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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CFO Thought Leader

MARCH 26, 2024

This step triggered not only a geographical shift but also a change in Sawyer’s professional life, when her work alongside a CEO ultimately fueled her aspirations to become a chief financial officer. This relationship deepened her expertise in operational excellence and marked a decisive step toward achieving her eventual CFO ambitions.

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Onplan

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Finance professionals and teams today have numerous solutions available to help them plan, budget, forecast, and analyze financial information. However, not all FP&A tools are created equal. The 10 best FP&A companies featured in this list are: OnPlan. So, what is the best FP&A software? Key features.

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Future CFO

MARCH 2, 2023

Autonomous technology in finance will impact FP&A and controllership in three ways, as acceptance of these technologies among finance leaders is more prevalent, said Gartner recently. “80% FP&A teams build reports and analysis using data from multiple — and often disconnected — systems, the firm said.

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The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 31, 2022

Effective practices in this indispensable aspect of business can be defined by 4 categories; personal leadership, technological leadership, operational understanding, financial competency and strategic capacity. 5 Leadership Competencies for CFOs 1. 5 Leadership Competencies for CFOs 1. Personal leadership (incl.

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CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 7, 2024

This episode our Planning Aces emphasize the importance of leveraging one’s breadth of experience, stepping beyond traditional FP&A roles, and focusing on execution to bring significant value to organizations. Read More 3.Understanding

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Planful

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

I had a chance to connect with Nilly Essaides , the Director and Practice Lead, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) at the Association for Financial Professionals. Here’s what she had to say about what’s new and what’s coming in FP&A.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In this blog, he explains why scenario planning is now more important than ever and, most importantly, what it can and can’t do. I explained that it’s not about FP&A trying to predict the future. It’s not the role of FP&A to predict the plethora of possible causes for a change in the business landscape.

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The Finance Weekly

APRIL 12, 2022

For many accounting and finance professionals, being a chief financial officer (CFO) is a career highlight. Nevertheless, the best way to learn the responsibilities and skills required of a CFO is to perform it. Consider the CFO's role as a mixture of problem-solving and business management.

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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. Exploring the Key Priorities for CFOs in 2024 Global political instability, encompassing war, superpower tensions, and internal turmoil, adds complexity to planning for 2024. Starting with an external perspective is crucial.

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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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Spreadym

AUGUST 10, 2023

When choosing the best financial reporting software solution, it's important to consider factors such as ease of use, scalability, integration with existing systems, compliance with accounting standards, cost, customer support, and any unique requirements your organization might have. What is financial reporting software?

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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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Planful

MARCH 18, 2019

The FP&A team is numbers-oriented, but also requires a great deal of communication skills. The financial reporting manager must be able to clearly explain specific financial concepts at a high level for busy executives. FP&A teams can do so by leveraging these four essential types of financial reports techniques.

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Centage

DECEMBER 1, 2021

But times have changed – which is why financial forecasting is more important than your annual budget. They’re focused less on benchmarking current performance to the predicted budget and instead want to leverage real-time data to understand what the future looks like. What’s the Financial Forecast Look Like?

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The financial landscape is evolving at breakneck speed, driven by big data, globalisation, and digitisation. Photo by Jakub Zerdzicki This makes Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) a powerful ally for CFOs. From reactive to proactive: Embracing the power of insights CFOs do not lack data.

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E78 Partners

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The Chief Financial Officer plays an indispensable role within Private Equity Portfolio Companies, steering the financial direction and strategy of these organizations. The Changing Tenure of CFOs Despite the critical importance of CFOs, their average tenure is declining.

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Collectiv

JANUARY 2, 2023

With technology evolving at a rapid pace and many teams adjusting to a permanent remote or hybrid work model, this is the time to take stock of your progress and plan the next steps. There are so many amazing opportunities that CFOs can take advantage of in 2023, as well as new challenges to be prepared for. Continued Remote Work.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

However, as finance professionals, particularly those in the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) function, require more sophisticated analytical capabilities, Gartner says these teams will likely rethink their continued use of spreadsheets at least for use cases such as dashboard creation, reporting and modelling.

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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.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

When these disconnected versions are later combined or compared, discrepancies can arise due to outdated information, formatting inconsistencies, or human errors during manual data entry,” said Ervina Waty , group chief financial officer at Ateria. This helps mitigate errors and ensures that teams can leverage spreadsheets effectively.

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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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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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Planful

JUNE 8, 2016

A recent Argyle virtual event sponsored by Planful discussed the role of CFOs in today’s business world, and the increased focus on financial planning and analysis (FP&A). Argyle Virtual Event: Spotlight on FP&A. Looking Toward the Future of FP&A.

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The Finance Weekly

APRIL 27, 2022

Wall Street anticipates growth, the C-suite expects annual plans to be accomplished, and owners expect a return on their investment, especially those who have potentially risked their life savings. Chief financial officers, known for exhibiting strong professional ethics, need to lead in navigating this difficult period.

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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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The Finance Weekly

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Large companies are firmly embracing robotic process automation (RPA), leveraging sophisticated data analytics and visualization tools, and exploring the use of blockchain and other new technologies. As a small business CFO, how do you navigate toward business recovery? Approaching Pragmatism Based on Organizational Size.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The Great Resignation is impacting companies in Asia as well, said Lee Thong Tan (pictured), CFO Practice Lead at Workday in an interview with FutureCFO. Tan shares his advice on how CFOs can retain talent. Lee Thong Tan, CFO Practice Lead at Workday. FutureCFO: What should CFOs do to retain talent?

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ProCFO Partners

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Rather than robust financial departments, it could be just a handful of people fulfilling financial functions. With the right approach to post-close financial functions, PE companies can avoid inefficiencies, frustration, risk and operational headaches. Post-close, this small team can be exhausted and stretched to its limits.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Mature buyers are becoming more open to leveraging third-party support across more complex, judgment-intensive processes [such as financial planning and analysis (FP&A) and tax] as well as industry-specific processes (such as premium collections and claims accounting in the insurance sector).

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Planful

OCTOBER 19, 2021

CFOs play a vital role in informing the board’s corporate governance. It’s the CFO’s responsibility to consider the best interests of both the organization and its stakeholders when evaluating the company’s finances. The person in this role should provide the board the financial knowledge needed to set the company’s larger strategy.

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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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Future CFO

MARCH 13, 2023

Gartner surveys looking to 2022 show that CFOs, controllers and heads of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) are all focused on digital initiatives that will lay critical groundwork for an autonomous future. Stakeholders can utilise the data to assess business performance and plan," she added.

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Future CFO

JUNE 1, 2022

Rigid data silos have been replaced with more fluid methods of working as technology-enabled collaboration provides a comprehensive, company-wide, real-time overview for agility when plans change. They required a solution to provide a single source of truth that would support the budgeting and planning process across the entire enterprise.

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Future CFO

MAY 9, 2021

Finance transformation plans will fail if CFOs do not fully address four areas of comparative advantages of their function, said Gartner recently. improvement in the financial soundness of operational decisions. improvement in the financial soundness of operational decisions. Portfolio-level view of decision support.

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Planful

APRIL 26, 2017

This enables them to shift time from collecting and formatting information to performing analysis that moves the business forward. Financial Close and Reporting – A Critical Process. The financial close and reporting process crosses multiple systems, departments, and locations. Watch the Webinar Replay.

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