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The Mentoring Round | Emma Brown, CFO, Medius

CFO Thought Leader

This approach, simplifying structures and focusing on essentials, transformed a $40 million loss into a $15 million profit. Brown advises finance leaders to embrace simplicity, avoid unnecessary complexity, and prioritize strategic clarity.

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Five Focal Points for Future-Ready CFOs

CFO Leadership

Business planning and analysis Financial planning and analysis, profitability reporting and analysis, strategic planning, and enhanced data analytics (collectively, BP&A) are among the highest-ranked priorities for CFOs and finance teams to address in the coming year. Learn more about how we can help you achieve your business goals today.

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How to Prepare for Year-end With Your Bookkeeper

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At a minimum, perform a ruler check on the profit and loss statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement. For Teams Needing Guidance: If your bookkeeper is inexperienced or unable to manage themselves effectively, leadership is crucial to successful year-end bookkeeping. How do you prepare year-end bookkeeping?

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What is Superplännen and how can organizations achieve it?

Jedox Finance

When a plan is done right, it instills a culture of decisiveness, improves the ability to serve the changing needs of customers, and boosts profitability. This is a tremendous drag on accountability and decision-making, and can negatively affect productivity, profitability, and team morale. That is the power of Superplännen.

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Five Focal Points for Future-Ready CFOs

CFO Leadership

BUSINESS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS Financial planning and analysis, profitability reporting and analysis, strategic planning, and enhanced data analytics (collectively, BP&A) are among the highest-ranked priorities for CFOs and finance teams to address in the coming year.

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10 Tips CFOs Can Use to Put AI in Finance to Work Today

Planful

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit two years later, it forced businesses to prioritize digital to stay afloat. Research from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania suggests that, since AI can lead companies to become more profitable, companies can then hire more employees. But what happens to humans when the bots take over?

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The Complete Guide to Nonprofit Accounting Careers

The Charity CFO

Myth #1: Nonprofit Accounting is Completely Different from For-Profit Accounting One reason accountants seeking a new role may steer clear of a nonprofit accounting position is that they assume the methods are completely different. In the for-profit world, revenue is typically only recorded when earned or cash has been collected.