2021

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A new operating model for pharma: How the pandemic has influenced priorities

Mckinsey and Company

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted pharma companies to rethink their organizational strategies. A survey of executives suggests where value might lie.

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Key Considerations When Choosing an ERP System as a Startup

Navigator SAP

Efficiency, cost savings, and competitive advantages are likely the key reasons your startup needs an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. With so many features and options available, however, it may be hard to know which ones will be the best at helping you achieve those goals.

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5 Strategies to Build Business Credit Easily and Quickly

Business Credit Blogger

Build Business Credit In today’s post we share five key strategies for building business credit easily and quickly. These five strategies provide a fast and efficient way to establish your business credit file with major business credit reporting agencies. If your new to building business credit it’s important to recap on why it’s an essential […].

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How Mexico’s Central Bank Plans To Move Payments To Digital

PYMNTS

In Mexico, the pandemic is moving the needle toward digital payments — specifically mobile payments — to become more widely embraced by businesses and consumers alike. Slowly. In an interview with PYMNTS' Karen Webster, Miguel Diaz , general director of payment systems and market infrastructures at the Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico), said that making and receiving payments across devices in an affordable manner, with faster payments infrastructure already in place, means that “every Mexican

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How Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Drive Business Results

Employees who feel listened to show a 64% longer commitment to tasks (Forbes). And that’s just for starters. Learn how emotionally intelligent leaders drive business results. Download Paycor’s guide for the full story.

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Get More out Your CRM: Tips for Better Sales Forecasting

Jedox Finance

The need to understand how to best manage the relationships a business has with its customers is not a new concept. Managing basic information such as who your customers are, where they are located, and what they want to buy was around long before the advent of desktop computers and the Internet. However, forecasting or predicting how much your customers want to buy or how well a business would perform in the future was much more difficult to achieve way back then.

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Five Critical Reports to Manage Your SaaS Business

The SaaS CFO

There are hundreds of reports that we could create to manage our SaaS businesses. In fact, I’m sure our CRM, accounting, and BI systems are littered with reports that no longer see the light of day. With so much data trapped in our SaaS business, it can be extremely hard to limit our focus to […].

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The ultimate guide to zero-based budgeting (ZBB)

Anaplan

What is zero-based budgeting (ZBB)? Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) is a methodology to help align company spending with strategic goals. Its approach requires organizations to build their annual budget from zero each year to verify all components of the annual budget are cost-effective, relevant, and drive improved savings. Implemented effectively, ZBB is a cost discipline enabling […].

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Digital acceleration to drive finance leadership in 2022

Future CFO

According to the Gartner View from the Board of Directors 2021 survey , 69% of board members want to accelerate digital business. In response, 82% of CFOs report that investments in digital are accelerating faster than in other areas, including talent, supply chain, business services or fixed assets. What does this mean to the finance and accounting team of 2022?

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When Does Your Nonprofit Need an Audit?

The Charity CFO

Contrary to what many people envision, a nonprofit audit doesn’t usually start with a letter from the IRS. Instead, an independent nonprofit audit is something you choose to build trust in your nonprofit organization. In fact, the IRS doesn’t require nonprofits to be audited, but other federal and state agencies do in some circumstances. Plus, many grantmakers, foundations, lenders, and donors will require an independent audit before giving money to your nonprofit organization. .

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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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Understanding and Overcoming The Skill Wall

ProCFO Partners

Who’s the better employee – the deeply committed, personally invested person who lacks some raw skills, or the highly skilled person who can sometimes be tough to manage? Should you hire for skill, or for “fit”? What does any of that even mean? In this article we’ll try to make sense of the skill wall , including insights and perspective on when to explore hard skills versus passion, and why having a vision of success for the role before even exploring options is critical

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The six must-haves to achieve breakthrough growth in e-commerce D2C

Mckinsey and Company

With e-commerce surging, building direct-to-consumer capabilities is more important than ever—but how do companies truly scale their D2C business?

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Time to pay your SS tax deferral!

CFO Share

Remember that flurry of CARES act tax credits, stimulus, and tax deferrals? There was lots of free money in the CARES act, but one component needs to be repaid this December: the social security tax deferral. When Covid-19 first began, it was easy to check a box in payroll systems to automatically defer social security tax payments. That means your business incurred social security tax expense, but did not pay it in 2020.

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New Prepaid Business Credit Card – Reports to Dun and Bradstreet and SBFE

Business Credit Blogger

New Prepaid Business Credit Card Not all businesses can get approved for a line of credit or unsecured business credit card. Whether it’s due to limited credit or negative credit or little to no business credit, a prepaid business credit card offers an ideal solution. With a pay-as-you-go option, the prepaid business credit card puts […]. The post New Prepaid Business Credit Card – Reports to Dun and Bradstreet and SBFE appeared first on Business Credit.

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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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Robinhood May Sell Shares Directly To Users If It IPOs

PYMNTS

Robinhood is considering selling shares directly to its users if it opts to hold an initial public offering (IPO). The FinTech group is reportedly mulling setting aside a significant number of shares for users if it goes public, but it has yet to make any final decisions, according to Bloomberg, who cited unnamed sources. Bloomberg notes that such an offering would be unusual, as retail investors generally do not get an opportunity to participate in an IPO at the offering price.

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Sales Performance Management: Connecting the dots to xP&A

Jedox Finance

Do you remember when a scanner, printer, copier, and fax machine used to all be separate devices? While that wouldn’t make much sense these days, think about revenue planning, data, and processes. Does it make sense to have a complete separation between your company goals, sales reps targets, and compensation models? In this blog post, we’ll look at how you connect the dots between Sales Performance Management and xP&A.

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The ESG Movement: The "Goodness" Gravy Train Rolls On!

Musings on Markets

Last year, I wrote a post on ESG and explained why I was skeptical about the claims made by advocates about the benefits it would bring to companies, investors and society. In the year since, I have heard from many on the topic, and while there are some who agreed with me on the internal inconsistencies in its arguments, there were quite a few who disagreed with me.

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What the Surge in Real-Time Collections Means for Treasurers

Bank of the West

Trade publications have had plenty of coverage on real-time payments, but are just now starting to make headlines as transaction volume is expected to grow exponentially. Payment systems company ACI Worldwide called request to pay (R2P) “the global trend in payments for 2021” in a report published in March 2021. Mastercard launched a request to pay (R2P) framework in the UK in April on the heels of European payment infrastructure provider EBA Clearing’s November 2020 R2P launch

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Let’s step back and focus on the idea that no matter how complicated the compliance and security regime, it should be able to be distilled down to a checklist.

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Anaplan on Google Cloud: Enterprise planning with even more choice and flexibility

Anaplan

Enterprise planning looks and operates differently for every business despite the fact that end goals are similar: cutting costs, optimizing resources, and reducing processes while simultaneously increasing security, tightening compliance, and enhancing agility. Despite taking different routes to get from point A to point B, the common denominator is this: Successful, scalable planning is underpinned […].

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How to Build a Remote-First Workforce Planning Model: Best Practices for Planning a Cost-Effective Hybrid Workforce

Onplan

We’re nearly two years into Covid, and like many companies, you might be looking at the cost of your office space and considering the business case of moving at least part of your staff into permanent work-from-home or remote status. Being the good employer you are—and recognizing the war for talent you’re in—you also want to ensure that your current team and future hires have benefits that allow them to work from home effectively and feel connected to the organization.

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Why is Oracle EPM Cloud so Groovy?

Qubix

Have you ever wondered what Groovy is and what makes it so crucial to enhancing the depth and breadth of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud capabilities? This blog explains what Groovy is, why it matters, and what problems it can solve for your business.

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Business and Leadership Growth: What Got You Here (Still) Won’t Get You There

ProCFO Partners

Management and leadership styles need to change as a company grows. The management style that works best at the early stages of a company, might not work when the company starts to grow. There are different management styles that suit different phases of business growth. These changes in management style happen gradually and all at once. Early on, the CEO is the primary decision-maker and team members are encouraged to contribute ideas during meetings.

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Quick Start Guide to a Crystal Clear Close

Did you know automating your month-end close can save up to 40% of the time typically spent on manual reconciliations? CFOs and controllers are leveraging SkyStem's workflow management and reconciliation tool to eliminate costly mistakes, ditch manual reconciliations and close faster. Want to know how they do it? Download our Quick Start Guide to a Crystal Clear Close!

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New York: A concrete jungle where dreams are still made

Mckinsey and Company

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, millions visited the Big Apple every year to fulfill their travel and business aspirations. What will it take for them to return?

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Brownie Points Testimonial

Focus CFO

Brownie Points Testimonial. Listen to Lisa King, CEO of Brownie Points, share her “life changing” experience utilizing a Fractional CFO from FocusCFO. Dec 2021. 855-236-0600. Follow Follow Follow. About FocusCFO. Owners, Presidents, & CEO’s. Strategic Partners. Join Our Team. The post Brownie Points Testimonial appeared first on FocusCFO.

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AirAsia CFO: Failure is nothing to fear

Future CFO

Editor’s note: “Venture outside your comfort zone. Never say never” are words that Siew Shan Sim, CFO AirAsia, Aviation Group (pictured) lives by. Not only did she take up the CFO role at low-cost airline AirAsia three months before the pandemic hit and then quickly create various measures for managing liquidity, team morale, and relationship with stakeholders during the pandemic, she also challenged her self—as an introvert—to speak publicly in professional conferences.

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Jumio Sees Vaccine Passports Intersecting With Digital ID

PYMNTS

For the travel industry, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Vaccines against COVID-19 are (slowly) being rolled out. And while it will take a while to return to any semblance of normal, cruise ships and airlines will at some point once again bustle with travelers journeying for business and pleasure. But no matter where crowds gather, it’s likely that some things will change.

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Navigating Financial Storms: Strategies for Building Resilient Balance Sheets

Speaker: Carolina Aponte - Owner and CEO, Caja Holdings LLC

In today's rapidly changing business environment, building a resilient balance sheet is crucial to the survival of any business. A resilient balance sheet allows a company to withstand financial shocks and adapt to changing market conditions. To achieve this, companies need to focus on key strategies such as maintaining adequate liquidity, managing debt levels, diversifying revenue streams, and prioritizing profitability over growth.

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3 key factors for a sales compensation plan that sparks motivation

Jedox Finance

A sales compensation plan that motivates your sales team to reach their maximum potential is something sales executive dreams of. Ultimately, the most success is achieved through effective motivation. This blog post outlines three key factors that transform your sales compensation plan into a powerful source of motivation. A lack of oversight into performance, delayed compensation payments, unsatisfactory sales incentives and commission payments.

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The Billionaire Tax: The Worst Tax Idea Ever?

Musings on Markets

If you have been tracking the torturous workings of the infrastructure bills working their way through Congress, consideration is now being given to a "billionaire" tax, focused on a extraordinarily small subset of Americans, and intended to raise tens, perhaps even hundreds, of billions of dollars in revenues, to cover the costs of the bill. I am constantly amazed by the capacity of legislatures to write bad tax law, but this one takes the cake as perhaps the worst thought-through and most inef

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A Finance Primer on the New Payments Ecosystem

Bank of the West

Structural changes have been spurring participants to evaluate the future of the business and their role. Payment gateway providers are becoming more sophisticated as they innovate to include value-added services to meet heightened customer expectations. Increased competition from fintech firms is also driving the development of this open and collaborative payments ecosystem.

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