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CFO Dive
APRIL 24, 2023
The newly-minted CFO will concentrate on FP&A and financial reporting this year, which requires finding finance employees that have a range of skill sets.
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CFO Dive
APRIL 24, 2023
The newly-minted CFO will concentrate on FP&A and financial reporting this year, which requires finding finance employees that have a range of skill sets.
Global Finance
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Mexicos new President Claudia Sheinbaum announced measures last month to steady the finances of the state-owned oil company Pemex, which experienced another round of losses this fall. All finances will be concentrated in a single entity: Pemex. In September, Pemex announced a third-quarter loss of 161.5 The company blamed a 6.8%
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Future CFO
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The evolution of the finance function over the past few years has been anything but apparent, with the whole advent of digitalisation within the team and the non-stop shifts in the market. For many Finance teams, AI-powered technology does not replace humans as it functions more like a highly specialised team member.
CFA Institute
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Yuge Pang is a recent graduate of George Mason University School of Business with a concentration in finance. Kexin Xu is a recent graduate of George Mason University School of Business with a concentration in finance. She is also a dean's list student and FNAN & FPWN Honors Program member.
The Finance Weekly
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Finance leaders have traditionally concentrated on cost reduction as the key motivating factor for operational changes. With the broader acceptance of hybrid work, it’s likely that other modes of delivery, including contractors, freelancers, and gig workers, could fill the gaps of many finance teams. Embracing Remote Work.
The Finance Weekly
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CFO Thought Leader
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As an undergraduate studying finance and international business, he contemplated how his professional life could make a meaningful impact. Upon graduation, he joined the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, focusing on empowering small businesses in developing countries.
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One that separates reactive finance from strategic leadership. And yet, finance teams often continue producing 12-month projections as if nothing unexpected will happen. Its about rewiring how finance interacts with risk. Focus on what could break the businessmacro risk, client concentration, supplier failure, regulatory shocks.
Generation CFO
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CFO News
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Global Finance
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The client base predominantly consists of HNWIs and UHNWIs concentrated in Qatar and the broader Middle East and North Africa region, backed by QNBs presence in London, Paris, and Geneva. The post Worlds Best Private Banks 2025: Middle East appeared first on Global Finance Magazine.
CFO Thought Leader
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In Whelans finance playbook, speed, clarity and culture work together, just like ingredients in a wellseasoned dish. We become the connective tissue between purchases, POS data, and the books, taking care of the work few restaurant people enjoy and freeing them to concentrate on what inspired them to open a restaurant in the first place.
CFO News Room
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Resilience, inclusive growth, and technology-enabled development – the Budget 2022 by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman aims to create an enabling framework to achieve these three benchmarks. While the Budget delivers on many fronts, achieving this completely would require a concentrated effort spanning multiple years and further reforms.
Future CFO
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FISPAN
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AJ joined our team a year and a half ago, bringing with him over 10 years of experience in finance and technology from a local credit union. AJ holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems with a concentration in Systems and Networking, as well as a minor in Economics.
CFO Plans
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Musings on Markets
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Barry Ritholtz
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Their focus is on generating alpha with high conviction concentrated portfolios. You get a bachelor’s in economics from Colgate and then an MBA in finance from NYU Stern. Sounds like you had been thinking about finance as a career right from the start. You know, I had no real guidance in terms of finance.
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The client base predominantly consists of HNWIs and UHNWIs concentrated in Qatar and the broader Middle East and North Africa region, backed by QNBs presence in London, Paris, and Geneva. The post Worlds Best Private Banks 2025: Middle East appeared first on Global Finance Magazine.
PYMNTS
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Corporate finance teams were not simply tasked with finding ways to continue operations in a remote work environment as a result of the coronavirus crisis. There were cases where some of these finance teams could not even understand what their cash visibility looked like.”. The Biggest Pain Points, Revealed.
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To maximize these benefits, firms involve finance leadership early and ensure post-close reporting structures support transparency, speed, and investor confidence. They also map critical talent dependencies across finance, sales, and IT to ensure continuity in key operational areas.
Generation CFO
DECEMBER 20, 2021
I am sure not many finance staff would have heard of the ‘Bradford Factor’ a few years ago, but now it could well be one of many drivers! If we go back a few years, HR was very much concentrated on getting payroll correct. What we can be confident of is that there is a much closer relationship developing between HR and finance.
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Future CFO
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As today's world evolve along with technology, finance leaders are expected to keep up so as not to be left behind in the market. Among the many advancements a finance leader must wrap his or her head around are machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP). The tech tackles a multitude of tasks.
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only 30% have completed an impact assessment, said EY recently when releasing results of its EY Tax and Finance Operations Survey. The survey, polled 1,600 CFOs, heads of tax and finance professionals across 32 jurisdictions, according to EY. Only one-third of finance leaders complete impact assessment appeared first on FutureCFO.
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Nerd's Eye View
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Ramit is the author of the New York Times’s bestselling book, I Will Teach You To Be Rich , and the owner of the online platform of the same name that offers financial education content and programs to consumers so they can get refocused on their personal finances and the things they love.
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Long range planning extends beyond conventional budgeting, planning, and forecasting processes which usually span a year, and concentrates mainly on financial goals and key initiatives that are 5-10 years or more into the future. Effective software enables this transition, facilitating the next stage for Finance.
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