Fri.Jan 27, 2023

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5 CFO tips for boosting tech ROI

CFO Dive

CFOs are overhauling their technology budgets as inflation, slumping economic growth and other external forces jeopardize their earnings targets.

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What Implementing ERP Means for CFOs

Navigator SAP

Chief financial officers often play a starring role in business these days.

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Companies face data privacy maze, skills gap

CFO Dive

CFOs could be under increased pressure this year to focus on privacy, as new state laws come into effect.

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13 Online Brokers that Offer Free Stocks

CFO News Room

Investing in the stock market, real estate, or crypto has never been easier. Gone are the days when you had to be an expert or work with a stock broker to buy company shares or invest your money. You can invest your money in several ways, with options for every level of risk tolerance and investment understanding. Many of the best online brokerages are designed for beginner investors and offer unique incentives for signing up.

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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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Southwest ups tech spend to $1.3 billion

CFO Dive

The airline will be increasing its technology spending following a quarterly loss triggered by its holiday traveling system failure, which resulted in the cancelation of over 16,700 flights in a ten-day period.

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FASB poised for another crypto vote

CFO Dive

The FASB is on track to issue proposed new standards for cyrpto currency by April. The imposion of crypto exchange FTX is likely to sharpen scrutiny of the project.

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What Is SAP Business Planning and Consolidation?

Navigator SAP

SAP is one of the leading providers of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. It’s better than similar services in its category; SAP even outperforms Oracle ERP.

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CFO FP&A Close-up: finance function’s ‘octopus’

CFO Dive

Between intergenerational differences and specific skillsets, CFOs need to get a handle on how FP&A execs operate.

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A Return to Reality, The Start of the End or Time to Buy?

CFO News Room

I am not much of a car person and view cars primarily as a mode of transportation. I drive a 2010 Honda Civic, a perfectly serviceable vehicle that is never going to get oohs and ahas from onlookers, but I feel no urge to value Honda. I don’t own a Tesla, and have only driven someone else’s Tesla, but as readers of this blog know, I valued Tesla for the first time in 2014, and I keep returning to the scene of the crime.

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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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SUPD: Debt Ceiling,Inflation and much more

Barry Ritholtz

Most podcasts have a Q&A between a guest and the host. Whenever I get together with Pete, it’s just two idiot friends BS-ing about whatever. I hope you enjoy this hour-long discussion about everything and nothing. (We start at the 15:15 mark). Pete always sneaks in some early chitchat that is candid and I don’t expect to make it to the show; after 4 years, I should know better.

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4th Quarter 2022 GDP Shows Growth, but Deteriorating Fundamentals

CFO News Room

Real GDP rose 2.9 percent in the 4th quarter of 2022, exceeding estimates ranging from 2.6 to 2.7 percent. This puts the first estimate of overall US economic growth in 2022 at 2.1 percent. While this is notable in light of the brief recession that took place earlier in the year and the aggressive rate hikes undertaken by the Federal Reserve, that growth rate is roughly one-third of real US GDP growth in 2021 (5.7 percent).

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For Blood and Money

The Reformed Broker

Welcome to the latest episode of The Compound & Friends. This week, Michael Batnick, Nathan Vardi, and Downtown Josh Brown discuss Nathan’s book (For Blood and Money), the biotech landscape, hedge fund returns, the GOAT of investing, venture capital, why the market is rallying, and much more! You can listen to the whole thing below, or find it wherever you like to listen to your favorite pods!

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AI Is Getting Good, But Still Can’t Replace Human Curiosity

CFO News Room

Tiger Tyagarajan is CEO of Genpact, a global firm that advises clients on digital transformation. Tyagarajan helped transform a division of General Electric (GE Capital International Services) into Genpact, a company that now has more than 100,000 employees and annual revenue of $4 billion. He says there’s an important difference between simply “digitizing” your company (by, for example, automating tasks) and truly transforming it digitally, which goes beyond technology to develop the people and

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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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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Jan 28-29)

Nerd's Eye View

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that CFP Board announced this week that it is splitting into two separate organizations with the same leadership but different nonprofit statuses. By switching to 501(c)(6) nonprofit status, the new CFP Board of Standards will have expanded abilities to advance the planning profession through lobbying and more targeted advertising messages to grow the ranks of

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Companies should avoid greenwashing in BRSR reporting

CFO News

Companies offering financial products, for example, green bonds that are green or market products which carry sustainable or climate-friendly labels must conduct thorough due diligence before making such claims and clearly explain why they consider these products sustainable or climate-friendly.

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Top 5 questions for entrepreneurs who want to sell their company

One to One

The post Top 5 questions for entrepreneurs who want to sell their company appeared first on ONEtoONE Corporate Finance.

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Budget 2023 should focus on infra spending, tax certainty

CFO News

The FM should announce several considerable structural reforms to further the country's growth prospects in an attempt to make policy paralysis, red tape and license raj regimes a history.

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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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MRR vs. ARR: recurring revenue in SaaS is still important

Cube Software

Mrr vs. arr A SaaS business often deals in recurring payments and subscriptions.

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Gautam Adani: Asia's richest man in the eye of a storm

CFO News

Adani, whose home state is Gujarat in western India, built his business empire from scratch after starting as a commodities trader. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails from the same state and their relationship has come under intense scrutiny by Modi's opponents for years.

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Welcome Curt Anderson

Focus CFO

We are pleased to announce that Curt Anderson has joined the FocusCFO team in Columbus Metro. Curt is an experienced CFO, who will be serving central Ohio businesses in a fractional capacity.

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Six banks join Grant Thornton in legal fight against Winsome's Mehtas

CFO News

IDBI Bank, Axis Bank, Exim, Bank of Maharashtra, Standard Chartered Bank and State Bank of Mauritius are among the financial institutions which have registered their claims in an arrangement under which GT, after collecting a generous success fee, would pay the Indian lenders pari passu in relation to the value of their claims, two persons familiar with the development told ET.

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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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Calculating DPO vs. DSO (including Days Payable Outstanding formula)

Cube Software

Every business engages in the balancing act of taking in revenue and paying the bills.

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Interest rates may not remain high for long: Shaktikanta Das

CFO News

This is probably the first signal from the central banker that global factors are getting less tight for the first time in nearly a year when inflation around the world forced central banks to tighten monetary conditions. While inflation still worries developed world, in India it appears to be tapering though external spill overs remain a threat.

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Next Steps in Optimizing Lease Management to Go Beyond Compliance

Bramasol

In 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) announced the release of new accounting standards, ASC 842 and IFRS 16, that redefined how organizations must account for leases. These new leasing standards represent more than just an accounting change, with far-reaching and profound implications on lease/buy decisions, internal process coordination and financial reporting.

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Government gets multiple EoIs for privatising NMDC Steel

CFO News

NSL is up for privatisation with the government looking to sell 50.79 per cent of its shareholding, along with management control. The government had on December 1, 2022, invited preliminary bids or expressions of interest (EoI) for the strategic sale and the last date for putting in bids was January 27.

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Doing More With Less: The Modern Finance Miracle

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.