CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 18, 2023

AI in the “Real World” While these powerful tools seem to have a near mastery of natural language communication, they are not necessarily designed to possess many of the skills required by finance and accounting professionals. They’re not very good at mathematics or dealing with numbers in general.

Finance 52

Finance Accounting Auditing IFRS 52

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Measuring Profitability 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.

Hurdle Rate 80

Hurdle Rate Investments Accounting Entertainment 80

The CFO College

APRIL 8, 2021

You’ll really want to delve into the pain points of business owners (saving money, reducing tax burden, and increasing bottom line), tax opportunities and planning, and GAAP accounting and solutions. For us numbers people, one of the hardest things can be getting out in front of a CEO and talking yourself up enough to land a new client.

CFO 52

CFO Benchmarking Tax Planning Accounting 52

The Charity CFO

JANUARY 17, 2022

So you can understand what’s happening in your business and communicate effectively with your board members, donors, and financial team. And then, there are a series of reports and financial statements you’ll use to communicate the financial reality of your organization to potential donors, the IRS, watchdog agencies, and other stakeholders.

Nonprofit 98

Nonprofit Accounting Profit and Loss Accounts Payable 98

Planful

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Let go of spreadsheets—error-prone, inefficient, and often hindering—and move toward technology that allows you and the shareholders to trust the numbers. Planful supports collaboration and data integration across the business, so you can be confident in your numbers and view the data from a single source of truth.

Financial Reporting 40

Financial Reporting Valuation IFRS GAAP 40

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With each decade, you can see the effect of regional and sector performance in the previous decade; the 1990 list is dominated by Japanese stocks, reflecting the rise of Japanese equities in the 1980s, and the 2000 list by technology and communication companies, benefiting from the dot-com boom.

Valuation 104

Valuation Profit and Loss Accounting Investments 104

Onplan

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Instead of reaching out to your marketing, sales, and other departments for data inputs, and spreading your communication across various channels and sources, you can reach instant and total alignment. Automated reporting also enforces compliance with GAAP and IFRS standards. It also offers convenient multi-currency management.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Budgeting Forecasting Planning 52