CFO Selections
APRIL 30, 2025
Never take your eyes off of the cash flow because its the life blood of the business. - Richard Branson Staying on top of your cash flow is vital to running a small business smoothly. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce cites that cash flow problems are responsible for 82% of business failures. Cash flow is critical to the survival and success of your business.
CFO Dive
MAY 1, 2025
Democrats on the Financial Services Committee condemned efforts to eliminate the PCAOB, quoting Republicans who championed creation of the board in 2002.
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Tips Watch
APRIL 27, 2025
Remember: You don’t know what you don’t know. By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Sometime on Wednesday, April 30, the Treasury is likely to unveil its new fixed, inflation-adjusted and composite interest rates for the U.S. Series I Savings Bond.
Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 28, 2025
An advisory firm's website often serves as the hub for attracting new clients, with various forms of content acting as 'spokes' that attract prospective clients to the firm. But for many advisors, the hardest part of creating a content marketing strategy is knowing where to start. Without a structured approach, content creation can cost the advisor valuable time without leading to meaningful leads.
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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
Bramasol
APRIL 29, 2025
As with many other market segments, the Medical Device industry is being disrupted by two major macro trends: 1) the move to new offerings with recuring revenue models, and 2) the transformation of business operations with cloud-based ERP systems. This Insights post provides an overview of these new medical device product/service offerings and an exploration of how SAP Cloud ERP can help optimize and unify back-end systems for managing them.
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Global Finance
MAY 1, 2025
Global Finance: What factors shaped Arab Banks results last year? Randa Sadik: Arab Bank posted a robust performance in 2024, underpinned by broad growth across geographies and business segments. Our solid results were backed by a well-diversified expansion in core banking income with interest and non-interest revenue contributing to sustainable growth in net operating profit.
CFO Thought Leader
APRIL 29, 2025
A Finance Strategic Moment On Friday the 13 of March 2020, Steven Miller closed Warby Parkers 280 stores, scrapped the freshly approved budget, and launched PARPause, Adjust, Redeploy. The framework shifted cash to safety and booming e-commerce (up 100 % YoY), granting leadership daily visibility and preserving liquidity until stores reopened two months later.
Cube Software
APRIL 28, 2025
Key takeaways Todays finance teams spend the majority of their time preparing the data for analysis and have limited time to deliver the insights that drive the business forward. The Strategic Finance Hierarchy of Needs is a framework designed to help finance teams partner with the business and help shape the future. Similar to Maslows hierarchy of needs, one needs to master the foundation (data management) before achieving higher-order tasks (strategic finance).
The Charity CFO
APRIL 29, 2025
Build a Strong Leadership Team with Financial and Operational Accountability Behind every financially sound nonprofit is a leadership team that doesnt just care about the missionbut also owns the outcomes. Its not enough to delegate tasks and hope for the best. If you want financial stability and long-term growth, your leadership team must operate with clear vision, shared responsibility, and total accountability.
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CFO Dive
MAY 2, 2025
“The Accountant” movie from 2016 is loved by many CPAs. Will the new sequel and the franchise’s drama help attract more young people to the accounting profession?
Navigator SAP
MAY 2, 2025
Part of why so many businesses choose an SAP ERP solution is that SAP is robust and widely supported. SAP invented ERP, and it still dominates the space. Because it is so commonly used, businesses served by SAP North America never have to go it alone; there is a robust community of consultants and third-party support service providers that can assist with rollout and post-implementation support.
Barry Ritholtz
APRIL 28, 2025
We have no idea how good we had it. Lets consider the returns data from the period post-Great Financial Crisis (GFC), and then unpack what it might mean. Starting January 1, 2010, the S&P 500 generated a total return (with dividends reinvested) of 566.8% , or 13.3% per year from the start of 2010 through the end of Q1 2025. The Nasdaq 100 has nearly doubled that.
Global Finance
MAY 1, 2025
Following a strong performance in the prior year, Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) recorded a steady 2024, with the overall sectors return and total assets at levels similar to their 2023 performance. However, there was variation in individual IFIs performances; and many winners of Global Finances Best Islamic Financial Institutions 2025 achieved growth and profitability beyond their peers.
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.
CFO Dive
MAY 2, 2025
The EV maker’s finance chief has offloaded about $6.5 million in shares in 2025, according to company filings.
CFO News
MAY 2, 2025
This India phenomenon spans 35 different industry sectors in our study, highlighting that India's accelerated path to long-term value creation has been broad-based and consistent and reflects investor confidence across both new-age technology spaces as well as more traditional manufacturing domains, a BCG report said.
Barry Ritholtz
MAY 1, 2025
I chatted with Jean Chatzky of Your Money Map about HNTI and some general investing concepts. As always, we did notget to all of them, but they were so thoughtful, I wanted to share them with you. *Lets start with the why. Many, if not most, investing books aim to teach people how TO invest. Your focus is giving readers advice on how NOT to invest. Why did you decide to take this approach?
Nerd's Eye View
MAY 2, 2025
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 will raise its annual fee for new and renewing certificants by $120 to $575 in order to help fund its public awareness campaign to promote the CFP brand with the public and encourage consumers to seek out CFP professionals when looking for a financial advisor.
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.
CFO Dive
APRIL 30, 2025
Peter Hadley will take the reins from Don McGuire, who has been finance chief since October of 2021.
CFO Talks
MAY 2, 2025
How CFOs Are Turning Treasury into a Strategic Growth Engine If youre still treating your treasury function like a glorified savings account, youre leaving strategic valueand hard cashon the table. Todays corporate treasurer isnt just keeping the lights on. Theyre quietly driving value, managing risk, and influencing your ability to fund growth. And if youre the CFO, that responsibility (and opportunity) lands squarely in your lap.
Future CFO
APRIL 28, 2025
In the evolving financial landscape of Asia, managing Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) has become a critical focus for finance leaders aiming to optimise cash flow and sustain business growth. As companies face diverse payment behaviours, regulatory changes, and technological advancements, understanding the key issues, trends, risks, and opportunities around DSO is essential for maintaining financial health in 2025.
Nerd's Eye View
MAY 1, 2025
Advisors spend a lot of time crafting their financial advice recommendations – and how they deliver those recommendations – for their clients. These ultra-personalized suggestions are central to what makes financial advice valuable and can have a significant impact on a client's life. So, what happens when a client doesn't act on that advice – especially when their inaction can compromise their financial and holistic wellbeing?
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.
CFO Dive
APRIL 29, 2025
Amid a proxy battle, the motor cycle company said three unnamed potential CEO candidates recently failed to gain majority support from its board.
Navigator SAP
MAY 1, 2025
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our recent webinar, Beyond SAP Business ByDesign and Business One. In this engaging session, we explored what comes next for growing companies that are reaching the limits of their current ERP systems.
Global Finance
MAY 1, 2025
Global Finance: What drove UOBs performance in 2024? Wee Ee Cheong: UOB is strategically reshaping our business mix to diversify our revenue engines, with a disciplined approach to managing our balance sheet and growing fee-based income. In wholesale banking, our enhanced platforms and sector-specific solutions help finance cross-border businesses, leading to higher fees and cross-border income.
Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 29, 2025
Welcome everyone! Welcome to the 435th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Gideon Drucker. Gideon is the CEO of Drucker Wealth, a hybrid advisory firm based in New York City, that oversees approximately $1 billion in assets under management for 800 client households. What's unique about Gideon, though, is how he initiated a "Wealth Builder" offering serving high-income next-generation clients (within a firm that historically had worked primarily with
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