Sat.Jan 07, 2023 - Fri.Jan 13, 2023

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Cognitive Load and the CFO

Beacon CFO Plus

by Rob Joseph, Director, BeaconCFO Plus. You sit down at your desk with a fresh cup of coffee and every intention of tackling a complex task. Then your phone buzzes with a new text message. You glance at the growing total of unread emails in your inbox. A reminder for a Zoom call in 30 minutes pops up on your computer screen. All of us are susceptible to these digital distractions every minute of the day.

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The underlying tensions causing knowledge gaps for CFOs

CFO Dive

How to recognize and avoid the insight gaps keeping your company from reaching peak potential.

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11+ Best workforce management software for CFOs in 2023

Cube Software

Workforce management (WFM) involves the strategic planning , scheduling, and monitoring employee tasks and activities.

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How India Inc CFOs will spend on IT in 2023

CFO News

Finance heads will continue to increase their spending in key segments of information technology next year as digitalisation stays a strong investment theme for the Indian industry.

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2024 Payroll Calendar Templates

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.

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What Makes Financial Advisors Happier: More Time Or More Money?

CFO News Room

While it may be easy to assume that having more money would make a person happier by opening consumption opportunities unavailable to those with less income, experienced advisors can likely identify many examples of high-income individuals who are unhappy with their lives. To provide a more holistic view, researchers have sought to assess whether increased income leads to greater happiness on two dimensions: emotional wellbeing (how an individual feels today) and evaluative wellbeing (how an ind

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Answers with Adam: Navigating CFO Pricing - A Video Walkthrough

Adam Kae

Answers with Adam: How does the pricing structure work at Adam Kae & Associates? CFO Adam: So the nice part about my pricing is I have one set of service with three ways to pay for it. So there's three pieces to my service. There's strategy sessions , there's biweekly calls and then there's strategy time for me to work in the background. It's the same across all three of my packages, the exact same level of service, but the way you pay for it is slightly different.

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How Can an ERP Create a Competitive Advantage?

Navigator SAP

If you want your organization to be agile and nimble, breaking down silos that inhibit collaboration and transparency should be a priority. One way to do this is with data-backed decision-making that enables you to better respond to evolving market conditions.

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Providing Mortgage Advice In A Higher Interest-Rate Environment: Opportunities For Advisors To Add Value

CFO News Room

Leading up to 2022, financial advisors and their clients had grown accustomed to a relatively low mortgage rate environment. In fact, until earlier this year, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate had stayed below 5% since 2010 (and below 7% since 2001). But as the Federal Reserve has sought to raise interest rates this year to combat inflation, mortgage rates have reached higher levels not seen in more than 20 years, with 30-year fixed mortgages reaching an average of 6.9% in October 2022, tw

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Our FP&A salary & career field guide for 2023 strategic finance roles

Cube Software

So… it’s finally happened. You’ve decided to embrace your surgical attention to detail and spreadsheet prowess.

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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.

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One billion days lost: How COVID-19 is hurting the US workforce

Mckinsey and Company

COVID-19 may no longer be a pandemic, but the disease likely reduced the availability of the US workforce by as much as 2.6 percent in 2022—a burden on productivity that could last for years.

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CEOs brace for recession, CFOs eye costs

CFO Dive

C-suite leaders remain focused on weathering a coming recession, but slowing wage growth and inflation is sparking a shift in cost optimization strategies.

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Intelligent Process Automation: Understanding the Differences Between Automated Robotic Processing, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Navigator SAP

One reason that businesses move to ERP is for intelligent process automation. But this can be a nebulous term, often combined with vague buzzwords such as automated robotic processing, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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Aligning Your Philanthropic Operating Model with Your Goals

CFO News Room

Philanthropies — be it private foundations, corporate and family funders, LLC’s, or other vehicles for giving — often struggle with the same set of fundamental questions: Are we best leveraging our resources and capabilities to not only fulfill our mission but also bring transformational change to the people and communities who need it most? What kinds of decision-making frameworks could help us have that greater purpose and impact?

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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.

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Artificial intelligence in strategy

Mckinsey and Company

AI tools can help executives avoid biases in decisions, pull insights out of oceans of data, and make strategic choices more quickly. And that’s just the beginning.

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M&A spurred share price gains during Q4: WTW

CFO Dive

Five trends in deal-making will likely unfold in 2023, including a focus on purchases less than $1 billion and on “friend-shoring” to reduce geopolitical risks to supply chains, WTW said.

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ERP Software for Medium Business

Navigator SAP

Whenever medium-sized businesses compete, chances are that there will be numerous big businesses able to stay ahead of the curve due to their size, budget, and history in the marketplace. The way for smaller businesses to outcompete the big guys is to streamline their operations and provide higher quality services at competitive prices.

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25 Ways to Earn Cash Quickly

CFO News Room

Even if you overcame financial issues caused by the pandemic, the last few years have made it difficult to “get ahead.” The statistics show that time and time again, consumers are struggling to make ends meet due to much higher prices across the board. A recent report by PYMNTS and LendingClub showed that 60% of American consumers have had to cut spending due to high inflation over the last 12 months.

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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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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lighthouses 2023

Mckinsey and Company

Leaders need clarity on what works to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our 2023 report shows success factors that contributed to significant, quantifiable, scalable, and sustainable DEI impact.

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CFOs zero in on digital transformation

CFO Dive

Finance leaders are still prioritizing digital transformation even as they face economic headwinds.

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It Was In My Other Pocket

Corporate Finance

Have you ever been short on money and gone through your clothes, only to find a $20 bill that you had forgotten about? We are sure that you were relieved. The same thing just happened to cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which filed for bankruptcy back in November. FTX attorneys announced that the company had found $5 billion in cash, liquid cryptocurrency, and other liquid investments!

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Jan 14-15)

CFO News Room

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” – this week’s edition kicks off with the news that the Federal Trade Commission has proposed a nationwide ban on noncompete clauses in employee contracts, aiming to give employees more freedom to change jobs within the same industry. In the advisor world, where noncompete agreements are fairly common, a ban on the practice could incentivize firms to reassess their employee value proposition and to consider ways to es

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DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

On August 30, 2023, the DOL unveiled a proposed overtime rule that would raise the weekly salary threshold under the Federal Labor Standards Act. Paycor is closely monitoring the proposal and will provide updates as new information becomes available.

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What is Davos?

Mckinsey and Company

Davos, Switzerland, is where the World Economic Forum holds its annual meeting. Delegates from many sectors converge for several days of talks and meetings to address urgent global issues.

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Ex-CFO of email security firm pleads guilty in $50M fraud scheme

CFO Dive

The former CFO of GigaTrust faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud investors and lenders, including by fabricating bank statements.

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ERP Software for Customer Relationship Management

Navigator SAP

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for medium businesses —or businesses of any size—can play a major role wherever they’re used, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is no exception.

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The Disparate Effects on Company Values!

CFO News Room

In my last post , I discussed how inflation’s return has changed the calculus for investors, looking at how inflation affects returns on different asset classes, and tracing out the consequences for equity values, in the aggregate. In general, higher and more volatile inflation has negative effects on all financial assets, from stocks to corporate bonds to treasury bonds, and neutral to positive effects on gold, collectibles and real assets.

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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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Is virtual care delivering on its promise of improving access?

Mckinsey and Company

Although virtual-care adoption has substantially increased, healthcare organizations can pursue additional opportunities to reduce disparities in access.

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EY consulting arm poaches Cargill CFO

CFO Dive

Ernst & Young is moving forward with a “soft separation” of its audit and consulting arms as they appoint Jamie Miller to the CFO seat of what will be a new public entity.

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ERP Software for Small Manufacturing Business

Navigator SAP

Enterprise Resource Planning software, or ERP, is a critical tool for manufacturing and distribution firms that want to obtain complete visibility into core business processes. Manufacturing involves a lot of processes, and ERP software such as SAP Business ByDesign helps in coordination and management of the many moving parts that contribute to a successful manufacturing business.