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.

Leadership 341

Leadership Finance CFO 341

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.

Planning 243

Planning 243

Private Funds CFO

APRIL 18, 2022

20 ways CFOs are shaking up the agenda: 16-20.

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Fpanda Club

APRIL 18, 2022

Marketing teams, being among FP&A’s counterparties, are usually considered to be the most creative people in the company. They are responsible for understanding consumers, building relationships with them and eventually getting them interested in company’s products and services. To perform these functions marketing, as a discipline, possesses a wide range of tools and techniques that can be used to analyze data, verify hypotheses and communicate information.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 130

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Marketing Finance Forecasting 130

Speaker: Joe Wroblewski, Sales Engineer Manager

Automating time-consuming manual tasks can save your firm hundreds of hours–and thousands of dollars. But it can also have longer-lasting benefits, like helping you attract and retain the next generation of CPAs, and we don’t need to tell you how important that is amid the current generational staffing crisis in the tax and accounting profession. You'll want to save your seat for this new webinar with industry expert Joe Wroblewski, where we'll explore how to: Maximize ROI with Cost-Effective Te

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.

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Private Funds CFO

APRIL 18, 2022

PE firms are discovering how transparency is reducing risk and redefining competition in a world of heightened regulatory scrutiny and tougher employee retention, writes Richard Change of PFA Solutions. .

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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.

CFO 113

CFO Finance Data Analysis Communication 113

CFO Dive

APRIL 19, 2022

Since 2012, CEO Henry Ward has been using his deck to excite interest in his plan to transfer private shares digitally and then own the ecosystem of a new stock market.

Marketing 306

Marketing Planning 306

CFA Institute

APRIL 18, 2022

If the US government were a normal company, it would have had to declare bankruptcy long ago.

Performance Measuring 109

Performance Measuring Valuation Economics 109

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Accounting

Embark With Us

APRIL 21, 2022

Let’s say you indulge yourself after a lifetime's worth of longing from a distance, swing by that fancy car dealership you drive past every day, and decide that today’s the day -- that lovely example of exceptional German engineering will finally be yours. After making such a momentous investment, both in money and the effort exerted throughout a long and laborious career, you aren’t going to let just anyone work on your world-class automobile to keep it running as silky smooth as possible.

Investments 98

Investments 98

Centage

APRIL 19, 2022

Every business needs a budget — but having a budget is just the start. In addition to making a budget every month, quarter, or year, you also need to compare that budget to what your company actually earns and spends. Without a comparison between your forecasted income and expenses and your company’s actual income and expenses, you have no way of knowing whether you are on track, doing better than expected, or falling behind.

Budgeting 98

Budgeting Profit and Loss Forecasting Sales 98

CFO Dive

APRIL 22, 2022

Companies hiring for jobs in accounting and finance increasingly value recent graduates with technological skills, AICPA said.

Accounting 300

Accounting Finance Technology 300

CFA Institute

APRIL 21, 2022

As cracks develop along geopolitical fault lines, new barriers could emerge to disrupt global trade.

Economics 102

Economics Banking 102

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Embark With Us

APRIL 20, 2022

Riddle us this – what's 500 pages long, asks over 800 questions, and is giving CFOs acid reflux before it even becomes official? If you said the SEC's recent proposal on climate disclosure requirements, we owe you a gold star.

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Future CFO

APRIL 19, 2022

The World Bank said recently that it has slashed lowered its annual global growth forecast for 2022 from 4.1% to 3.2%, citing the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the world’s economy. The largest single factor behind the economic slowdown was a projected economic contraction of 4.1% across Europe and Central Asia, World Bank noted. Other factors include higher food and fuel costs borne by consumers in developed economies across the globe, the organisation added.

Forecasting 98

Forecasting Banking Economics 98

CFO Dive

APRIL 18, 2022

Over one-third of your invoices have errors, and costs to process these may be up to ten times greater than a "clean" invoice.

Accounts Payable 284

Accounts Payable Accounting Invoicing 284

FISPAN

APRIL 18, 2022

2022 is the year you’ll see every big Canadian financial institution get ready for Open Banking. Over the last 20 years, Sue Britton has worked in product innovation for the Canadian financial services industry, having previously led international teams and launched multiple products across the world for Symcor, Broadridge and Finastra. Surinderjit (Jeet) Kaur Bhatti has vast experience in FinTech ranging from the venture capital world to the financial innovation labs.

Startups 96

Startups Banking Finance Marketing 96

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.

Accounting

CFA Institute

APRIL 21, 2022

Gender lens investing may be the most powerful approach to achieving gender parity in finance and investment.

Investments 95

Investments Finance Economics 95

Future CFO

APRIL 17, 2022

Financial reporting specialist and lecturer Adam Deller explains the basic principles of IFRS 5, 'Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations'. The post The fundamentals of IFRS 5 appeared first on FutureCFO.

IFRS 98

IFRS Financial Reporting Sales Accounting Standards 98

CFO Dive

APRIL 19, 2022

Rollins Inc., a global exterminator company, adjusted its accounting reserves in order to increase its EPS by 1 cent and meet quarterly forecasts.

Accounting 261

Accounting Forecasting 261

CFO Simplified

APRIL 17, 2022

As Iowa State University reminds us, “profitability is the primary goal of all business ventures.”. Business leadership is often responsible for measuring current, past, and future profitability. But what is profitability? Profitability is the difference between the amount you sold a product or service for, and what it cost you to buy or create it. The importance?

General Ledger (GL) 92

General Ledger (GL) Profit and Loss General Ledger CFO 92

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.

Finance

CFO

APRIL 19, 2022

For companies of all sizes and in all jurisdictions, a common emphasis is on reducing risk exposure and costs while still looking for opportunities to maximize revenues, market share, and advance business objectives. When the prospect of litigation arises, companies can struggle with issues such as determining how to protect company interests and valuation and.

Valuation 91

Valuation CFO Marketing Finance 91

Future CFO

APRIL 18, 2022

Global IPO market saw significant slowdown in Q1 2022 after fter record-high levels of global IPO activity in 2021, said EY recently. The year started off strongly, continuing the momentum of Q4 2021, with January producing the strongest opening month in 21 years by proceeds, the firm noted. However, by the second half of the quarter, worldwide stock market declines shifted the trajectory dramatically in the opposite direction, resulting in a significant drop in overall activity, EY added.

Marketing 98

Marketing Numbers Economics Securities 98

CFO Dive

APRIL 20, 2022

Companies that collect data about their suppliers can gain insights needed to influence suppliers’ behavior on carbon emissions and other sustainability goals.

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The Charity CFO

APRIL 19, 2022

As a CPA working exclusively with nonprofits and a former nonprofit auditor, I’ve looked at thousands of nonprofit financial statements over the past 10 years. Looking at that many balance sheets, you start to identify trends. And while some issues are evident to anyone, others only stand out once you know what to look for. Over the years, I’ve identified a set of 5 nonprofit financial red flags that are fairly common and almost always lead to trouble sooner or later.

Nonprofit 87

Nonprofit Compliance Auditing Accounting 87

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.

Finance