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Three key steps to the fractional CFO seat

CFO Dive

Figuring out your niche — and what you can charge for it — is an essential first step for intrepid fractional CFOs, experts say.

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The Fallout from Silicon Valley Bank Closure: Evaluating the Implications for CFOs

CFO Selections

The recent closure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a leading financial institution founded in 1983 that catered to the tech industry has sent shockwaves through the business and technology communities. This unexpected development has far-reaching consequences, particularly regarding risk evaluation for Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) tasked with assessing and mitigating potential risks within their organizations.

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Interpreting the Cash Flow Statement – a Quick Guide

CFO Share

Interpreting the cash flow statement involves understanding the sources and uses of cash from different activities of a company. You do not need to be a CFO to gain valuable insight from this report. By asking yourself basic questions and checking the report, the data will inform you of critical business changes and improve your decisions. Interpreting Cash from Operating Activities This section represents cash flows from the company’s core business operations, including revenue generation

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ERP and Quality Management: A Marriage Made in Business Heaven

Navigator SAP

An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is designed to help you more efficiently manage your resources by streamlining critical processes such as the sharing of information across departments for better collaboration. This type of system also includes detailed quality management modules, including real-time monitoring capabilities that enable you to closely monitor your supply chain.

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How Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Drive Business Results

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.

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Hackathon Reveals the Future of FP&A - Empowering CFOs, Making Their Lives Easier

Lime Light

Our FP&A software is constantly evolving based on customer input, market forces and, arguably most interesting, our internal hackathon approach CFOs are at their best when they feel like rockstar conductors, and the software they’re using should be the baton; a few simple flicks of the wrist (in this case, mouse clicks) commands a whole (financial) symphony.

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Companies will need to give report on inventory valuation in case of audit

CFO News

The Central Board of Direct Taxes on Wednesday released the 13 page draft form 6C, which will be used to report the inventory valuation in case of special audit of accounts directed by assessing officer. The businesses will also have to provide valuation of raw material, date of purchase, use of the inventory, valuation of by-products and cost of contract by the company.

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Navigating the complexity of finance applications

Future CFO

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.

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Generative AI makes CFO’s life simple or bureaucratic? India Inc finance heads weigh in

CFO News

Annual reports, account payables, treasury management, forecasting, and legal are some areas where CFOs are trying and discovering the use cases for generative AI (artificial intelligence) in their organisation. ETCFO delves into how CFOs are using this technology to their advantage, while also discussing the future, and flipside of it.

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Mixing whiskey and blockchain: A CFO’s perspective

CFO Dive

Blockchain is helping Metacask to modernize the sale and ownership of whiskey casks — highlighting the technology’s business potential, writes CFO Andrew Kennard.

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Acterys: Revolutionizing CIO & CFO Decision-Making

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.

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How ERP Improves Client Relationships at Professional Services Firms

Navigator SAP

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).

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A unique moment in time: Scaling plastics circularity

Mckinsey and Company

Investment in recycling is accelerating. Now may be the time to derisk through business model innovations and by pursuing investment opportunities further upstream.

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NFRA Chair says if CFOs and audit committees are careful, frauds can be prevented

CFO News

Getting into overdrive after repeated incidences of corporate misgovernance, NFRA has so far barred 25 auditors in the last year along with fines which include auditors from Coffee Day India, ASRMP & Co, Sundaresha & Associates, and Bartronics among others.

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Bankruptcy ‘burn rates’ drive some firms to file Chapter 7s: ABI’s Ward

CFO Dive

Professional fees racked up in Chapter 11 bankruptcies can range from a few hundred thousand dollars to the tens of millions, Chris Ward, president-elect of the American Bankruptcy Institute, said.

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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.

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Benefits of ERP in Manufacturing: Unlocking Hidden Potential Where You Least Expect It

Navigator SAP

As a manufacturer, it’s important that you continuously discover new and more effective ways of running your business so that you can remain competitive. For instance, implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is one of the best ways to become more efficient.

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How back-end automation can be game changing for chipmakers

Mckinsey and Company

When automating back-end processes, semiconductor companies can maximize impact by optimizing operating systems, management levers, mindsets, and behaviors.

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RBI issues new guidelines for fair lending practices

CFO News

The RBI's move comes as part of its ongoing efforts to ensure that borrowers are treated fairly and to address customer grievances arising from divergent practices in the imposition of penal charges.

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FASB to revisit accounting priorities

CFO Dive

Some critics say the FASB’s guidance does not always yield the kind of financial transparency investors need to analyze fast-changing modern companies.

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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.

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ERP for Process Manufacturing: Unleashing Efficiency and Productivity

Navigator SAP

An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system eliminates gaps and inconsistencies in information availability, allowing your workforce in multiple functions and locations to collaborate for improved productivity and efficiency. Without an ERP, there is a greater chance of communication breakdowns within your manufacturing business, which could lead to poor performance by all.

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Yes, you can measure software developer productivity

Mckinsey and Company

Measuring, tracking, and benchmarking developer productivity has long been considered a black box. It doesn’t have to be that way.

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Businessweek: Five Ways the Fed’s Deflation Playbook Could Be Improved

Barry Ritholtz

I have a new column out in Businessweek , just in time for the Federal Reserve meeting in Jackson Hole. It is a congratulatory open letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the rest of the Fed on beating inflation: Dear Jay, Mazel tov! You beat inflation and avoided a recession. Revel in the sweet taste of victory as you fly-fish with other central bankers at the annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

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Daimler Truck CFO died of wasp sting: reports

CFO Dive

The company’s chairman and CEO will temporarily assume CFO duties while Daimler searches for a successor to former finance chief Jochen Goetz.

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The Buyer’s Guide to HR & Payroll Technology

Choosing an HCM partner is one of the most important decisions you’ll make because time is one of your company’s most strategic assets. How do you want to spend your time?

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ERP for Project Management: Revolutionize Your Workflow

Navigator SAP

A manufacturing ERP system is a powerful resource, providing the data, insights, and detailed reporting executives and managers need to manage complex projects, coordinate their resources, and make data-driven decisions to comply with their objectives and KPIs.

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Capital projects are critical for a green future

Mckinsey and Company

Constructing new decarbonization assets can help achieve net-zero targets—but doing so requires fundamentally rethinking project costs to accelerate development.

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ETCFO Turning Point: NFRA Chairperson and top CFO speakers to decode next CFO strategy in the VUCA world

CFO News

To navigate uncertainty and complexities of doing business today and tomorrow, ETCFO Turning Point, 2023, a flagship conference is happening in Gurugram on August 18. Register now and join us as we decode CFO strategy for the future.

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M&A plunged 39% in Q2 amid rising interest rates

CFO Dive

Sustained economic growth and the prospect of an end to monetary tightening may spur dealmaking during the second half of 2023, top executives said in quarterly earnings calls.

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Quick Start Guide to a Crystal Clear Close

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!

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ERP for Project-Based Manufacturing: A Game Changer for Your Business

Navigator SAP

Businesses implement ERP Industry 4.0 systems to give them complete control over their processes, costs, and productivity. They can leverage this same cloud-based software to streamline project management, whether working on a custom or urgent fulfillment requirement or as an ongoing internal control for project-based production. ERP solutions for manufacturing are specifically designed to assist with high-level resource planning and project mapping to identify key deadlines and supply chain req

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The real global EV buzz comes on two wheels

Mckinsey and Company

While making strong inroads among passenger cars and trucks, electric-vehicle technology is also transforming the two-wheeled world.

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How do Financial Controllers Add Value?

CFO Selections

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

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