CFO Dive

AUGUST 30, 2023

Even under its cheery pink and blue skies, the “Barbie” movie doesn’t let Mattel’s male-dominated C-suite hide behind the corporate curtain.

CFO 299

CFO 299

Future CFO

AUGUST 27, 2023

Businesses face a tremendous number of uncertainties. And this list is only getting longer daily, with many uncertainties remaining persistent. The pressure is on financial leaders to grasp the ongoing uncertainties and pave the way for their businesses to move forward. It is a tall ask, considering that today’s macroeconomic risks can come from unexpected directions.

Finance 98

Finance Risk Management Credit Risk Treasury 98

CFO News

AUGUST 29, 2023

Finance as a function needs to ensure that the data is reliable and that the people concerned have confidence in it. If data quality is a challenge, then managing and evaluating business strategy and investments will also be a challenge.

Finance 98

Finance Investments 98

CFO Selections

AUGUST 16, 2023

Last year had been dubbed The Year of the Controller by financial recruiters because demand for the position dramatically increased amid uncertain economic times and increased accounting needs at many organizations. This year has seen continued interest in the role and there is no indication that the buzz around the Controller role is slowing down, which means that going into 2024 many companies are still inquiring about how a Controller differs from a CFO (Chief Financial Officer) and how a Con

CFO 98

CFO Economics Accounting 98

Advertiser: Paycor

Employees who feel listened to show a 64% longer commitment to tasks (Forbes). And that’s just for starters. Learn how emotionally intelligent leaders drive business results. Download Paycor’s guide for the full story.

CFO Dive

AUGUST 28, 2023

Ever-evolving technology that can improve efficiencies while reducing risks and optimizing costs should be explored and exploited for their potential benefits to the organization.

Finance 231

Finance Accounting Technology 231

Navigator SAP

AUGUST 25, 2023

Enterprise resource planning solutions (ERP) dramatically improve an organization’s operational efficiency, standardization and best practices by serving as the nerve-center for an organization. But rolling out a new ERP can be tricky, because these systems touch all parts of a business and therefore implementation is a complex project.

Planning 246

Planning SAP 246

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 31, 2023

The Fed’s favored inflation report was a 2.1% annualized (3 months through July) and 3.3% year-over-year. Here is BEA: Personal income increased $45.0 billion (0.2 percent at a monthly rate) in July, according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (table 3 and table 5). Disposable personal income (DPI), personal income less personal current taxes, increased $7.3 billion (less than 0.1 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $144.6 billio

Economics 105

Economics 105

CFO News

AUGUST 31, 2023

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had predicted a growth rate of 8 per cent for the June quarter. While India’s GDP grew 6.1 per cent in the March quarter of FY23, it had grown at 7.2 per cent in FY23 as a whole.

Banking 111

Banking 111

CFO Selections

AUGUST 28, 2023

Uncertainty , a term frequently mentioned by business leaders today, essentially refers to business risk - an area CFOs often focus on. Let's delve into the various types of risk a business may face.

Risk Management 98

Risk Management Forecasting Planning 98

Advertiser: Acterys

Welcome to the Future of Technology for CIOs & CFOs! Ever stood on the precipice of a technological revolution, feeling the energy of change? Ever been captivated by the whispers of a software that's not just innovative but genuinely groundbreaking? Acterys unveils a groundbreaking technology tailored for CIOs and CFOs. This state-of-the-art solution streamlines data integration, analytics, and forecasting, empowering leaders to make informed decisions quickly.

CFO

CFO Dive

AUGUST 30, 2023

Company reports during the 2023 proxy season reveal that many newer businesses have had to correct financial statements and upgrade internal controls.

Accounting 301

Accounting 301

Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 30, 2023

COP refers to the United Nations’ annual conference on climate change. Its 28th meeting (COP28) is scheduled to begin November 30, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

308

308

Navigator SAP

AUGUST 18, 2023

At the heart of almost every successful professional services firm is good client relations. Happy clients equal more revenue and less churn, which is just good business. That’s why more professional services firms are now adopting enterprise resource planning solutions (ERP).

Planning 246

Planning 246

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 31, 2023

My end of August, morning train WFH reads: • Money Is Pouring Into AI. Skeptics Say It’s a ‘Grift Shift.’ The move from crypto to artificial intelligence has fueled the markets this year, but some are questioning how much of it is real. ( Institutional Investor ) • What to Do With a 45-Story Skyscraper and No Tenants : HSBC’s plan to leave its Canary Wharf tower for a smaller site shows the global challenges ahead in repurposing unwanted office space for a post-pandemic world. ( Citylab ) see al

Economics 98

Economics Valuation Strategic Planning Construction 98

Speaker: Joe Buhrmann, MBA, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC® Senior Financial Planning Practice Management Consultant eMoney Advisor

During an era of evolving consumer preferences, the banking sector is undergoing a profound shift. As customers continue to broaden their perspectives, banking professionals must support their customers' financial wellness by providing holistic financial advice that aligns with individual goals and circumstances. Without adapting, financial institutions will find that loyalty may crumble amid uncertainty.

Banking

CFO News

AUGUST 30, 2023

While short-seller Hindenburg's report, which also had similar allegations, came just ahead of Adani Enterprises' FPO, the OCCRP report comes ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on the allegations made in the Hindenburg report.

110

110

Future CFO

AUGUST 21, 2023

Gartner says to build an AI-driven finance organisation for the future will require a combination of technical and business skills that many finance teams do not have today. Mark D. McDonald , senior director analyst in the Gartner Finance Practice , observes a profound shift in how finance teams work based on the accelerating use of AI to help them handle the increased complexity of their daily activities and become more productive.

Finance 98

Finance Financial Data Compliance CFO 98

CFO Dive

AUGUST 29, 2023

Understanding where one can do more with automation can help CFOs make faster strategic decisions and ease the burdens of stressed accountants, Zuora’s Emily Daigle said.

Accounting 250

Accounting 250

Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 31, 2023

Organizations that follow a progression of steps to achieve excellence in digital delivery may see improvements in effectiveness, productivity, and performance, as well as significant increases in speed.

295

295

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

Securities

Navigator SAP

AUGUST 11, 2023

Not all backend systems are created equal. For food and beverage manufacturers, sustained profitability often comes down to supply chain and operational visibility combined with greater process efficiency. These dynamics are supported or hindered by the enterprise resource planning solution that a food and beverage manufacturer have in place.

Manufacturing 246

Manufacturing Planning 246

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 26, 2023

This week, we speak with Vanguard’s chief investment officer Greg Davis. He is responsible for the oversight of approximately $7 trillion managed by Vanguard fixed income, equity index, and quantitative equity groups. Davis also serves as a member of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of the US Treasury Department. He has more than 25 years of investment management experience.

Treasury 98

Treasury Forecasting Strategic Planning Investments 98

CFO News

AUGUST 30, 2023

On August 3, Zomato reported a maiden consolidated net profit of Rs 2 crore for the quarter ended June 2023, as against a loss of Rs 186 crore a year ago. The profitable turn came on the back of higher order frequencies from its loyalty programme, Gold. Its revenue from operations in the quarter saw a nearly 71% on-year jump to Rs 2,416 crore.

CFO 105

CFO 105

The Reformed Broker

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Relative Strength Index or RSI is typically expressed as a 14-day reading to determine the degree to which a stock or an index is overbought or oversold, if at all. It was created in 1978 by J. Welles Wilder Jr. (here’s the book) who was a mechanical engineer by trade before turning his mathematical mind to stock and commodity trading, subsequently developing some of the most widely traded tools in technical ana.

98

98

Advertisement

Did you know automating your month-end close can save up to 40% of the time typically spent on manual reconciliations? CFOs and controllers are leveraging SkyStem's workflow management and reconciliation tool to eliminate costly mistakes, ditch manual reconciliations and close faster. Want to know how they do it? Download our Quick Start Guide to a Crystal Clear Close!

Reconciliations

CFO Dive

AUGUST 31, 2023

Consumers in July increased spending on a broad range of goods and services as the highest federal funds rate in 22 years showed few signs of slowing economic growth.

Economics 256

Economics 256

Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 28, 2023

Good brain health means more than just the absence of disease. It also includes overall healthy cognitive functioning, resilience, and a state of well-being where individuals feel able to fulfill their potential.

246

246

Future CFO

AUGUST 13, 2023

Captioned photo: (left) Lim Swee Keng, group head of finance at CCH receiving the award from Daniel Leung (right), country manager, ACCA Singapore The finance function, be it in accounting, payables, receivables, or FP&A, rely on business applications to automate processes, consolidate financial information, and generate the report for use by business and operational leaders to make decisions.

Finance 98

Finance Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Accounts Payable Budgeting 98

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 25, 2023

The first post-pandemic presentation I pulled together for my pal Joe Fitzgerald (we worked together in the late 2000s) was a new deck titled: Biggest Mistakes Made by UHNW Investors. In the intervening year, I updated and refined the deck, adding more examples and specific advice. below is my discussion of what the presentation will be like at the MoneyShow in Orlando on October 30.

Economics 98

Economics Entertainment Marketing Investments 98

Speaker: Carolina Aponte - Owner and CEO, Caja Holdings LLC

In today's rapidly changing business environment, building a resilient balance sheet is crucial to the survival of any business. A resilient balance sheet allows a company to withstand financial shocks and adapt to changing market conditions. To achieve this, companies need to focus on key strategies such as maintaining adequate liquidity, managing debt levels, diversifying revenue streams, and prioritizing profitability over growth.

Prioritization

CFO News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Adani case: Central investigative agency Enforcement Directorate has reportedly informed markets regulator SEBI about suspicious activities by 16 entities, including one Indian private bank and 15 other entities, including FPIs in the case relating to short-selling in shares of Adani group companies. A January report by Hindenburg alleged corporate governance issues in Gautam Adani's companies following which shares took a dive before eventually recovering.

Banking 98

Banking Marketing 98

CFO Thought Leader

AUGUST 8, 2023

The big-city addresses that frequently prettify the office locations of esteemed accounting houses have continued to be a reliable draw for 20-something-year-old accounting grads eager to be counted among urban professionals. Thus we would not have been surprised to learn that back in the late 1980s, when recent grad Jim Caci was assigned to Arthur Andersen’s Roseland, New Jersey, office, he experienced what might have been called a “ho-hum” moment.

CFO 98

CFO Finance Accounting Leadership 98

CFO Dive

AUGUST 29, 2023

A decline in job vacancies prompted traders in interest rate futures to increase odds that the Federal Reserve will not alter monetary policy at its September meeting.

250

250