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Contingency Planning: The Role of a CFO

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This, however, does not necessarily mean that strategic planning is off the table. The fact of the matter is that every business is subject to some amount of risk. A proactive way for business owners to mitigate their risk is through contingency planning. What is Contingency Planning? The benefit?

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When to Use a ‘Decision Tree’ for Business Planning

CFO Selections

A decision tree is a critical part of strategic planning because it allows decision makers to analyze the effects of a significant change throughout different areas of the business. For decision trees with complicated calculations, a software program can assign values and probabilities to streamline decision-making.

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From CA to CFO: Navigating the competency framework

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The journey from a Chartered Accountant (CA) to a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a transformative one, requiring a shift from technical expertise to strategic leadership. Key competencies include staff planning, project management, and corporate finance.

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Welcome Brent Smith

Focus CFO

Ron is an experienced CFO with nearly 25 years of experience, holding extensive leadership roles, including serving on boards of private companies.

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11 Reasons to Hire a Fractional CFO

Future CFO

Flexibility Fractional CFOs can be engaged for specific tasks or projects, such as financial analysis , fundraising, budgeting, strategic planning or improving financial processes. This flexibility allows companies to tailor their financial management needs to the CFO's expertise.

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Five Focal Points for Future-Ready CFOs

CFO Leadership

Most of their finance organizations would be using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to enhance their business planning and analysis (BP&A) capabilities and/or bolster the company’s fraud-prevention activities. The post Five Focal Points for Future-Ready CFOs first appeared on CFO Leadership.

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Managing the rising cost of cybersecurity: Strategies for CFOs

CFO Talks

Critical challenges for CFOs: CFOs face significant challenges in figuring out how to spend money on cybersecurity and setting up plans to respond to cyber threats early. Balancing the need for cybersecurity measures with budgetary constraints requires careful strategic planning and resource allocation.

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