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7 Tips for Working with a Fractional CFO to Grow Your Business Value

Focus CFO

As a small business owner, you face many challenges when running your own company. Financial management is one of the most critical aspects of any business, but hiring a full-time CFO can be a costly and unrealistic expense for many small businesses. This is where Fractional CFOs, like those provided by FocusCFO, come in.

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Are You Thinking Strategically or Transactionally This Year?

Adam Kae

Chances are, you’ve revisited your business goals and you have a clear idea of what to do this year. At this beginning point in Q2, it’s time to make sure that your plans and actions match up with that goal - and most importantly: are you achieving those goals with a strategic mindset, or a transactional one? Let’s take a look at what those mean for you, and how you can make sure you’ll hit your targets this year.

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4 CFO tips for demystifying AI hype

CFO Dive

Innovation in AI has prompted talk of a coming technological leap as profound as the creation of the internet. It has also sparked anxiety. CFOs need to navigate past the hype and fear.

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Three CFOs Talking About AI and How It’s Influencing Their Strategy Discussions

CFO Thought Leader

MADE POSSIBLE BY VERSAPAY The first Collaborative Accounts Receivable Network. Our AR automation solutions and next-generation B2B payments network make billing and payments easier for enterprises, increasing efficiencies, accelerating cash flow, and dramatically improving the customer experience. Based in Toronto with offices in Atlanta, Cleveland, Baltimore, LA, and Las Vegas, Versapay is owned by Great Hill Partners, a Boston-based technology investment firm.

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Why Tech-Forward Tax and Accounting Firms Have the Inside Track to the Future

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

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Flexibility still king for workers: Report

CFO Dive

Despite a labor market resurgence in March, nearly half (47%) of those in the workforce are still highly concerned about what a downturn may mean for their job security and finances, the April Workforce from iCIMS said.

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How Deep is Your Bench?

CFO Simplified

I’ve seen it happen often. An employee walks off the job, and there is a sudden scramble in the office. Not only are there security issues, but who is going to do the work that Bob / Sally was doing? It seems to be more critical now, with difficulties in staffing. It’s always been hard to find the right people to do the work in your company, but now there’s the problem of finding someone to fill the empty slot in a tight hiring environment.

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Is 50% the New (Metro) RTO?

Barry Ritholtz

I mentioned a few weeks ago how much better Europe ‘s return to office rate was doing versus ours : 90+% RTO, while the USA is ~60%. I cannot speak to Europe, but that U.S. number is an average across all regions, industries, age groups, etc. In some parts of the country, it is appreciably higher or lower; as you might imagine, it varies greatly.

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3 CFOs talk shifting ESG headwinds

CFO Dive

The nuanced picture that three CFOs painted Tuesday of the business case for ESG sharply contrasted with the backlash that has roiled the public debate recently.

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Technology for Business Sake - Life Sciences Professional Podcast

Navigator SAP

In this episode of Lifesciences Professional Podcast, Linda Robertson speaks with Ralph Hess about business technology in the Life Sciences industry.

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Live Demo - Supercharge your Month End Close

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

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This Week on TRB

The Reformed Broker

I spent the week in Paris with the family and it was really an amazing trip. As you guys know I’m big on history and art and food and stuff so I had been looking forward to it for a long time. And the city did not disappoint. Other than the lack of ice cubes Some shots: The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, which played host to some amazing moments in the history of the world.

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The Tide of Price over Volume

Barry Ritholtz

My fishing pal Sam Rines has spent much of this year pushing a thesis of “ Price over Volume” ; I found it a compelling narrative, one that fits in nicely with an apsect of inflation that I had originally underestimated: “Greedflation.” The Price over Volume thesis is both compelling and underappreciated. I hope you find his take thought provoking… -Barry Price over Volume remains a key theme this earnings season with PG’s earnings report the tip of the iceberg.

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Rate hedging for non-bank CFOs

CFO Dive

Many firms don’t have exposure to the longer-duration government bonds that hammered Silicon Valley Bank. But there are other rate risks to guard against.

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Is My Business a Professional Services Firm?

Navigator SAP

Sometimes the line between consultant, contractor, and professional services firm can be confusing. Yet the distinction is important, because it helps your business organize properly and align around the best practices and technologies that support the actual work of your organization.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Partnering for Impact: Institutional Investors and the Net-Zero Transition

CFA Institute

A well-managed, low-carbon transition requires systemic change from all corners of the global economy.

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MiB: Joe Barratta, Blackstone’s Global Head of Private Equity

Barry Ritholtz

 This week, we speak with Joseph Baratta , who since 2012, has served as Global Head of Private Equity at Blackstone – the world’s largest alternative asset manager, with $975 billion in assets under management. Baratta, who joined the firm in 1998, is also a member of the board of directors and serves on multiple management committees, as well as the firm’s investment committees.

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Tax AI is here, but distrust lingers

CFO Dive

AI could help companies with filing taxes. But first, finance executives need to learn to trust it.

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No grave delivery gap in audit, says ICAI President

CFO News

"I don’t think there is a grave delivery gap in the audit. If that were the case, you would not have seen India progressing; we are right now projected as one of the bright spots in terms of the economic outlook. The whole world is looking up to India. If there is no great financial reporting happening, do you think it would have been possible for India to be projected as the bright spot in terms of the economic growth you are seeing?

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: What Really Matters

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.

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Do the Best Equity Fund Managers Follow the Bond Market?

CFA Institute

A fund family's success with bond funds may not translate to the equity side of the ledger.

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10 Wednesday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

My mid-week morning train WFH reads: • The Myth of the Broke Millennial : After a rough start, the generation is thriving. Why doesn’t it feel that way? ( The Atlantic ) • How 2022 Became a Record Year for US Income Taxes : An asset-price boom, a progressive tax code and inflation interacted to drive effective rates higher than ever. Now the process is working in reverse. ( Bloomberg ) • Tax season is getting longer.

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To keep pace with healthcare costs, data is key

CFO Dive

For CFOs managing both company costs and their employees’ wellbeing, having access to the right data to make strategic healthcare decisions is essential.

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India's GDP to grow at 6.2% in FY24, RBI to cut rate in Q1 2024: Morgan Stanley

CFO News

Morgan Stanley predicts that India's gross domestic product will grow by 6.2% in FY24 due to the reopening of the economy, increased private sector investment, a cyclical recovery in consumption and an increase in government spending. Inflation is predicted to be below 5% in Q2 2024, with inflation averaging around 5.5% in F2024, says the report.

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The Hidden Science Behind Why Finance Teams Resist Change—And How to Fix It

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.

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New 5-year TIPS gets a real yield of 1.32%, an attractive result

Tips Watch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com The Treasury’s auction of $21 billion in a new 5-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Security — CUSIP 91282CGW5 — resulted in a real yield to maturity of 1.320%, a bit higher than looked likely through the morning.

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The cost of being a corruption-busting CFO

CFO Talks

Written by Leigh Schaller What happens when you take a principled CFO and place her in dysfunctional municipalities? You get Mercy Phetla fighting through courts and council meetings in an attempt to do her job. Mercy Phetla doesn’t think of herself as a whistleblower. 7“I’m just doing my job,” Mercy told the #CFOClubConvo. Her job has caused trouble in small towns across rural South Africa for those who wish she didn’t care about corruption.

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Half of global workers open to leaving jobs: study

CFO Dive

Thirty percent of businesses are experiencing “value drag,” with employees feeling disengaged and looking to leave, and another 18% are in a “value risk” state, where business value is at significant risk, according to the research.

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How CFOs can leverage the power of AI, limit risks

CFO News

CFOs need to ensure that the technology serves the interests of all stakeholders, uses high-quality data, safeguards against rogue use and attacks, protects user data, and avoids harm to people, property, and the environment.

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Doing More With Less: The Modern Finance Miracle

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.