CFO Talks
APRIL 22, 2025
Forecast Like a CFO, Not a Fortune Teller If your forecast still fits neatly on a spreadsheet tab and assumes the world will behave, its time for a rethink. Because lets face these days, planning the future on a single-track projection is like betting the farm on a weather forecast. As a CFO, you arent here to hope the numbers work out. Youre here to make sure they do, no matter what storm hits.
CFO Dive
APRIL 22, 2025
Just days after taking the defense contractor’s CFO seat, Evan Scott said Tuesday that he was “comfortable” with the company’s approach to mitigating tariff impacts.
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CFO News
APRIL 22, 2025
NFRA's latest audit inspections reveal critical flaws in Indias top audit firms, including compromised auditor independence, poor documentation, and inadequate scrutiny of related party transactions. What steps are firms taking to address these issues, and how is NFRA ensuring reform? Here are complete details of what is wrong with Indias auditing and audit firms and what firms are doing to overcome lapses.
CFO Dive
APRIL 22, 2025
“To navigate this new era, finance leaders must rethink their traditional approaches,” writes WNS executive Krishnan Raghunathan.
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
CFO Selections
APRIL 22, 2025
One of your most important tasks as a business leader and manager is mitigating risk. Understanding what kind of risk exists, planning for the impact of this risk, and executing continuity plans to keep the organization operational during a disruption is of paramount importance. The earlier risk can be identified, assessed, managed, and integrated into strategic planning, the better.
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Future CFO
APRIL 22, 2025
Agility and adaptability emerges as the most essential quality for effective finance leadership in the digital era, according to a poll conducted by Cxociety. During the recently concluded 5th Annual FutureCFO Conference in the Philippines, with the theme Pathways Towards Differentiated Success , 64% of respondents say they see the importance of agility and adaptability amid the ever-changing business landscape with digital transformation at hand.
CFO Dive
APRIL 22, 2025
Interim CEO Joe Selsavage, who also serves as CFO, is in the hot seat as U.S. lawmakers probe data privacy issues related to the company’s bankruptcy proceeding.
Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 22, 2025
Welcome everyone! Welcome to the 434th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Vanessa N. Martinez. Vanessa is the CEO of Expressive Wealth, an RIA based in Chicago, Illinois, that oversees $135 million in assets under management for approximately 70 client households, including 10 ‘core' ultra-high-net-worth families.
Barry Ritholtz
APRIL 22, 2025
I had a great conversation with Eric Markowitz of The Big Think about HNTI. He focuses on all the right things: “As Ritholtz puts it, The book is ostensibly about investing. But if you strip it down to its most basic form, its about decision-making, judgment, and behavior. He likens smart investing to participating in humanitys progress buying into the slow, compounding gains of innovation, from safer cars to better sneakers.
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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
CFO Thought Leader
APRIL 22, 2025
A Finance Strategic Moment Facing a liquidity crunch, Upton convened a crossfunctional team, ran downsidefocused scenario models on every business, and pinpointed one unit for divestiture. A swift minority IPO abroad raised capital at a premium valuation, cut leverage, strengthened Genworths balance sheetand put Uptons strategic acumen squarely on the CEOs radar.
CFO News
APRIL 22, 2025
A new report indicates that AI is significantly changing India's job market, with over 74% of employers planning to hire freshers for AI-related roles in early 2025. E-commerce, tech startups, manufacturing, and engineering sectors also show strong hiring intent. Bangalore, Mumbai, and Chennai are key employment hubs. Companies seek talent skilled in robotic process automation, network security, and data visualization.
CFA Institute
APRIL 22, 2025
Can generative AI eliminate post-earnings announcement drift (PEAD) -- or just reshape it? Explore how this emerging technology could redefine market efficiency.
Accountancy Today
APRIL 22, 2025
James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance team recently provided financial due diligence services to LDC-backed RDi on their acquisition of Inicio Health, a leading provider of healthcare interoperability, automation and AI-driven solutions. Inicio Health is at the forefront of transforming healthcare systems through cutting-edge technology that enhances data integration, improves patient outcomes, and streamlines operational efficiency.
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CFO News
APRIL 22, 2025
Landowners are contesting Goods and Services Tax (GST) demands on joint development agreements (JDAs), arguing that transferring development rights shouldn't attract GST. They've approached courts in Mumbai, Telangana, and Delhi-NCR seeking relief. The dispute centers on whether this transfer qualifies as a taxable service, potentially impacting real estate projects nationwide and the financial structures of joint developments.
Future CFO
APRIL 22, 2025
Automation and data integration undeniably pose a huge potential in transforming budgeting among organisations. In a guide published by Vena Solutions , they enumerated several pointers as to how technological advancements can bring change to the budgeting process and the value of an organisation's budget entirely. Taking advantage of abundant tools.
CFO Thought Leader
APRIL 22, 2025
It was a morning commute Chris Greiner had made hundreds of times before. Living in old Shanghai and working in the citys sleek business district, Greiners daily drive to the Jin Mao Tower often stretched well beyond an hour. But on this particular day, his driver told him theyd arrive in just 30 minutes. Puzzled but intrigued, Greiner went alongonly to discover the traffic patterns had shifted.
Trade Credit & Liquidity Management
APRIL 22, 2025
As announced April 17, 2025, financial technology giant FIS is set to acquire Global Payments ' Issuer Solutions business for $13.5 billion while selling its Worldpay stake to Global Payments for $6.6 billion. The acquisition of Issuer Solutions is expected to enhance FIS' payment product suite and its relationships with financial institutions, with anticipated revenue synergies exceeding $125 million annually.
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.
CFO News
APRIL 22, 2025
The briefing could cover topics ranging from a digital competition law, which was proposed to regulate large players, to the effective oversight of antitrust behaviour of e-comerce as well as quick commerce players, said a person aware of the details.
Trade Credit & Liquidity Management
APRIL 22, 2025
From a Press Release dated April 17, 2025, Vancouver, British Columbia PingPong, a leading global cross-border payments platform, has partnered with Trulioo, an identity verification provider, to enhance its business verification and compliance processes. This collaboration aims to automate and streamline the onboarding of business clients worldwide, reducing manual processes and ensuring rapid, compliant payment experiences.
CFO News
APRIL 22, 2025
Competition Commission Of India: Last month, CCI had sought public comments on the proposed deal after prima facie concluding that the transaction could adversely impact competition.
Trade Credit & Liquidity Management
APRIL 22, 2025
From a Press Release Dated April 17, 2025, Boston & London BlueSnap, a global payment orchestration platform, has partnered with Shopware, an open-source eCommerce platform, to enhance payment processing for North American businesses. This collaboration supports Shopware’s expansion into the United States and Canada by integrating BlueSnap’s secure transactions, flexible payment options, and seamless payment integrations tailored for merchants in these markets.
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.
CFO News
APRIL 22, 2025
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has successfully completed its acquisition of a 90.5% stake in Uprising Science for Rs 2,706.44 crore through a combination of primary infusion and secondary share purchase.
Barry Ritholtz
APRIL 22, 2025
My morning train reads: Why Patience Matters During Market Stress : Trend investors have had a bumpy ride so far this year, but how does today compare with history? ( Man Group ) How Wall Street got Donald Trump wrong : Titans of finance and business are beginning to realise they misread the presidents second-term priorities. ( Financial Times ) see also Silicon Valley got Trump completely wrong : Three months into his presidency, Trump has delivered on many of the so-called tech rights reque
CFO News
APRIL 22, 2025
Indias real estate sector surged in Q1 2025, with deal value soaring fivefold to USD 1.2 billion, driven by robust private equity inflows. As REITs consolidate key assets, the critical question emerges: can private capital sustain this momentum amid muted public market activity? Heres what the Grant Thornton Bharat report reveals.
CFO News
APRIL 22, 2025
For India, she said, "scaling up manufacturing is essential to absorb a youthful workforce, reduce import dependencies and build competitive global supply chains"
Speaker: Mark Gilham, FCCA, CPP
Finance used to be the function that counted, now it's the one that’s counted on. 📊 For accounting firms, controllers, and finance leaders, expectations are rising faster than headcount. Businesses want agile forecasts, granular analysis, seamless reporting, and smart automation—often without added resources while demanding uncompromised accuracy and compliance.
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