CFO Talks

MARCH 13, 2025

Now, picture the opposite: instant access to real-time financial insights, automated compliance checks, and AI-driven forecasts guiding your next move. Reducing Errors and Ensuring Compliance Mistakes in financial reporting can be costly. This is the power of Financial Information Systems (FIS).

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

This report provides an overview of some of the various technologies that currently affect or are likely to affect the audit profession in the near future and what this means for auditors as people. Download The post Audit and Technology appeared first on FutureCFO.

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Bramasol

MAY 23, 2024

Previous episodes in this Insights Series have explored the challenges created by new Digital Solutions Economy paradigms for billing, fulfillment, invoicing, revenue accounting, and compliance across a wide range of industries. Also, diversification of services offered can help mitigate risk and strengthen revenue streams.

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This opportunity allowed me to audit clients like the South African Revenue Service and South African Tourism, as well as manage accounts for Mastercard South Africa. When you’re young, focus on deeply understanding the core accounting principles, financial reporting, and regulatory compliance.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Usually, the auditing workflow involves looking at expense reports filed by employees, with a focus on identifying potentially erroneous or even fraudulent transactions. Digitizing and centralizing spend across various departments and workflows is the first step to enhancing the auditing process, said McCrossan.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

What is IFRS Compliance? For multinational companies, compliance with IFRS is often not just a choice but a requirement. If an investor in Japan wants to invest in a UK-based firm, IFRS compliance reassures them that they can trust the numbers in the financial statements. But what does it really mean to be IFRS-compliant?

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Future CFO

MAY 15, 2024

Asia’s ESG journey BlackLine regional vice-president for Asia, Nikhil Parambath , says Asia's business leaders are focusing on strategic initiatives for long-term growth, with an increasing emphasis on ESG compliance to build trust among stakeholders. ESG integration has transitioned into standard business practice,” she adds.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Tightening regulations have introduced loftier compliance burdens to global supply chains, made even more complex and challenging as companies do business with thousands of vendors across borders. The burden of regulatory compliance came to a head in the U.S. regulations, even if a vendor is not in the U.S.

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Bramasol

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

While these reports represented an important element for communicating a company's corporate-citizenship vision and were also positive public relations initiatives, for the most part they did not contain a lot of hard, auditable data. In the area of climate change, this is often referred to as "carbon accounting".

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Additionally, I worked for a South African company that exported its products internationally, giving me exposure to the complexities of global trade and compliance. What stood out to me most in these experiences is the importance of adaptability and cultural awareness.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In today's fast-paced world, creating an effective audit procedure is critical for companies to remain competitive and adhere to evolving regulations. Through this, companies can be certain their audits are completed accurately and quickly.

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E78 Partners

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

With our expertise in technology expense management (TEM) , we empower organizations to control budgets, ensure compliance, and optimize technology investments. These tools can provide insights into usage patterns and automate renewals to avoid overpayment or non-compliance.

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Bramasol

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

As this blog series continues to explore optimizing quote-to-cash (QTC) to compliance for different industries, in this episode we dive into the special challenges faced by companies in the telecom sector and address how solutions in the SAP portfolio help overcome them.

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E78 Partners

APRIL 26, 2024

E78 uses an evidence-based methodology to validate telecom inventory by combining time-tested process, tailor-made auditing BI and the best experts in the field. Our clients who already have a TEM today can still achieve average savings of 15%-30% from E78 audits and 30%-50% from E78 sourcing and advisory services work.

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Future CFO

MARCH 26, 2024

Chief audit executives expect audit coverage of artificial intelligence-related risks will grow as organisations race to adopt the technological advancement , according to a Gartner study. Half of the top six risks with the greatest increase in audit coverage are AI-related."

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The Charity CFO

MAY 6, 2022

It also takes time to build-out software and technology capabilities. The Uniform Grant Guidance (UCG) outlines these rules that recipients of federal grants must follow to maintain compliance; and penalties for non compliance can be severe. Do I need an audit to secure federal grant funds?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

Firms auditing expenses through manual processes and outdated technologies risk missing the chance to flag erroneous or fraudulent submissions from vendors and employees. Deploying technology — especially artificial intelligence (AI) — can streamline the auditing process and boost cost savings significantly.

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Future CFO

JULY 8, 2024

Editor’s note: Audit is much more than a compliance requirement and is definitely not a declining industry, said Narissa Chen (pictured), Partner, Head of Audit & Assurance, Forvis Mazars in Singapore. She shared with FutureCFO what a career in audit offers and how female professionals can become audit leaders.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Audit functions that fail to adapt well to hybrid auditing risk a loss of effectiveness and influence at a time when real-time assurance has never been more vital to the wider organisation, said Gartner recently. Below are some of the best practices.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 5, 2024

A new study from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School found that the smart contract audit market is thriving, with new technical audit firms leading this. The research provides valuable insights into the factors driving the growth of this market and the role of audits in mitigating risks for investors.

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The Charity CFO

MAY 31, 2024

Luckily, modern accounting software and other bookkeeping technologies can help you keep up with day-to-day bookkeeping, reporting, and accounting tasks more efficiently. Bookkeeping technology and software help reduce human errors and ensure consistent data entry and calculations.

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Future CFO

JUNE 24, 2024

This will be an ongoing challenge with AI as there should always be a means to review and audit the system and results. Since the technology is new, there is the question of how Gen AI Financial Statements undergo the scrutiny of regulatory requirements and audits.

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E78 Partners

DECEMBER 20, 2024

For technology leaders, particularly in private equity-backed companies, cloud spend management is a critical lever for driving profitability and value creation. For technology executives, the stakes are high. Cloud services are an indispensable part of the digital strategy for organizations that seek to innovate and scale.

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Future CFO

MARCH 21, 2022

The top challenge for internal audit leaders this year is how they can attract talent with nontraditional skills, said Gartner recently. 57% of chief audit executives said that attracting talent with nontraditional skills was an important or extremely important issue for them in 2022. Survey highlights.

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The Charity CFO

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Does the idea of an audit from the IRS leave you with sweaty palms? Most nonprofit leaders aren’t accountants and the thought of getting audited is a sizable fear. Luckily, being prepared can help you avoid accounting mistakes that could come up in a nonprofit audit. These penalties can be crushing for nonprofits.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

In navigating the current world that is ever-changing, evolving constantly with various technological advancements that almost always force their way in to day-to-day routines of organisations, it is a no-brainer that the Finance function has shifted its focus on artificial intelligence for some time now.

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Future CFO

MARCH 28, 2021

The internal audit function faced both declining budgets and a significantly expanded workload in 2020, according to Gartner survey of 299 internal audit organisations in 2020. The obvious implication, if the picture doesn’t become more balanced, is that audit leaders will have to make tough coverage trade-off decisions.”

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CFO Talks

DECEMBER 10, 2024

For CFOs, understanding and implementing effective internal control policies is more than just a box to tick for compliance; its a way to strengthen the business and build resilience. Conduct periodic audits of key processes and surprise checks in high-risk areas. However, technology is only as effective as the people who use it.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 8, 2024

SAP Concur enumerates its travel and expense predictions for the year ahead amid the rise of artificial intelligence and developments like the technologys use in predictive analytics for spend management, and auto population of expense reports with data from corporate cards. The result is a bolstered mandate for compliance and visibility.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This technology offers unprecedented rewards, but it also presents new risks that we all must navigate. AI driven automation is expected to extend to more complex tasks such as, audits, risk management, and financial planning and analysis. For instance, could financial statements generated by ChatGPT withstand audit scrutiny?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Expense management and reporting technology firm AppZen announced a $50 million fundraise Monday (Sept. Our AI technology changes that as it … learns from those data, intelligence from thousands of internal and online sources, and the collective feedback from millions of hours of finance professionals’ time.”.

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CFO News

DECEMBER 29, 2024

"The faceless GST audit system, by using technology and ensuring anonymity, will reduce compliance costs. A faceless system will streamline procedures, allowing MSMEs to focus on growth and innovation," said Pankaj Chadha, chairman of EEPC India.

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Future CFO

JUNE 15, 2021

While 62% of organisations expect external audit fees to rise this year, they could combat this by automating their internal controls, said Gartner recently when releasing results of a survey of 166 publicly traded and privately held external audit firm clients across industries in March-April of 2021.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Maintaining compliance can be tricky for merchants, however, as they may struggle to comprehend all aspects of these rules or find cost-effective ways to adhere to them. Compliance Complexities. Some firms may also simply wish to avoid the cost and distraction of conducting regular PCI audits. Orchestrating A Solution.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

The key drivers of that transformation include technology, as well as a heightened need for auditors, accountants and their clients to foster a collaborative ecosystem, he said. “It has always been important that there be a close ecosystem between auditor, accountant and client,” said Hampton.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The pressure on finance leaders to deliver strategic insights and ensure compliance is mounting in this dynamic environment. Additionally, CFOs are now required to oversee compliance beyond traditional financial reporting, which extends to new areas such as ESG," Chee adds. These challenges, like tangled vines, impede progress.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

When it comes to tax transformation, compliance is seen as the greatest challenge among 43% of companies surveyed by Deloitte. Outsourcing is a prime strategy to access technology capabilities. Outsourcing has long been recognised as a tool for increasing efficiency, but access to technology tools is now an even more important driver.

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