Future CFO

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Straight out of business school in 1995, I joined Mondelez International as a senior financial analyst for Kraft Foods in the United States. Partnering with various functions such as marketing, sales, and supply chain has equipped me with a holistic view of how finance intertwines with the broader spectrum of business operations.

Finance 52

Finance Leadership Auditing Math 52

The Finance Weekly

JUNE 7, 2023

Prior to his time at VMware, Rowe served as CFO of EMC and United Airlines, as well as leading North America sales at Apple. Sumita Pandit | Radian Group , Sumita Pandit has been named the new chief financial officer of Radian Group, a mortgage insurance company.

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Spreadym

AUGUST 17, 2023

Decision Making : Financial reporting dashboards enable data-driven decision making by providing stakeholders with timely and accurate information. This is particularly valuable for executives, managers, and financial analysts.

Financial Reporting 52

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In a statement provided to PYMNTS, Bankrate Chief Financial Analyst Greg McBride said, “PNC’s acquisition of BBVA’s U.S. Expanding The Digital Footprint . As for PNC, it may be the case, and it shouldn’t be a surprise, that digital is increasingly in the crosshairs.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 75

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Banking Profit and Loss Strategic Planning 75

PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

That stands as the largest sales increase for Twitter in two years, topping consensus expectations of approximately $605 million. Advertising sales hit $575 million, also a 21 percent increase year over year. revenue increased 2 percent, while international sales jumped 53 percent. Our video and agency partnerships in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2016

Synchrony Financial, a financial analyst firm, listed the Internet of Things as number six on its list of top retail trends for 2016 and advised retailers to “leverage the data collected through connected devices to their best sales advantage.”. “It But the rapidly expanding Internet of Things (IoT) is changing that.

Retail 50

Retail Financial Analyst Sales Leverage 50

Jedox Finance

JULY 18, 2019

A financial analyst uses not only the financial numbers but also market trends, economic indicators as well as works closely with the business to understand the assumptions to provide insights on the impacts of decisions.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 59

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Net Present Value (NPV) Budgeting Leadership 59

Planful

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The modeling portion of the software enables business analysts and financial analysts to model different business scenarios. A dashboard can provide a summary of sales by region, R&D costs, drug development and approval progress, operating costs by region, and other metrics. Real-World Customer Examples.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 22, 2022

So cost optimisation, sales optimisation, inventory optimisation and supply chain optimisation became a focus. Sometimes when we talk about Covid, we only talk about the bad of Covid, I think the good part of Covid when it hit in 2020, it got companies to pause and reflect and look into their business and see how they optimise.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

They added that evolving B2B payment terms have led suppliers that have historically managed days sales outstanding (DSO) between 60 and 90 days to manage payment terms of 180, 210 or even as long as 364 days.

B2B 40

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The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 30, 2022

The Virtual Financial Analyst transforms the way you work by automating repetitive jobs, giving you greater insights and confidence. This merger was key in their rebranding effort as the FP&A platform was integrated with Workday’s pre-existing Financial Management and HCM programs.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 95

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Budgeting Analyzing Data Startups 95

CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

This post will be one of a series, where I will put different aspects of financial data under the microscope, to get a sense of how companies are adapting (or not) to a changing world.

Marketing 130

Marketing Valuation Corporate Finance Currencies 130

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Starting with gross margins, and computing the number for all non-financial service firms, we report the distribution of gross margins across publicly traded companies at the start of 2023, again based upon gross income and sales in the most recent twelve months: While the median gross margin across all publicly traded global firms is about 30%.,

Profit and Loss 52

Profit and Loss Investments Hurdle Rate Accounting 52

BlueLight

JULY 30, 2020

I interviewed 50 people that held CFO, finance manager, and financial analyst type roles. It can process the data of sales, customer relations, marketing, and human resources. Incomplete information: The financial information is only as good as the data from the source. This problem seems to reside mostly with sales.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2016

As addressed in a story yesterday (April 5) by The Atlantic , those manufacturing positions tend to be occupied by workers of specific training backgrounds and skill sets, who, as a result, command higher wages than the often untrained employees in retail positions — a significant swath of whom work for minimum wage.

Retail 40

Retail Manufacturing Profit and Loss Financial Analyst 40

The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 30, 2022

The Virtual Financial Analyst transforms the way you work by automating repetitive jobs, giving you greater insights and confidence. This merger was key in their rebranding effort as the FP&A platform was integrated with Workday’s pre-existing Financial Management and HCM programs.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Startups Budgeting Analyzing Data 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

This post will be one of a series, where I will put different aspects of financial data under the microscope, to get a sense of how companies are adapting (or not) to a changing world.

Valuation 91

Valuation Corporate Finance Currencies Finance 91

Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This is where a great financial analyst can help you. Start with the end in mind: you want someone who naturally thinks about the business, and the future of the business—not just the financials. Do they address how changes in those metrics that operational leaders promise drive changes to the financial statements?

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Sales Finance Forecasting 52

Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This is where a great financial analyst can help you. Start with the end in mind: you want someone who naturally thinks about the business, and the future of the business—not just the financials. Do they address how changes in those metrics that operational leaders promise drive changes to the financial statements?

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Sales Finance Forecasting 52

The Finance Weekly

APRIL 13, 2024

The finance industry employs a multitude of software solutions to facilitate budget creation, and financial reporting, and to assist financial analysts and investors with financial planning and forecasting. Contact Their sales team for a custom quote. 3) Cube Cube stands as a spreadsheet-native FP&A software.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Evans, chairman of Market Platform Dynamics, and is comprised of leading econometricians, survey experts, financial analysts, data scientists and marketing scientists, who all have significant experience in the application of data to the payments and commerce ecosystems. Who We Are (And What We Do). What’s Next is led by Dr. David S.

Financial Analyst 66

Financial Analyst Retail Leverage Numbers 66

Planful

AUGUST 11, 2016

At the end of last year, his company introduced a new product to the market, which caused a lot of uncertainty in terms of its impact on sales. Brian Chin , Senior Financial Analyst at iCIMS, says his business has implemented automation, which has greatly improved efficiency.

Budgeting 40

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 6, 2023

My morning train WFH reads: • The Active Management Delusion: Respect the Wisdom of the Crowd : “My basic point here is that neither the Financial Analysts as a whole nor the investment funds as a whole can expect to ‘beat the market,’ because in a significant sense they (or you) are the market. Bloomberg ) • How Disney beat Gov.

Valuation 112

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In fact, I was going to be a strategist, financial analyst to work for a bank and write research reports. And then somebody convinced me to go into sales and trading, and I decided to do that. And actually, I was going to go and do something different. You know, they talked to me about, you know, love of sports. That is right.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 57

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Marketing Education 57

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 21, 2023

RITHOLTZ: So it can be price-to-sales — RITHOLTZ: Yeah. They grew more in terms of earnings, sales, cash flows. But plenty of valuation measures, it has no applicability for price-to-sales. In academia, he’s known for witty biting papers he writes for such publications as the Financial Analysts Journal.”

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