CFO Thought Leader

JUNE 30, 2023

Brett Knowles is a long-time thought leader in the performance measurement space. Planning Ace Jeff Noto details his focus on finding actionable metrics that drive efficiency and better decision-making, as well as prioritizing profitable growth and identifying valuable data for operational improvement.

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Beacon CFO Plus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The substantive issue behind this challenge is how to effectively measure performance in an environment that does not lend itself to hard and fast metrics. The fact is that no performance measurement will be perfect across every section of an organization. Communicating often. Norton and Robert S.

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CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 21, 2023

This episode features the FP&A insights and commentary of CFO Chris Halpin of IAC, CFO Ben Chrnelich of Symphony, and CFO Betsy Ward of MassMutual Machine Generated Transcript (unedited) Your Hosts | Brett Knowles & Jack Sweeney About Brett Knowles Brett is a long-time thought leader in the performance measurement space.

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Spreadym

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Performance Measurement Budget: Budgets are primarily used to measure actual performance against planned performance. Forecast: Forecasts are not used for performance measurement in the same way as budgets.

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Spreadym

MAY 10, 2023

It involves evaluating the impact of various "what-if" situations on financial flows projections, business performance measures, or outcomes. What-if analysis is a technique used in financial planning and decision-making business software to assess the potential outcomes of different scenarios or changes in variables.

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CFO Thought Leader

JUNE 1, 2023

Related Episode Content The Path to Unlocking Gross Margin Points | Dayton Kellenberger, CFO, Vendavo About Brett Knowles Brett is a long-time thought leader in the performance measurement space. His clients have been profiled in Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and Forbes. Share a comment or two with our resident thought leader.

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Corporate Finance Associates

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Better performance measurement capabilities would aid in achieving these objectives. The COVID-19 pandemic emphasized on the need to digitize business models. Organizations in the business services industry should focus on improving the agility along with cost-efficiency.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

83% of respondents said they would like mandatory reporting of ESG performance measures against global standards. That figure jumps to 68% of board chairs and non-executive board directors.

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Learning from past variances and adjusting your budgets and strategies accordingly gives you the insight to consistently improve your company’s financial performance. Continuous Improvement Budget vs actuals analysis is a continuous process.

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CFO Network

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Competitor research tends to focus solely on performance measures but benchmarking looks at the bigger picture and focuses on best practices. Benchmarking and reporting are not to be confused with competitor research. Benchmarking takes some of the ideas behind competitor research and takes them to the next level.

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CFO Share

AUGUST 8, 2023

Conclusion: The Future of Performance Measurement and Adaptability In the intricate world of business dynamics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) serve as critical touchpoints, guiding companies towards their envisioned success.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Close to a third plans to raise the prominence of environmental (29%), social/employee (29%) and governance (31%) measures in their incentive plans in the coming year. Among the greatest challenges cited by respondents are target setting (46%), performance measure identification (37%) and performance measure definition (34%).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

If TracFone meets performance measures, it could get an additional $650 million in cash. Under the terms of the deal that is subject to approval from telecom and antitrust regulators, Verizon said the TracFone purchase will include about $3.1 billion in Verizon shares and $3.1 billion in cash.

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Spreadym

MAY 31, 2023

Performance Measurement : Strategic planning establishes performance metrics and indicators that allow companies to track their progress towards their goals. It provides a basis for evaluating performance and identifying areas for improvement. In spite the wide range of approaches its more common to use the following.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

“Providing third party-verified performance measurement that is applied consistently throughout the industry delivers improved insight and transparency for those seeking to learn more about consumer credit – the asset class that LendingClub has helped deliver to the masses.”

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Spreadym

JUNE 27, 2023

Performance Measurement: Financial Planning and Analysis establishes performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor and evaluate the organization's financial performance against set targets.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

Customer empathy and communication are key parts of the hiring and onboarding evaluation process; customer experience wins are celebrated, and key CX metrics are used to individual performance measurements and are tied to compensation.

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Boston Startup CFO

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At the end of the day, KPIs answer the most important questions in performance measurement. It's important for startups to understand and apply the appropriate KPIs so that they can develop some experience in using them, from which they can derive real expertise. Are we meeting our goals? Are our customers satisfied?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The solution will also offer cash flow management, income forecasting, performance measuring and other features of its QuickBooks Capital solution. The company said it plans to tackle that friction and dissatisfaction through its lending solution. On average, small businesses need $25,000 in working capital, according to Intuit.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2016

At least that is the conclusion of a new performance measuring survey by Catchpoint Systems, whcih took a deep dive into the pages of the retailers that are setting the gold standard in quick load times. Clutter cutting. What Target, Apple and Walgreens had in common are lean sites with page weights under 2 megabytes.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

might take an Excel file out of a performance measurement system and upload the file to its bank. Typically, McGuire stated, a firm operating only in the U.S. However, the firm that expands to 12 countries might use its bank to send payments across international wires. That starts to get expensive quickly,” he said.

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Spreadym

JUNE 8, 2023

Performance Measurement and Reporting: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and reporting mechanisms to monitor financial performance regularly. Financing and Capital Structure: Determine the appropriate mix of financing sources, such as equity, debt, or alternative funding options.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 6, 2019

According to him, Unlike many other performance measures, the LIVA metric: • is not weighted in favour of firms that outperform relative to their size ensuring it is driven by companies with significant economic impact. values both profits and growth. Reflects the long-term value creation of a firm’s entire shareholder base. •

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

The second major performance measurement area is engagement, which measures how many users are accessing and using apps developed via a given API. API developers can look at several metrics when measuring engagement, but one of the most reliable and valuable is the number of active API keys accessing it on a weekly basis.

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Spreadym

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Performance Measurement: CPM relies on the continuous monitoring and measurement of key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics that are critical to the organization's success. These KPIs could relate to financial performance, customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and more.

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CFA Institute

JANUARY 31, 2023

As portfolio managers, being able to show our investors — with data-driven evidence — that we know exactly what we are good at and the steps we are taking to improve goes a long way.

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CFA Institute

APRIL 10, 2023

Retirement, like life, is fundamentally uncertain. That's why we need to provide clients with more context about what missing their retirement-income goals might look like.

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CFA Institute

JANUARY 30, 2023

Is there a relationship between where bitcoin is mined and how the performance of the local equity markets correlated with bitcoin prices?

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CFA Institute

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Not all traditional investment management techniques are applicable to digital assets, but sector breakdowns, DCF models, and risk factor modeling are solid starting points.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2017

The perks he believes that are derived straight from the ability to quickly sell items online include optimized supply chain management, targeting, consumer benefit overall, content and performance measurement.

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CFA Institute

JUNE 3, 2022

To test the Sharpe Ratio’s effectiveness, we constructed monthly return distributions for global stock market indices to see if any had too much skewness.

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CFA Institute

MAY 24, 2022

"You don't have to be right to make money [valuing companies]," Aswath Damodaran says. You just have to be less wrong than everybody else.”.

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Planful

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Integrate revenue plans and performance measures with sales, operational, and accounting systems. To enable growth, finance must do the following: Streamline deal closure and delivery execution. Elevate the customer experience in billings and collections. Accelerate cash collection and revenue recognition.

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CFA Institute

MAY 24, 2022

The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is a marvel of economic scholarship. The problem is that it doesn’t always work in practice. So, we fixed it.

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CFA Institute

APRIL 12, 2023

How do portfolios with asset allocations of 100% equity, 100% bond, 60/40, and 80/20 in the US, UK, Italian, Swiss, and global markets perform over time?

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CFA Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The crypto market’s recent gyrations necessitate a fresh look at the evolving relationships between crypto and traditional asset classes.

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CFA Institute

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

What are the strengths, limitations, and nuances of presidential election cycle theory and what does the current political context foretell regarding whether 2023 will follow the predicted trend?

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