFO News Room
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
By Adnan A Hezri, an environmental policy analyst, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia, and author of The Sustainability Shift: Reshaping Malaysia’s Future and Jomo Kwame Sundaram, former UN Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development. Originally published at Jomo’s website. Authored by Donella H.
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Preparing Your Finance Organization for the New Era of AI
CFO Leadership
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The latter, for example, is an offering that Bloomberg says can “ bring the full potential of AI to the financial domain ” and create entirely new workflows, economic analyses and financial benchmarks for its customers. The post Preparing Your Finance Organization for the New Era of AI first appeared on CFO Leadership.
9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2023 and Beyond
CFO News Room
JANUARY 18, 2023
In 2023, organizations will continue to face significant challenges : a competitive talent landscape, an exhausted workforce, and pressure to control costs amid a looming economic downturn. How employers respond could determine whether they are an employer of choice. Employers will “quiet hire” in-demand talent.
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SA Budget Speech 2023: What can CFOs expect?
CFO Talks
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
By Jeff Ryan , MD of AWCape, a Platinum Sage business partner for HR, payroll and financial solutions South Africa’s Budget Speech for 2023 is an eagerly anticipated event for CFOs and financial leaders alike, as it provides insight into the government’s economic priorities and plans for the year ahead.
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The eight factors for businesses' NFT adoption
Future CFO
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Business leaders see benefits in the adoption of non-fungible tokens or NFTs, according to a joint study by Bain & Company and the World Economic Forum. Through a better understanding of underlying NFT technology, users and companies could better recognize the benefits of NFT use cases. Macroeconomic and business environment.
Financial Literacy for Parents
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
The federal government’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has a website that offers several modules where parents can find instructional strategies and learning activities to help their kids learn good habits such as planning and prioritizing. Louis, helps break those topics down in a way that kids actually understand. .
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130 CFOs’ Risk Concerns Mushroom, But Cyberthreats Not In Focus
PYMNTS
APRIL 10, 2019
But cyberattacks and data breaches represent just one piece of the risk profile pie — and according to researchers, today’s CFO is prioritizing other threats facing the enterprise today. Talent Management, Economic Disruption. Maturing Risk Strategies.
Third-party risk management: Organisations redefining approach
Future CFO
OCTOBER 23, 2023
But as the business and macro-economic environment evolves, there is a need for a higher degree of centralized control in the governance of third-party ecosystems, better coordination internally and externally, and the need to invest in real-time data-driven insights to thrive amid disruption and uncertainty.
Where Is Tech Going in 2023?
CFO News Room
JANUARY 8, 2023
Geopolitical and economic uncertainties are injecting more caution into the next phase of tech’s evolution. We also see signs that the combination of advanced mobility, advanced connectivity, and applied AI will be applied to less sexy but economical critical logistics problems as a path to building supply chain flexibility and resilience.
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Ready to Make the Most out of Record-Setting Private Equity Growth?
E78 Partners
APRIL 13, 2023
To capitalize on these strategic choices, PE firms need to invest in a strong CFO office, personnel hires, processes and systems, and consider partnering with a transaction advisor to build a platform for successful roll-up strategies. The office of the CFO is critical to scale PE-backed companies. Have more questions?
How You Can Set a Highly Ethical Example in Financial Leadership
The Finance Weekly
APRIL 27, 2022
Following 2 years of pandemic-driven economic turmoil, many organizations, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are relatively low on optimism and cash. Doing so as a CFO requires the following actions: 1. If formal policies are not in place, first prioritize where to start (i.e., Tackling the Issue of Ethics.
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3 FP&A Trends Shaping Our Digital Economy
Planful
APRIL 29, 2021
Agile FP&A involves prioritizing people over process, with a focus on continuous changes and proactive communication. Following the start of the pandemic in 2020, 89% of CFOs found the “external economic and financial uncertainties facing their business as high or very high,” which was up by 34% from the previous quarter.
Buyers And Suppliers Tackle The Invoice-To-Pay Digitization Journey
PYMNTS
MAY 4, 2020
. “Any strategic CFO will recognize the need for digital transformation.” With so much paper stuck in AR and AP departments, the B2B payment functions are prime digitization targets that could yield efficiencies and cost savings well after economic disruption settles. Prioritizing Buyer-Supplier Benefits.
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The One Thing Behind Every CFO’s Goals
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. CFOs Prioritize. percent reduction in budget.
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42 When CFOs’ Worries Are FinServ’s Worries, Too
PYMNTS
MARCH 28, 2016
From China’s slowing economic growth, to the strengthening U.S. dollar, to a host of other geopolitical phenomena impacting the global economy, corporate CFOs have a lot to keep their eyes on. Rather, the CFO makes decisions grounded in fact, not in gut instinct.
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Six questions to consider when planning spend management
Future CFO
MAY 23, 2021
Finance leaders are accelerating initiatives tied to cost optimization, working capital management, and real-time visibility- prioritizing AI, predictive analytics, RPA, and reporting. This is important during all economic times, but especially now. Digital transformation calls for intelligent spend management.
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3 Corporate Governance Issues and How To Overcome Them
Planful
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Boards face unique problems to solve depending on the company’s circumstances, whether that’s an economic boom or a pandemic like COVID-19. . Organizations that don’t prioritize net-zero transition run the risk of having BlackRock voting against management and selling its shares. But corporate governance isn’t static.
In a time of great market uncertainty, professional financial planning is more important than ever.
BlueLight
AUGUST 21, 2020
Their expertise ranged from seed stage start-ups, where the CEO also served as the in-house finance leader, to growth stage companies where an in-house CFO monitored the entity’s current and future financial health. Our model provides you with a CFO and analyst pair to bring a finance presence. Accounting ?—?Many
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What Causes Inflation?
CFO News Room
DECEMBER 23, 2022
Supply shocks: Inflation often happens because of supply shocks — major disruptions to an important economic input, like energy. There was a lot of “slack” in the economy, meaning lots of economic resources weren’t being put to use. . All three have a role in inflation. .
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CFOs Worried About Brexit Long-Term
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 30, 2016
Levels of uncertainty remain high, and CFOs are prioritizing “defensive strategies,” reports said. Nearly 90 percent of companies’ CFOs surveyed said the uncertainty regarding financial and economic matters is abnormally high; nearly half said they will be prioritizing reducing costs for the next year.
Coronavirus outbreak: C-suite rewriting capital strategies
Future CFO
APRIL 14, 2020
Once some normality has returned, executives say that they will focus on prioritizing changes in new investments in digital and technology (43%) and capital allocation across their portfolio (42%), survey results indicate. The majority (72%) are also planning to conduct more regular strategy and portfolio reviews, the firm added.
Larry Chester Featured On HighRadius CFO Circle: Impact of Poor Collections-Strategy on CX
CFO Simplified
APRIL 6, 2022
Larry Chester, CEO at CFO Simplified was featured on HighRadius’ Mid Market CFO Circle on the Impact of Poor Collections. Transcript: Madhurima Gupta: Hi, welcome to the Mid-Market CFO Circle podcast powered by RadiusOne. We hear you mid-market CFOs, and we understand your challenges.
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