CFO Talks

JUNE 3, 2025

The CFO is not just the gatekeeper of financial data. Building a personal leadership philosophy is one of the most powerful things you can do as a CFO. Your Leadership Philosophy Is Not for Show, It Is for Survival Your personal leadership philosophy is your rulebook. You are reading the room. It is for you.

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Future CFO

MAY 11, 2025

Its a real-world chess game where every move matters, and every piece - financial data, legal contracts, operational substance - must align under intense scrutiny and huge pressure. Hanois quiet charm and deep-rooted culture taught me that leadership isnt just about skills - its about trust, empathy, and thinking with intention.

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Members’ Profile: Rofhiwa Irene Singo In this edition of our CFO Spotlight series, we are featuring Rofhiwa Irene Singo, an accomplished finance leader whose journey is a testament to resilience, adaptability, and impactful leadership. Share your favorite leadership lesson. How do you balance your personal and professional life?

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Future CFO

MARCH 3, 2025

The ability to analyse data, identify insights, and communicate those insights effectively is highly valued. Finance professionals need to be able to tell a story with the numbers, explaining the implications of financial data for the business.

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The Charity CFO

MAY 13, 2025

Principle #9: Monthly Reconciliations & Reports The accounting team should close the books monthly, ensuring that all statement of financial position accounts are reconciled. Monthly financial reports should be shared with leadership on a consistent timeline. This principle isn’t optionalit’s foundational.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Cloud computing is having a significant impact on organizations and especially the CFO, where its allowing for real-time access to financial data, says Craig Stephenson, global head of Tech, Ops, Data/AI, and InfoSec Officers Practice at Korn Ferry.

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CFO Talks

JANUARY 8, 2025

Delegating significant responsibilities, such as leading a budget review or preparing a report for senior leadership, helps them build confidence and skills. Not only does this make your department more efficient, but it also builds problem-solving and leadership skills. Constructive feedback is equally important.

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E78 Partners

JUNE 16, 2025

If those systems remain siloed post-close, leadership may lack accurate data for key decisions, and finance teams could be stuck reconciling figures manually. Early IT due diligence, followed by a structured integration plan, ensures scalability and data consistency from the outset. Many failures begin with a reactive strategy.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

According to Terry Smagh , senior vice president & general manager, Asia Pacific & Japan, BlackLine, the company undertook the study is to understand and recognise the critical role that financial data plays in informing businesses about strategy and continuity, the poor visibility if any, and the lack of real-time access to data.

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The Charity CFO

MARCH 22, 2024

Types of Data for Nonprofits The types of data a nonprofit might use for decision-making can vary between organizations. Most nonprofits will use at least one of three types of data: Financial data: Financial data includes any data relating to the finances of the organization, such as revenue or expense data.

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The Charity CFO

MARCH 13, 2025

Implement a Strict Conflict of Interest Policy Every nonprofit should require board members and key leadership to disclose conflicts of interest annually. Do You Struggle to Make Sense of Your Financial Statements? Avoid awarding contracts to board members, employees, or close personal connections to maintain credibility.

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CFO Strategic Partners

APRIL 14, 2025

You’ll be able to make financial decisions with confidence, knowing that you are operating from a strong financial position. 4) Plan for Growth – Accurate, well-supported financial forecasts support every department of your company as you plan for growth. Latest insights Leadership 05.29.25 Contact us today.

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E78 Partners

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Learn how leveraging financial analytics improves decision-making 3. Portfolio Managers expect data, not insights The Challenge: Some PE portfolio managers primarily seek raw financial data, without engaging FP&A as a source of strategic insights. This limits FP&As ability to influence decision-making.

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Yvonne’s career in finance and leadership has positioned her as an influential figure, holding executive roles since 2005 and contributing significantly to MINT’s growth and innovation. Leadership and Management The effective ability to lead diverse teams, inspire confidence, and drive performance.

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CFO Thought Leader

JANUARY 29, 2025

Someone has to be the storyteller, Collis tells us, emphasizing how framing financial data in relatable terms helps drive organizational alignment and decision-making. His transition into leadership roles provided opportunities to engage directly with business leaders, crafting financial strategies that supported operational goals.

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Embark With Us

MARCH 20, 2025

Implement a unified financial reporting and ERP software tailored to healthcare needs. Ensure Consistent Financial Data Consistent financial data is another critical component of accurate reporting, analysis, and decision-making, all of which are crucial for supporting patient care initiatives.

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E78 Partners

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A strategic FP&A capability built on the right infrastructure of data, insights & collaboration allow our clients to enhance forecasting, streamline budgeting, and adapt quickly to risk & opportunities that arise in the business. This approach helps eliminate these issues and enables more informed decision-making.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 22, 2025

For CFOs, this means managing financial data and utilising technology to provide insights that drive strategic decision-making. The document outlines the importance of understanding and implementing technological solutions to address these challenges.

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CFO Leadership

JANUARY 5, 2024

Businesses can use it to generate product descriptions, performance goals with employee-specific target metrics, and narrative reporting to accompany financial data. Making this a reality starts with accurate, real-time, and expansive financial data.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 18, 2025

This includes setting performance indicators, training managers to read and interpret financial reports, and maintaining oversight without micromanagement. Good finance leadership is not about saying yes or no to every decision. It is about giving others the tools to decide well.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

18) that it has signed a data access agreement with Brex , a company that provides financial services that help scale early-stage businesses. According to Finicity, the move extends its leadership in providing direct data access through the use of APIs to the FinTech category.

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CFO Talks

APRIL 17, 2025

Critically, CFOs must move beyond siloed financial data and begin synthesising a broader spectrum of intelligence. Final Thought: Insight Is the New Currency of Growth For financial leaders navigating uncertainty, the ability to harness and translate information into strategy is not a luxury, its a differentiator.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Use Technology and Automation Modern technology has made financial forecasting easier and more accurate. Many software tools can analyse financial data and provide useful insights. Benefits of using technology: Automates data collection and analysis, saving time and effort.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In the coming year, CFOs will be expected to focus on helping their companies build resilience – whether through critical decision-making backed by a real-time view of financial data, or ensuring competitive advantage with digital transformation and sustainability initiatives. Steering companies through the economic volatility ahead.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

System and Organization Controls (SOC) reports are critical components in the controls infrastructures of any company relying on third party systems and applications in the production of financial data and reports. With a large and diverse enough data set (e.g.

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CFO Simplified

MARCH 27, 2022

Risk Management and Leadership. A CFO knows a business’ financials better than anyone. Increased Financial Planning and Analysis. CFOs make decisions based on data. A CFO can help your business by ensuring its financial data and reporting are in tip-top shape.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 15, 2024

As a result, users can complete tasks like reconciling accounts, forecasting, while analysing financial data can be completed with unprecedented speed and accuracy. It taught me the importance of empathy in leadership and that understanding the needs and perspectives of others is key to building trust and driving meaningful change.

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The Charity CFO

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Engage Department Heads : Involve program managers and department heads in the budgeting process to give them ownership over their areas financial planning. Encourage department heads to regularly review financial reports for greater accountability. A contingency fund can help absorb surprises without derailing your mission.

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VCFO

MAY 17, 2024

Let’s look further at foundational factors that v360 weighs: Financial Factors v360 analyzes your company’s historical financial data and past performance, not for history’s sake but to inform the roadmap for the future.

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Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Planning, budgeting and forecasting are linked together forming financial planning processes. Financial analysis is a type of economic analysis based on the financial data and focused on the assessment of stability and evaluation of profitability of a company, business or project.

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Bramasol

JUNE 10, 2022

With the Universal Journal providing a solid foundation, all the financial data that had been distributed across multiple tables and systems is unified in one place. This enables consistent parallelism across all sub-ledgers and value flows, giving rise to the concept of " Universal Parallel Accounting ".

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

NP: Training AI models to understand and interpret complex financial data accurately requires dedicated time and resources. NP: As with any digital transformation initiative, senior leadership plays a crucial role in setting the direction, rallying teams and managing resource challenges to ensure a smooth transition.

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Bramasol

MAY 13, 2024

Research and Thought Leadership : The AICPA conducts research and publishes reports on emerging trends, best practices, and thought leadership topics relevant to the accounting profession.

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Collectiv

MARCH 14, 2022

When stakeholders distrust data, it negatively influences the process of reporting and analytics. Being PCI compliant is incredibly important if you are regularly dealing with credit cards and financial data. Poor Leadership. Non-implementation and execution of new standards and policies require great leadership.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 21, 2023

Robert E Parker "As we look forward to the developments in AI, finance leaders will be in a better position to uncover hidden opportunities and risks and step beyond using structured financial data by utilising data from across organisational silos enhanced with data from outside the organisation."

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Bramasol

JANUARY 15, 2025

The SAP green ledger offers bottom-up, audit-ready sustainability metrics that are managed with the same accuracy as corporate financial data.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2019

“Nacha is an amazing organization whose work is instrumental in building consensus and supporting the creation of rules, standards and education that enhance and enable payments and financial data exchange to benefit all stakeholders,” said Larimer.

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