Business Credit Blogger
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Build Business Credit In today’s post we share five key strategies for building business credit easily and quickly. These five strategies provide a fast and efficient way to establish your business credit file with major business credit reporting agencies. If your new to building business credit it’s important to recap on why it’s an essential […].
Jedox Finance
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Ask finance and accounting professionals if they would like to do more value adding work and you’ll hear a re-sounding “YES!” Ask them why they are not just doing it already and most often you will hear “I don’t have time”. This is like a chronic disease of the finance function but unlike most chronical diseases this one has a cure! To change the mindset of CFOs and their finance function from “a cost center to becoming a profit driver” as we discussed in a previous article, “Exploring the minds
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Anaplan
OCTOBER 22, 2021
What is zero-based budgeting (ZBB)? Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) is a methodology to help align company spending with strategic goals. Its approach requires organizations to build their annual budget from zero each year to verify all components of the annual budget are cost-effective, relevant, and drive improved savings. Implemented effectively, ZBB is a cost discipline enabling […].
Musings on Markets
OCTOBER 25, 2021
If you have been tracking the torturous workings of the infrastructure bills working their way through Congress, consideration is now being given to a "billionaire" tax, focused on a extraordinarily small subset of Americans, and intended to raise tens, perhaps even hundreds, of billions of dollars in revenues, to cover the costs of the bill. I am constantly amazed by the capacity of legislatures to write bad tax law, but this one takes the cake as perhaps the worst thought-through and most inef
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Qubix
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Have you ever wondered what Groovy is and what makes it so crucial to enhancing the depth and breadth of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud capabilities? This blog explains what Groovy is, why it matters, and what problems it can solve for your business.
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Planful
OCTOBER 19, 2021
CFOs play a vital role in informing the board’s corporate governance. It’s the CFO’s responsibility to consider the best interests of both the organization and its stakeholders when evaluating the company’s finances. The person in this role should provide the board the financial knowledge needed to set the company’s larger strategy. As Jonathan Joyce, who […].
Jedox Finance
OCTOBER 29, 2021
From overarching sales targets to more specific sub-goals and milestones, how should they be defined? What do you need to consider? In this blog post, we look at sales targets and goal setting from different perspectives and discuss what to consider when defining them. Most everyone has goals of some type they aim to achieve. Some reach for the stars, others prefer a more modest approach.
The Finance Weekly
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Remote work’s existence began years ago with the dawn of digital transformation. This development reshaped the very fabric of the corporate world as we know it. For the past year and a half, this profound transition has manifested itself more clearly than ever due to the COVID-19 epidemic, as virtually all office workers were forced to make the exodus from their in-person workplaces to a work-from-home new normal.
CFO Share
OCTOBER 6, 2021
A report by the Cannabis Business Times found the top three business related challenges to the industry were competition/declining prices, compliance, and financial management. How do you tackle these financial hurdles without an experienced CFO? Like all business owners, you want your cannabis business to prosper and grow. With no government funding or protection, a cannabis business’ management team is vital to the success of the business.
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CFO Network
OCTOBER 25, 2021
For those of us on a calendar fiscal, we are probably getting into the process of planning for 2022 and beyond. Since the GFC planning has been focused mostly around growth and a stable economy. The 2022 planning cycle, given recent economic data points, could be anything but another round of the same. Specifically, it will be critical to consider the impact of rising and sustained inflation in our next year forecasts.
Centage
OCTOBER 28, 2021
While businesses have adjusted to operating during a global pandemic there is still so much uncertainty. Is now the time to move forward with that planned investment? What about workforce considerations? What decisions need to be made about discretionary expenses? Dynamic market conditions may not be anything new but navigating the current business environment and its unprecedented unpredictability has shined a spotlight on just how critical cash flow forecasting is to an organization.
Collectiv
OCTOBER 26, 2021
ZS Associates, a major analytics consulting and professional services firm, works with industry-leading clients every day on transformative business strategy and implementing the technology to support it. However, within their own operations, some areas of the business continued to rely on more traditional analysis methods. Ryan McConnell had been the FP&A Manager at ZS Associates for several years, then his role expanded to include reporting processes across finance and human resources.
Jedox Finance
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Change is happening in Finance, and we have outlined both how the mindset should change and how to create time and energy for doing more value-adding work. However, knowing that change should happen and making the change happening are two very different things. Especially if you are a CFO and looking at your finance function and thinking how you can transform it to Finance 4.0.
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Bramasol
OCTOBER 26, 2021
As one of SAP's longest serving partners, Bramasol has seen and participated in many major changes during our 25 years of working in the SAP ecosystem. When we express how excited we are with the new RISE with SAP initiative that was launched in Q1 2021, it comes with that deep history and perspective in mind. We are particularly pleased with how seamlessly RISE with SAP aligns with the ongoing Comply, Optimize, Transform™ paradigm that Bramasol instituted some years ago.
Planful
OCTOBER 9, 2021
A CFO should do everything in their power to avoid events that would damage their company’s finances. Yet, many CFOs are risk-averse to a fault. Ernst & Young’s 2020 DNA of the CFO survey revealed that finance teams in private organizations “are seen as too risk-averse and cost-conscious.” These risk-averse CFOs often shy away from […].
CFA Institute
OCTOBER 12, 2021
This curated collection of Enterprising Investor 's ESG coverage showcases the key sustainability issues through the perspectives of both ESG proponents and critics.
The SaaS CFO
OCTOBER 12, 2021
When I review a SaaS P&L for the first time, I take a high-level approach to understand the financial health of the business. I break the P&L into two sections, the “top half” and the “bottom half.” The top half contains revenue, COGS departments and our gross profit. The bottom half contains our operating expenses […]. The post How to Benchmark Your OpEx Profile appeared first on The SaaS CFO.
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FISPAN
OCTOBER 27, 2021
It wasn’t long ago that banking customers would remain loyal for life. That’s not because they were happy with their service – many just didn’t have a choice. Historically, financial institutions have made it difficult for people to open accounts elsewhere, and there wasn’t much of a differentiation between what banks offered anyway. Over the last few years, and even more so since the pandemic has gravitated to increasingly digital experiences, that’s started to shift.
Jedox Finance
OCTOBER 13, 2021
“What got you here won’t get you there” is a popular saying and CFOs around the world have long since realized this. However, creating the actual change needed to “get us there” is not taking place at the speed required. The WHY is understood but the WHAT and the HOW is where the going gets tough. In a recent post “Behold the Emergence of CFO 4.0” , we explored the emergence of CFO 4.0 and outlined five key changes for CFOs and their finance teams to make to get into the future.
Bramasol
OCTOBER 27, 2021
New Video on the Digital Solutions Economy. You have probably already heard terms like “solutions economy” and “subscription economy” but these don’t really capture either the breadth of industry applications that are being disrupted or the full scope of related process changes that are needed to create dynamically scalable and manageable systems for market success.
Collectiv
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Enterprises in every industry know it’s important to make data-driven decisions in 2021 and beyond. However, becoming a data-driven organization is often far more complicated than business leaders expect. Simply implementing the best BI tools isn’t enough to reap the benefits of your organization’s data. Shifting to a data-driven approach involves a high-level change in mindset and strategy.
Speaker: Jamie Eagan
As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of
Musings on Markets
OCTOBER 4, 2021
A few weeks ago, I valued Zomato, the Indian online food delivery company, just prior to its IPO, and argued that the excitement about its potential was tied to the potential for growth in India and the shifting habits of Indian consumers. Since its public offering, Zomato's stock price has reflected that excitement, more than doubling from its offering price of 74 rupees per share.
CFA Institute
OCTOBER 24, 2021
Today, capitalism knows four configurations, Sebastien Canderle writes. The two examined here are inherited and adapted from previous eras.
FISPAN
OCTOBER 13, 2021
In this month’s issue of our Employee Spotlight series, we’re getting to know FISPAN’s Technical Pre-Sales Manager , Nigel Bateman. Nigel joined FISPAN three years ago, having previously worked in both Technology (Financial Services) and Management Consulting at Accenture. Since then, Nigel has worked his way across several business areas at FISPAN — today, he’s an integral part of our Sales and Strategy team.
Jedox Finance
OCTOBER 11, 2021
The role Financial Planning & Analysis plays within an organization has always been vitally important. At a recent CFO Magazine Australia event on the 'Future of Finance,' three industry professionals using Jedox shared how FP&A has supported their organizations through very challenging times.
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