Pfizer, Moderna tap new CFOs outside pharma
CFO Dive
APRIL 12, 2022
The changes in the COVID-19 vaccine-makers’ C-suites come as the recent easing of pandemic pressures will likely pave the way for more CFO and executive exits, one expert said.
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Hybrid work: Making it fit with your diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy
Mckinsey and Company
APRIL 20, 2022
New research details what empowered employees love about hybrid work models and the risks to diversity, equity, and inclusion if managers get the evolving flexible workplace wrong.
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Integrated WMS Leads to a Better Short Game in Inventory Optimization
Navigator SAP
APRIL 15, 2022
In golf, the difference between a birdie and a bogey often comes down to the effectiveness of your short game. You might have Tiger Woods-grade driving skills, but it won’t matter without an efficient short game.
Why Does Excel Survive in Finance Departments?
CFO
APRIL 12, 2022
Microsoft’s Excel spreadsheet application has been around since the mid-1980s, and it’s often been derided for being out of date; as in, “before we upgraded to this new business intelligence platform, we were still using Excel spreadsheets.” In many finance departments, however, Excel is not just surviving; it’s thriving. The application remains popular among finance.
2024 Payroll Calendar Templates
Advertiser: Paycor
These calendars provide pay period dates and paydays for biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll in 2024. Use them as a reminder or share with employees so they can celebrate payday.
Elon's Twitter Play: Valuation and Corporate Governance Consequences
Musings on Markets
APRIL 21, 2022
I am not a prolific user of social media platforms, completely inactive on Facebook and a casual lurker on LinkedIn, but I do use Twitter occasionally, and have done so for a long time, with my first tweet in April 2009, making me ancient by Twitter standards. That said, I tweet less than ten times a month and follow only three people (three of my four children) on the platform.
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IRS's Rettig appeals for 'consistent, timely' funding to streamline agency
CFO Dive
APRIL 7, 2022
The Biden administration has proposed an 18% increase in funding for the IRS budget to help the agency improve performance after years of tight funding.
How COVID-19 caused a global learning crisis
Mckinsey and Company
APRIL 3, 2022
The pandemic has taken a substantial toll on students’ academic progress as well as on their mental health. School systems can respond across multiple horizons to help students get back on track.
ERP Evaluation: Are You Looking at Price or Value?
Navigator SAP
APRIL 22, 2022
If you’ve ever bought land and had a home built from scratch, you know it’s not a simple handoff project. Choices have to be made from the outset that will dictate how you’re going to build that house. The decision to hire a contractor to build the structure, hang the drywall, and install the plumbing and wiring is straightforward enough. What comes after that is an exercise in determining whether you’ll build on price or on value.
Three CFO Priorities for An Unstable Time
CFO
APRIL 26, 2022
In the best, most stable of times, the job of forecasting and responding to demand is difficult at best. These are not the most stable of times. In a 30-year career, I’ve never seen a more uncertain, unstable economic situation than what we’re facing now, particularly for chief financial officers at private-equity-backed companies. The pandemic is.
8 Signs Your Accounting Team Is Ready to Automate Month-End Close
Speaker: Nancy Wu, Head of Sales and Customer Success at SkyStem
How do you know if your accounting team is ready to automate the month-end close? Join us in this informative webinar, where we share the top 8 signs that indicate that a team has outgrown all existing tools and may be ready to embark upon month-end close automation. We will examine the process clues that help determine whether your team would be a good candidate for automation.
Equity Risk Premium Forum: The Deficient Market Hypothesis
CFA Institute
APRIL 29, 2022
"If we thought of the equity premium as a fear premium," Rob Arnott says, "a lot of the so-called anomalies that we’ve talked about would not be anomalies at all.".
Multi-Location Restaurants And Franchises – The Best Cloud Accounting Solution
https://trustedcfosolutions.com/feed/
APRIL 14, 2022
Many restaurant companies own and manage multiple brands, entities, and locations across multiple states. This can pose challenges when each location is running its own instance of QuickBooks and financials have to be consolidated at the end of the month using Excel. . Management at the holding company level often waits weeks for the month-end close, and the process is slower when the Controller is slowed down by manual processes and procedures. .
CFOs seek insights, efficiency boost from process mining
CFO Dive
APRIL 29, 2022
CFOs during the pandemic have sped up digital transformation. Today they are especially focused on robotic process automation and complementary tools such as process mining, Gartner said.
How the fashion industry can get into a metaverse mindset
Mckinsey and Company
APRIL 7, 2022
Shoppers, particularly those in Gen Z, are spending more time online and exploring the possibilities of the metaverse. Here’s what fashion and luxury players need to know about this emerging frontier.
Predictions You Can Rely On: How Data Drives Successful Financial Forecasting
Speaker: Robbie Bhathal, Founder & CEO, and Matthew Acalin, Head of Credit Intelligence
In today's volatile financial environment, how confident are you in your company’s financial forecasting? To get the most accurate cash predictions that will lead to long-term financial survival, real-time data is critical. Innovative cash management strategies can lead to better credit opportunities, more sustainable growth, and long-term financial prosperity.
Signs It's Time to Take a Second Look at Your ERP System
Navigator SAP
APRIL 29, 2022
You implemented your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system because you wanted your business to operate more efficiently, with stronger and more automated controls—and, of course, you wanted to reap cost savings from those benefits. Ultimately, you aspire to get better visibility into your operations so you can accelerate your revenue growth. But are you getting what you need from your system?
A CFO’s Guide to Carbon Offsets
CFO
APRIL 13, 2022
In March, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposal to mandate companies disclose climate-related risks that could impact their businesses. The proposal is open for a 60-day comment period and will almost certainly face legal scrutiny after. Should it be codified, organizations will be required to disclose the amount of carbon reduction represented.
Equity Risk Premium Forum: Don’t Bet Against a Bubble
CFA Institute
APRIL 7, 2022
Cliff Asness, Rob Arnott, Roger G. Ibbotson, and other luminaries explore the nature of bubbles and the momentum factor.
Ramifications of the Ukraine Crisis for the Finance Function & How to Deal with It
The Finance Weekly
APRIL 25, 2022
The situation in Ukraine has dominated new headlines for weeks on end now, and for good reason. The country is in a dire humanitarian crisis and has affected the world from waves of refugees to rising US gas prices. But is the relevance of such a crisis relevant to finance professionals, or is this just an unfortunate occurrence that such workers will keep hearing about for the foreseeable future?
Acterys: Revolutionizing CIO & CFO Decision-Making
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.
CFOs eye hybrid office savings; firms grow in place
CFO Dive
APRIL 18, 2022
While some companies have sought to dump office leases, others are looking to keep a lid on costs by quietly accommodating more hybrid workers in existing space.
Chemicals and capital markets: Growing sustainably
Mckinsey and Company
APRIL 22, 2022
Green chemicals—those with a low-carbon product portfolio or a higher exposure to end markets supporting sustainability—are being rewarded by capital markets and safeguarding future cash flow.
How Consumer Packaged Goods Firms Can Navigate a Bumpy 2022
Navigator SAP
APRIL 8, 2022
It has been a “messy” couple of years for consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms. First supply chains were disrupted by the trade war between the U.S. and China, then Covid-19 came along and both radically altered consumer purchasing patterns as well as further deepened supply chain headaches. While things have temporarily improved as a result of U.S. pandemic stimulus measures and Covid-19 vaccine rollout, there’s still no clear indication that this recovery will be durable and supply chain issues
Metric of the Week: CFOs Prefer Strategy Over Management
CFO
APRIL 18, 2022
Chief financial officers as company leaders have been an ongoing theme over the past few years, for obvious reasons. CFO’s reporting has illuminated, and studies and surveys have shown, the finance chief not only is needed as a strategic leader within the organization but increasingly yearns to perform in this role. Part of any company’s. The post Metric of the Week: CFOs Prefer Strategy Over Management appeared first on CFO.
Banking on Loyalty: Holistic Financial Advice for Unparalleled Business Growth
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.
Portfolio Diversification: Harder Than It Used to Be?
CFA Institute
APRIL 11, 2022
Ever-greater access to world equity markets should have made it easier for investors to build and harvest the benefits of diversified global stock portfolios. But has it really?
Nonprofit Audit Checklist (+ Free PDF Download)
The Charity CFO
APRIL 29, 2022
Many nonprofit organizations both large and small need to undergo a financial statement audit every year. Preparing for a nonprofit audit can be overwhelming and anxiety-filled, especially if it’s your first audit or you don’t have a strong and experienced financial team. But an audit doesn’t have to scare you or your management team. The most important thing you can do is be prepared.
Tech skills compete with finance savvy in what leadership wants in CFOs
CFO Dive
APRIL 20, 2022
Digital skills are seen as the building blocks that a successful CFO needs to drive profitable growth today, research shows.
Tech talent tectonics: Ten new realities for finding, keeping, and developing talent
Mckinsey and Company
APRIL 14, 2022
Large incumbents can compete successfully for tech talent—but only if they’re ready to completely rethink their entire HR approach. Tech talent think and act differently.
From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures
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.
Why CFOs Should Be Leading ERP Adoption
Navigator SAP
APRIL 1, 2022
The decisions made by a company’s chief financial officer are “the foundations of the pyramid that determine whether the organization succeeds or fails,” according to the Boston Consulting Group. These choices leave a long-lasting mark on the company that reverberates through many departments and over many years.
Recht en duurzaamheid
Corporate Finance Lab
APRIL 27, 2022
Vanuit de maatschappij klinkt de roep om verduurzaming steeds luider. Algemeen wordt aangevoeld dat een koerswijziging nodig is om de complexe ecologische, maatschappelijke, economische, … uitdagingen het hoofd te bieden. Deze uitdagingen situeren zich niet langer in de toekomst maar in het heden. Een duurzame samenleving veronderstelt een duurzaam (ondernemings)recht.
Crypto Tokens and Crypto Coins: What Drives Performance?
CFA Institute
APRIL 24, 2022
The correlation between volume and price of crypto coins and tokens is negligible no matter how it's measured.
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