The Finance Weekly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In essence, it's all about the economy and promoting business partnering. Although CFOs are optimistic about organizational growth in 2023, they see “cost control as their most urgent imperative” in the face of economic uncertainty, according to the , Grant Thorton 2022 Q3 CFO Survey. That is pervasive across all industries.”.

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Centage

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Modern, automated FP&A software, fueled by data-driven insights, streamlines the time-consuming and error-prone processes such complexity creates. For nonprofits, this includes financial variables that are hard to plan around, like grants, donations, and whether funding is the same year over year, delayed, or deferred. No formulas.

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Beacon CFO Plus

AUGUST 4, 2022

In the life of any business owner, decisions are around every corner—some will be quick and reactive and others will take more time. Without a clear and full understanding of your financial data, you cannot make sound executive decisions—and this is a problem for nearly half of all business owners. Should you hire that person?

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CFO Talks

MARCH 14, 2024

Delegation and Empowerment: No CFO can do it all alone. Technologies such as AI and machine learning can enhance data accuracy by identifying and correcting anomalies in real-time, ensuring that financial statements and forecasts are both reliable and insightful.

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Jedox Finance

JUNE 14, 2023

This future-ready approach involves evaluating multiple scenarios and making confident decisions that enable organizations to adapt and thrive in times of uncertainty. Focus on relevant information In the vast sea of available data and variables, it is important to recognize that not all information is relevant to scenario planning.

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Future CFO

APRIL 4, 2022

This year’s top data and analytics (D&A) trends represent business, market and technology dynamics that will help organisations anticipate change and transform uncertainty into opportunity, both of which have come under the purview of the D&A leader,” said Rita Sallam, distinguished research vice president at Gartner.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Chris Huff , chief strategy officer at Kofax , notes that the increased wage pressures, supply chain costs, and the headwinds have all posed a risk for companies to generate those projected profits and hit revenue targets. Do you expect CFOs to recommend scaling back on ESG initiatives, at least in the short term?

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Centage

APRIL 4, 2023

Start by dividing all business costs into three categories: those that are essential, those that are simply important, and those that are desirable but not necessary. The end result is that you get the data you need faster for more accurate forecasts all without overburdening staff and increasing budgets.

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CFO Leadership

MAY 31, 2023

Survey: Executives Optimistic Despite Financial Disruption, Prioritizing Technology Adoption to Combat Talent Shortage As we near the halfway mark of 2023, the overwhelming theme throughout the year has been uncertainty. Economists continue to speculate on the possibility and severity of a recession.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

“In times of uncertainty, it’s important that we help our clients mitigate risk by offering flexibility, redundancy and resilience,” Ryan Frere, executive vice president, global payments at Flywire , told PYMNTS. The outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) is impacting every person, business and institution around the world today.

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Centage

JANUARY 18, 2024

Integrated planning & reporting All too often, the finance team finds itself in a silo. Keeping your most important reports in the cloud means they’re centralized for all contributors and viewers — not passed around as file attachments in email threads.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 25, 2021

On 12 January 2021 , the enterprise performance management solutions provider for Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) revealed that the company had received an injection of US$100 million from venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners alongside existing investors Iris Capital, eCAPITAL, and Wecken & Cie.

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Centage

OCTOBER 24, 2022

A recession is almost universally regarded as a negative event that affects society at all levels. After all, no one wants to be in a position where they have to search for a job in a time of uncertainty. It’s no secret that another recession may be on the horizon. Trend 1: Every business fails for the same reason.

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CFO Leadership

JANUARY 25, 2024

While public companies are legally obligated (or are soon expected to be obligated) to meet a growing number of ESG-related regulatory requirements around the world, many of these compliance burdens – and reporting requirements, in particular – also extend to private companies and smaller organizations that conduct business with public companies.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As economic uncertainty continues, CFOs continue to be integral leaders in their organisations’ transformation for long-term competitiveness. In EY’s research, finance function staff were more inclined to believe that failed experimentation would negatively impact their careers (70% of finance workers versus 62% of workers in all functions).

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Cost cutting might be the first thing that comes to mind when there's economic uncertainty. Lee Thong Tan, CFO Practice Lead, Asia, Workday (Photo: Workday) Future CFO: How can risk management help organisations build business resilience and ride through economic uncertainty? Why cost cutting isn't the best way?

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Each weekday, in our Management Tip of the Day newsletter, HBR offers daily tips to help you better manage your teams — and yourselves — through this period of profound change and uncertainty. We’ve all been there: You make a new year’s resolution and … it doesn’t stick. Here are 10 of our favorite tips from 2022. Hamilton et al.

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CFO Leadership

JANUARY 5, 2024

While public companies are legally obligated (or are soon expected to be obligated) to meet a growing number of ESG-related regulatory requirements around the world, many of these compliance burdens – and reporting requirements, in particular – also extend to private companies and smaller organizations that conduct business with public companies.

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Planful

AUGUST 26, 2021

Perform 2021 will bring us together around our theme this year: Accelerate Now. It’s especially relevant as uncertainty continues to surround us. In “Uniting the Business for Success,” industry expert Chris Ortega of Emarsys will explain the practical strategies the company used to confront uncertainty and better prepare for tomorrow.

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Centage

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Modern, automated FP&A solutions, fueled by data-driven insights, streamline time consuming and error prone processes, empowering financial teams to instead focus on value added services and help steer the organization to a healthy future. It’s all automated and GAAP compliant. The time for change is now.

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Planful

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

COVID-19 pushed companies into chaos, and the continuing uncertainty makes planning especially difficult. In the process, the playbook we’ve all used over the past decade or two has been rendered virtually useless. It’s your job to help everyone, in all the corners of the business, make better, faster, more intelligent decisions.

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Planful

APRIL 1, 2020

You need all the information, advice, and tools you can get. We’ve compiled this list of publicly available resources — we personally found these articles’ insights and guidance helpful, and we thought you might find them useful, too. The word leadership is thrown around quite frequently but leadership comes in many different forms.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 24, 2020

Considering my finance background, I will discuss the importance of building resilience with financial readiness and rising to the challenges of uncertainty. At the time of this crisis, where uncertainty takes centre stage, organisations are looking at the CFO to ensure business continuity.

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Onplan

DECEMBER 28, 2021

That should help you consider all the moving parts as you plan your strategy. NoMoreOffice has a 80-person team scattered around the country; 60 are already remote, and 20 work in one of three offices: a 5-person marketing team in Utah; 10-person customer service team in Arkansas; and 5 sales reps in Florida (see screenshot below).

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CFO Talks

MARCH 10, 2023

I cannot lie to you and say that it was preplanned, not at all, but when I look at my career it’s so fulfilling and with great experiences, both in the public sector, private sector and parts of it as an entrepreneur. 1X ‘Grace under fire ’ Welcome to the CFO Club Africa podcast, where we interview leading CFOs from Africa and beyond.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Usually, we have a lot of orders written up in May and June for back to school, but that wasn’t the case this year with uncertainty surrounding in-person instruction, athletic events and fraternity/sorority recruitment in the fall.”. I don’t think the outcome is going to be good at all.”. It’s retailers’ first big test.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

After all, “interesting” is not synonymous with peace or tranquility. Navigating it all can seem overwhelming, and indeed, it’s enough to keep executives up at night. But the executive insights in the pages that follow offer a bit of roadmap for cash managers to see more restful nights. “May you live in interesting times.”.

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Jedox Finance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

With so much ongoing buzz around AI-based solutions in business planning, what can we expect to change in the coming years for the aluminum industry? Will your solution be ‘one-size-fits-all’ or something more personalized? Will your solution be ‘one-size-fits-all’ or something more personalized? Why are so many going digital?

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 14, 2022

And while it can be tempting to chalk this up to forgetfulness, disorganization, or a failure of the client to be fully convinced that the strategy is right for them, the client’s hesitation to act is often the result of their ambivalence and fear around change. Executive Summary. Everyone has been there. A new opportunity is on the table.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Negotiating and fulfilling contracts, determining the effectiveness of partners, and, not least of all, paying those partners properly is a process full of ambiguity and a lack of automation. A partner brings in a prospect who pokes around the website, but decides to do more research,” he said. From Discovery To Payment.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Forecasting will also become more challenging because COVID-19 has introduced a lot of uncertainties. It was not just FMCGs in Indonesia that are facing this challenge, but all other companies around the world,” said Taufan Gunarso , corporate controller for one of the largest FMCG companies in Indonesia.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic winds on, and while it seems like it’s been forever, when — and not if — we emerge from all this, consumer spending will be altered. Spending has just really plummeted, especially in the areas around restaurants and certainly the travel and entertainment industries.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Cashiers and customers do not want checkout experiences to raise their risks of contracting the virus, after all. Around The Next-Gen Debit World. The financial hardships and uncertainties caused by the pandemic h as prompted spending to be down in general, however, and many consumers are conserving cash for essentials.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

and around the globe) as China’s economy shrinks? All of it adds up to pressure that will hit Chinese consumer spending. What will the ripple effects be for retailers (in the U.S. As has been widely reported, it took a global pandemic to hobble a growth streak that had been the hallmark of China’s economy for decades.

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CFO Talks

APRIL 11, 2022

When Covid starter initially, there was a lot of discussion in the press about insurance and it seemed that people were holding on tight to their insurance policies because of the uncertainties and the risks that they were facing. ‘ Our purpose is to protect and promote possibility for our clients’.

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Planful

OCTOBER 8, 2019

As we inch closer to the end of one year and the beginning of the next, the specter of yet another long, tedious, and quick-to-be-outdated planning process is upon us all. . Customers, competitors, and geopolitical issues are all in a constant state of motion, and so is your business. But think for a moment about your business.

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Finvisage

JANUARY 2, 2020

Although quantitative facts and figures have provided objective numerical forecasts, we have also adjusted those expectations using experience and insight (judgement) to improve upon those forecasts. This would conclude the argument proposed by the research question. Introduction. It does not aim to replace profits lost on the transaction.

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