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Beyond the Basics: 7 Key Focus Areas for New CFOs

CFO Talks

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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3 Marketing Tools to Adopt to Become Better Finance Business Partners

Fpanda Club

Empathy map An empathy map is a simple but effective collaborative tool used to develop customer-centric mindset, better understand customers and their problems, prioritize them and offer solutions by keeping a customer’s point of view in mind. planning, reporting and analysis) are the products/services of the function.

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In a time of great market uncertainty, professional financial planning is more important than ever.

BlueLight

Financial Advice for Startups I recently spoke with finance leaders from a couple dozen startups. 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. Accounting ?—?Many

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Mastering financial agility: Learnings from ASEAN finance leaders

Future CFO

The pandemic gave new meaning to financial agility. It became vital as companies pivoted, recalibrated their financial models, and looked to withstand market shocks. For financial leaders, this shift in meaning created challenges. As a result, every company sought financial clarity. The race for clarity.

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How To Accelerate Client Growth As An Advice-Only Firm

CFO News Room

Mindy: I mean, a lot of times they’ll say stuff like, “Time to prioritize this.” And I get many more questions about implementation than I do maintaining a financial model. So, that’s not a question I hear from a lot of firms on the intake process. What kind of responses do you get?

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AIs Impact on Corporate Finance

The Finance Weekly

As a seasoned finance leader in telecommunications, retail, technology, and legal sectors, Glenn envisions transforming the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from being a historical reporter to a strategic forward-thinker. Finance and accounting teams should prioritize their focus on preparing for what lies ahead.