CFO Dive

JANUARY 14, 2022

M&A will probably surge this year after a record 2021, and CFOs who want to prevail in the highly competitive market should follow several best practices.

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Generation CFO

JANUARY 14, 2022

“The office of the CFO needs to change”, said Terrel A. Turner when he spoke with Christopher Argent, founder of Generation CFO, for the Business Talk Library podcast. CFOs and finance teams can no longer ignore the importance of technology in finance function. This in turn has affected the role of the CFO, which Chris and Terrel explored in this insightful session.

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Jedox Finance

JANUARY 12, 2022

How do you know at any time whether your company is solvent? How do you deal with financial bottlenecks? Is there a way to determine the future of your business? The answer to these questions and more: a solid financial plan. Table of Contents. What is the corporate financial planning process? What is the goal of corporate financial planning? The importance of financial planning for your company.

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CFA Institute

JANUARY 10, 2022

How well has Fama and French's five-factor model explained returns?

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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

Accounting Firms

CFO Dive

JANUARY 13, 2022

Price pressure has surged into the top ranks of CFO concerns, drawing more attention than anytime in nearly nearly 40 years, surveys show.

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CFO 258

Global Finance

JANUARY 12, 2022

In the Conference Board’s annual C-suite survey, executives express concerns about inflation, talent sourcing, and impediments to pandemic recovery, including possible recession in China and supply chain concerns in the US and Europe.

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Anaplan

JANUARY 11, 2022

What is S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning)? S&OP, or sales & operations planning, is a monthly integrated business management process that empowers leadership to focus on key supply chain drivers, including sales, marketing, demand management, production, inventory management, and new product introduction. With an eye on financial and business impact, the goal of S&OP software […].

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CFO Dive

JANUARY 14, 2022

A self-described risk-averse person by nature, Conductor's Sherri Moyen says she's been inspired by Sheryl Sandberg and others to choose risk over comfort.

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Generation CFO

JANUARY 12, 2022

Successful transformation does not have to mean a huge overhaul of processes, according to Gemma Spurr, Transformation Manager at clothing retailer Superdry. It can be just as meaningful when it’s a simple step forward. . “Transformation in a word suggests a big leap” says Gemma, “and that’s often what’s expected, which is sometimes where it fails.

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CFA Institute

JANUARY 14, 2022

The J-curve narrative in private equity (PE) investments deserves a quiet obsolescence.

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Accountancy Today

JANUARY 13, 2022

The UK government has published a consultation seeking views for how a worldwide 15% minimum corporation tax should be domestically implemented. It revealed more than 130 countries signed up to a new global minimum tax framework in October 2021, after G7 agreed in principle during the UK’s presidency. The historic framework will ensure large international firms pay at least 15% tax rate on profits in each country in which they operate, helping to tackle avoidance and ensure a more level pl

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CFO Dive

JANUARY 13, 2022

Anticipated SEC rules on ESG reporting could bring more firms off the sidelines.

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Generation CFO

JANUARY 13, 2022

Date: Tuesday 22nd February 2022. Time: 14:00 BST. The biggest challenges facing ambitious current or future CFOs can be narrowed down to three categories: people, data and digital. Generation CFO has made it their quest to make them the heroes of the next generation of sustainable, high-performing businesses. To do so, we bring you our monthly Deep Dive Live webinar.

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CFA Institute

JANUARY 14, 2022

This revised and updated edition offers an insightful framework for identifying gaps between price and value.

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Investments Performance Measuring Economics 111

Private Funds CFO

JANUARY 14, 2022

Recent top reads from our site.

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Embark With Us

JANUARY 13, 2022

Imagine trying to put together a jigsaw puzzle on the back of a speeding flatbed truck. On a blustery day. And through rough terrain. Doesn’t bode well for your chances of successfully completing that puzzle, right?

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Focus CFO

JANUARY 13, 2022

12 Days of Doing Good. Small Biz Cares Honors FocusCFO. FocusCFO was honored to be included in Small Biz Cares’, Twelve Days of Doing Good – 2021, highlighting our fundraising efforts to combat food scarcity. To read about the program click below. FocusCFO has a long history of supporting community causes. However, starting in 2020, the firm wanted to respond to challenges made worse by the worldwide pandemic.

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Marketing 97

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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FISPAN

JANUARY 12, 2022

How FISPAN sees the importance of data and how to grow beyond the point of data aggregation. How data will be delivered and received from FISPAN and the third-party partners we work with. Financial institutions (FIs) are under pressure to drive innovation in financial data access for the commercial banking space. Banking customers are seeking more control over their banking data than ever before.

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Private Funds CFO

JANUARY 13, 2022

Raymond James's Sunaina Sinha Haldea discusses the best practice for GPs to discharge conflict of interest and ensure best pricing on their GP-led transactions.

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Planful

JANUARY 11, 2022

In 2018, McKinsey reported that CFOs who didn’t adopt digital innovations like artificial intelligence (AI) were in danger of falling behind their counterparts in IT and marketing. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit two years later, it forced businesses to prioritize digital to stay afloat. By one estimate from McKinsey, just the first 9 months of […].

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Accountancy Today

JANUARY 10, 2022

Finance leaders are focused on growth, with a record 37% rating an increase in capital investment as a strong priority for their business in the next 12 months, according to Deloitte’s UK CFO Survey Q4 2021. The survey saw 85 chief financial officers (CFOs) participate, including CFOs of 21 FTSE 100 and 29 FTSE 250 companies. The combined market value of the 60 UK-listed companies that participated is £493bn, approximately 19% of the UK quoted equity market.

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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

The Charity CFO

JANUARY 13, 2022

In-kind donations help your nonprofit get the resources you need to carry out your programs without asking for more cash. For this reason, they’re an invaluable tool in your fundraising toolkit. But accounting for in-kind donations presents its own unique challenges. Almost any non-cash gift to your nonprofit can be considered an in-kind donation, but most of them fall into one of two categories: goods or services. .

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Private Funds CFO

JANUARY 13, 2022

GP-led transactions: The price is right!

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Onplan

JANUARY 12, 2022

To date, you’ve built a 30-person team colocated with you in California, prioritizing speed over cost efficiency, but now it’s time to consider whether to keep that approach, or start to build out a back office in a lower cost geography. But how do you weigh the headcount cost of each option? In this post, we’ll walk you step-by-step through how to think about this.

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Accountancy Today

JANUARY 10, 2022

Begbies Traynor Group has completed the acquisition of Daniells Harrison Surveyors for a total consideration of £2m. Daniells Harrison is a firm of chartered surveyors employing 27 staff who will integrate with Eddisons, the group’s property advisory and transactional services division. The acquisition is in line with the group’s strategy, as the Daniells Harrison team will extend the geographical coverage of the division which has now broadened from its original northern base, to include

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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.

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