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How Deel is building truly global payroll

CFO Dive

In today’s global economy, the shift to work-from-anywhere has opened up the possibility of hiring the best people in the world to power your company.

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Commodities for the Long Run?

CFA Institute

David Blanchett, PhD, CFA, CFP®, is managing director, portfolio manager, and head of retirement research for PGIM DC Solutions. PGIM is the global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. In this role, he develops solutions to help improve retirement outcomes for investors with a specific focus on defined contribution plans. Prior to joining PGIM, he was the head of retirement research for Morningstar Investment Management LLC.

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4 tips for combating CFO deepfakes

CFO Dive

CFOs need to be cautious posting personal material on social accounts, as such information can be used to build deepfakes.

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The Return Of IAR Ethics CE Day And The State Of The (Nerd’s Eye View) Blog

Nerd's Eye View

After several turbulent years in both markets and workforces, 2024 appears to be the 'most normal' year of late, with strong market performance, cooling (or at least no longer rising!?) interest rates, and relatively little new tax legislation (yet). Yet the need for advisor education – and the regulatory requirements to get it (in the form of Continuing Education obligations) – never ends, with the latest focus for most financial advisors being on the ongoing expansion of NASAA's 20

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Why Tech-Forward Tax and Accounting Firms Have the Inside Track to the Future

Speaker: Joe Wroblewski, Sales Engineer Manager

Automating time-consuming manual tasks can save your firm hundreds of hours–and thousands of dollars. But it can also have longer-lasting benefits, like helping you attract and retain the next generation of CPAs, and we don’t need to tell you how important that is amid the current generational staffing crisis in the tax and accounting profession. You'll want to save your seat for this new webinar with industry expert Joe Wroblewski, where we'll explore how to: Maximize ROI with Cost-Effective Te

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Crypto theft doubles to $1.38B

CFO Dive

The May theft of over $300 million worth of bitcoin from Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin is the largest digital currency heist so far this year.

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How CFOs can survive a takeover

CFO Dive

CFOs need to make sure they have a road map for handing the company over to the buyer, West Monroe’s Connor Augustyn said.

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Female audit leader: Don't be afraid to challenge stereotypes

Future CFO

Editor’s note: Audit is much more than a compliance requirement and is definitely not a declining industry, said Narissa Chen (pictured), Partner, Head of Audit & Assurance, Forvis Mazars in Singapore. She shared with FutureCFO what a career in audit offers and how female professionals can become audit leaders. The interview is part of the Female Leadership in Finance Series.

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Serta brings in ElectroLux alum as finance chief after latest CEO swap

CFO Dive

GE alum Cesar Perez will take the mattress manufacturer’s financial reins only a few days after its newly-appointed CEO, Jim Loree, stepped into his role as of July 1.

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Safeguarding Your Software Supply Chain: Lessons from the CDK Global Cyberattack

E78 Partners

The recent CDK Global Cyberattack sheds light on the importance of protecting your software supply chain. As a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for car dealerships, CDK Global’s operations were heavily affected, impacting numerous clients. By looking at the details of the CDK cyberattack and understanding, what a software supply chain attack entails, we can identify best practices for ensuring your organization’s security.

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Live Demo - Supercharge your Month End Close

Automation generally supercharges any process and brings its value to the forefront. See how infusing automation such as ART (our month-end close solution), into your close can get you to the next level of closing. We will share a live demo of SkyStem's solution, ART and share the key elements of month-end close automation. Through ART, we'll take a look at: What month-end close automation entails Which process steps can and should be automated Benefits of achieving process automation, and Why i

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Future-proof finance talent through upskilling and digital transformation

CFO Dive

Why finance leaders must modernize within their own departments to bridge the growing talent gap.

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Welcoming our 2024 WMNfintech Cohort!

Bank of the West

BMO is proud to welcome the 2024 WMNfintech cohort, our new class of women-founded, women-led fintech startups that are transforming the financial sector. Participating WMNfintech startups have raised more than… Read more The post Welcoming our 2024 WMNfintech Cohort! appeared first on About BMO.

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1,014: Passion and Purpose: Building a Vibrant Finance Culture | Karen Williams, CFO, American Express Global Business Travel

CFO Thought Leader

Karen Williams’s journey to becoming a successful CFO began with a crucial lesson learned early in her career at the UK headquarters of candy giant Mars. As a young professional, she tells us, she had failed to grasp the importance of relationship-building and expressing her passion for the business. At times, this void had kept her sidelined and stymied her professional growth, a conclusion that she would reach only much later, when she personally witnessed the power of networking and per

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Manufacturing for Tomorrow: Integrating Environmental Sustainability into Supply Chain Finance

CFO News

Deepak Rastogi, CFO at Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals LTD, explores the pivotal role of sustainable finance in driving eco-friendly practices within the manufacturing sector.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Protected: Career Guide: Becoming a Fractional CFO

Beacon CFO Plus

This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: Career Guide: Becoming a Fractional CFO appeared first on BeaconCFO Plus.

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Budget FY25 should focus on tax relief to boost consumption: India Inc

CFO News

Rating agency ICRA said the government is likely to set a fiscal deficit target at 4.9-5 per cent for FY25, as against 5.1 per cent estimated in the Interim Budget on February 1, without compromising the capital expenditure target of Rs 11.1 lakh crore.

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Compliances cut, MCA gets tough on flouting companies law

CFO News

Arms of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) have intensified enforcement actions in recent quarters to ensure stricter adherence to rules, even as the government has lessened the compliance burden on India Inc. In the June quarter, various Registrars of Companies (RoCs) issued a total of 321 orders against firms for alleged lapses under the Companies Act.

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India generates 46.7 million jobs in 2023-24 fiscal: RBI data

CFO News

The employment growth rate for the fastest growing major economy stood at 6% in FY24 against 3.2% in the preceding fiscal, the central bank said Monday in a report on measuring productivity on industry level.

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: What Really Matters

Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA

In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. If you’re aiming for the summit, the air gets thinner—and what got you here won’t be enough to get you to the top (a concept first popularized by Marshall Goldsmith in his book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There ). What made you successful early in your finance career—technical accuracy, sharp analysis, flawless execution—won’t be what carries you to the next level.

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Budget 2024: Travel agents body demands industry status, GST rate rationalization for tourism sector

CFO News

Union Budget 2024: On Monday, the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) called for several measures to support the domestic travel and tourism sector. These include streamlined visa requirements, promoting visa-free entry for tourists, rationalising GST rates and GST credit, and granting industry status to all stakeholders. The sector contributes 5.8 percent to India's GDP and has an ambitious target of reaching USD 1 trillion by 2047.

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Budget 2024 staffing industry's wish list: Tax breaks, skill development, and PF reforms

CFO News

The staffing and HR industry anticipates tax breaks and investment in skill development in the FY25 budget. They propose lowering the GST on employment services from 18% to 5% and easing EPF contribution rules for staffing companies. Emphasizing skilling in sectors like semiconductors and EVs could address talent shortages and unemployment.

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Price cuts fail to speed up FMCG sales as urban India takes it slow

CFO News

FMCG sales growth has slowed down in both urban and rural areas despite price cuts. Factors such as heat waves, election-related restrictions, and reduced cash-buying have impacted demand. Analysts foresee a potential rural-led recovery in the second half of FY25, with expectations of muted value growth and potential volume growth for staple companies.

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At private dinner, Modi & Putin discuss Eurasian geopolitics, Indian investments

CFO News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in a detailed dialogue on Monday addressing the Eurasian landscape and its security, trade imbalance, the upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan, joint defense manufacturing under the 'Make in India' initiative, and India's expansion in the Far-East via the Vladivostok-Chennai maritime corridor.

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The Hidden Science Behind Why Finance Teams Resist Change—And How to Fix It

Speaker: Kim Beynon, CPA, CGMA, PMP

The most overlooked, yet most critical, element of transformation is preparing people for change. Automation and AI aren't just technical upgrades, they’re cultural shifts which can challenge identities. That’s why change management isn’t a side project—it’s the foundation. In finance, where precision and process rule, navigating change can feel especially disruptive.

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JSW Steel to spend $1 billion on decarbonisation, aims net neutral by 2050

CFO News

In its first phase by 2030, the country’s largest steel-maker intends to cut its emissions to 1.95 tonnes of CO2 for every tonne of steel produced. Its currently emits 2.36 tonne of CO2 for a tonne of steel.

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