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Wondering about a new FP&A platform? Check out what customers say

Anaplan

Anaplan was recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the Gartner 2021 Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Cloud FP&A Solutions report, based on user reviews and Gartner evaluation.

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Joachim Klement, CFA: Three Geo-Economics Trends to Watch

CFA Institute

The rise of China, climate change, and cyberthreats will shape the 2020s, Joachim Klement, CFA, predicts.

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3 FP&A Trends Shaping Our Digital Economy

Planful

Finance professors often teach that markets are working toward efficiency—that they’re linear. The reality? They’re bumpy roller coasters full of ups and downs. “Things are usually changing fast enough and people are imperfect enough that markets don’t always have it just right,” says Kevin Landis, CEO and CIO of Firsthand Capital Management and veteran technology […].

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Coming out Stronger: CFOs as chief resiliency officers

Future CFO

The pandemic has put chief financial officers in the spotlight. No longer just finance stewards, they have taken on more proactive roles in steering the company forward. This has led to new calls for financial transparency, faster data sharing, and having the ability to create new models and explore multiple scenarios quickly. To address these new needs, CFOs are helping to accelerate digital transformation.

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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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The role of data in digital transformation

Anaplan

Finance leaders who champion digital transformation can make their department a strategic powerhouse.

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3 FP&A Trends Shaping Our Digital Economy

Planful

Finance professors often teach that markets are working toward efficiency—that they’re linear. The reality? They’re bumpy roller coasters full of ups and downs. “Things are usually changing fast enough and people are imperfect enough that markets don’t always have it just right,” says Kevin Landis , CEO and CIO of Firsthand Capital Management and veteran technology investor.

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10 Reasons to Hire A Fractional CFO

A Fractional CFO

By Tony Fremarek | A Fractional CFO, LLC A CFO is responsible for managing the financial operations of a business, this includes accounting, financial reporting, cash management, budgeting, maintaining controls, capital structure issues, and financing. Additionally, the CFO is involved in strategic planning and financial.

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How CFOs can improve ESG reporting

Future CFO

There are seven critical areas where CFOs can identify opportunities for improvement in ESG reporting, said Gartner recently. “About one in 10 investors find the ESG information they are looking for in corporate disclosures,” said Stephen Adams, director in the Gartner Finance practice. There is an enormous opportunity here for most companies to stand out better to investors simply by providing the information they are seeking, he added.

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SPACs: An Uncorrelated Asset Class?

CFA Institute

Do special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) offer any diversification benefits?

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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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Revenue Recognition

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ERC – Employee Retention Credit

A Fractional CFO

I’m going to keep this post short. Two questions for you. Was your business in any way shut down or limited in operations due to a government mandate in 2020, or Q1 or Q2 of 2021? Do you have employees? If the answer to both.

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Employees consider themselves digital technology experts since the pandemic

Future CFO

Nearly one in five employees (18%) consider themselves to be digital technology experts since the pandemic, while more than half consider themselves proficient, said Gartner recently when releasing results of its 2021 Digital Worker Experience Survey. The survey was conducted in November and December 2020 among 10,080 full-time employees at organisations with 100 or more employees in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific , to better understand workers’ technological and workplace experiences and senti

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PwC's global crisis survey 2021

Future CFO

PwC said that 20% of respondents to its Global Crisis Survey a crisis had an overall positive effect on their business. PwC Global Crisis Leader Kristin Rivera shares insights from our Global Crisis Survey 2021. The post PwC's global crisis survey 2021 appeared first on FutureCFO.

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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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Improve customer and partner payment experience

Future CFO

As more companies make the necessary transition to a remote workforce, it becomes essential to maintain efficiency within procure-to-pay (P2P), order-to-cash (O2C) processes as well as communication with customer and suppliers. In every country where Esker is present, we are equipped with the infrastructure, solutions and support to help our customers and partners effectively manage their unique working requirements and environments.

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CFO survey: China to lead global post-pandemic recovery in 2021

Future CFO

A CFO survey by Deloitte revealed that finance leaders in China see the country as a key growth driver in the post-pandemic world though concerns about a slow overseas rebound and geopolitical tensions remain, Deloitte China said recently. Business transformation has emerged as a priority while CFOs plan to invest more in digital and talent to capture growth opportunities on the horizon in 2021, Deloitte China noted.

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Asia Pacific growth outlooks diverge amid recovery

Future CFO

Asia Pacific growth will see intra-regional disparities though economies are recovering from the initial shock of the pandemic, said Fitch Ratings recently. The credit rating agency expects APAC economic growth to rebound to 7.2% in 2021 after last year’s contraction of 0.9%, underpinned by continued momentum in China and a rebound in India. . However, rapid growth in part reflects the scale of the shock in 2020, the firm said.

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India’s economy might shrink in Q2 as Covid cases surge

Future CFO

India’s economy may shrink in Q2 as the number of Covid-19 cases is on the rise. The country reported another 323,144 cases on Tuesday, and five straight days or record new daily cases, bringing the country’s cumulative infections to more than 17.6 million. Sonal Varma, India chief economist at Nomura , predicted that the country’s GDP would shrink about 1.5% in Q2.

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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.