PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Artificial intelligence-powered tools, like virtual assistants, have the potential to reduce the time it takes to close the books from 10 days to just two, placing the remaining eight days in the hands of accountants and other finance chiefs to wield more strategically for their enterprise. Balancing Risks.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Its essentially doing the internal audit work while also functioning as an organizational tool. It automates tasks that people used to handle manually. For example, we use AuditBoard, which tracks everyone involved in a process, including auditors and staff. These tools are vital now. GF: Were there any tough periods at Thryv?

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Accountancy Today

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has proposed a new standard for auditors use of confirmation which is aimed at modernising the process. The proposed standard includes principles-based requirements that would apply to all methods of confirmation, including paper-based and electronic communications.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Payment network innovation has largely focused on elevating the ability to transmit data along with funds, which has become a key benefit floated for corporates in the B2B payments realm. ” Further, more disruption is ahead as organizations accelerate their pace of operations.

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The Finance Weekly

JULY 31, 2023

In a recent webinar sponsored by Datarails , the FP&A solution for Excel users, three distinguished finance leaders came together to discuss the impact of AI on corporate finance. They highlighted how AI technology is transforming the way finance and accounting teams work with data and make decisions.

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Boston Startup CFO

APRIL 12, 2024

Audit Preparation Our firm will meticulously review and organize your financial records, ensuring they are in compliance with auditing standards and well-prepared for the audit process.

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Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

FP&A directors can often boast of a considerable track record in financial planning and analysis, also they understand very well the finance function in general and the business model of the company, which leads them to the next step of their careers as Chief financial officer (CFO).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Finance U.K. 4) that MPs say an “urgent” new law must emerge to introduce corporate finance and auditing reforms in the wake of the failures of Thomas Cook and Carillion. government has so far failed to adequately address the issue despite its warnings sent to the auditing industry and to large corporates.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Parliament will commence an inquiry into the nation’s corporate auditing market, which is currently dominated by the Big Four accounting firms Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG, adding new pressure on an industry already being probed by other policymakers. Reports in Reuters on Sunday (November 11) said the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Corporate finance teams were not simply tasked with finding ways to continue operations in a remote work environment as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Manual invoicing is your worst enemy,” said Ramachandran, highlighting its risks and challenges related to fraud, errors and inefficient auditing.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

However, they still have a place in corporate finance and accounting. LLMs are already reshaping the productivity landscape across the business world, including finance and accounting departments. How to use AI in Finance & Accounting As we look to the future, the role of AI in finance will likely expand.

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Future CFO

JUNE 27, 2024

Finance leaders say GenAI will have the most impactful use case in forecast/budget variance explanations, with the respondents anticipating revenue/spend data classification and management reports as the next most impactful use cases for GenAI in finance.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

Yet, corporate finance especially is “operating, more or less, the same [way] it has for 20 years prior. Across treasury and supply chain efforts, Rodrigues noted, blockchain can help improve risk management through three major points: data redundancy, auditability and smart-contract permissions.

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CFO Thought Leader

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Precision involves rigorous financial processesclean audits, timely closes, and granular understanding of key metrics. That experience taught Johnson how to deconstruct challenges into measurable components that teams could understand and act upon.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

He remains “bullish,” he said, on the technology’s ability to streamline vendor payments, as well as to make a bigger impact on the broader corporate finance ecosystem. That same information is key to alternative and traditional lenders, which need this data to underwrite their financing.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Massachusetts-based Audit Analytics looked at disclosures from more than 9,000 U.S.-listed For many, the mistakes were discovered when corporate finance teams were changing accounting paperwork to comply with the new U.S. A research firm has discovered that the number of material accounting mistakes made by U.S.

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Castle Corporate Finance

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Castle Corporate Finance is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Gillen, who joined the team late in 2021 as Corporate Finance Executive. Tom spent the first five years of his career working for a London practice in the audit department, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2019.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 10, 2023

Kang, aged 42, will oversees the corporate finance and treasury, accounting shared services, reporting, as well as the other financial aspects of the business in her new group CFO role. She has more than 18 years of experience in financial management and audit. Kang started out as an audit cum tax assistant at audit firm K.

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Accountancy Today

JULY 15, 2022

UK company insolvencies have jumped 70%, from 11,261 to 19,191 in the last year according to Mazars, the international audit, tax and advisory firm.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 13, 2023

What's unique about Danika’s path, though, is how, she launched her own independent RIA not out of a desire to be an entrepreneurial business owner, but because an IAR registration filing error by her prior firm left Danika, through no fault of her own, unable to be compensated for working with clients for an extended period of time… for (..)

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Future CFO

JANUARY 26, 2023

Liu has more than 15 years of experience in audit, accounting, corporate finance, tax, treasury and capital management. Prior to his appointment as head of finance, he was VP, Finance where he assisted the CFO in financial reporting, taxation and other finance related matters.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

And it’s no surprise that these transactions have to be digital for the sake of efficiency, fraud protection and auditability.”. Leaders in corporate finance face a choice right now: be on board with digital payments and commerce to keep business moving, or face the reckoning of being left behind.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 28, 2022

According to the company, the newly appointed CFO has 24 years of experience in investments evaluation and management, corporate finance and audit, including stints in Turkey and the Asia Pacific region.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

Several high-profile corporate collapses and initiatives from corporate accounting standard-setters have raised questions about businesses’ use of supply chain finance and whether the trade finance tool prevents investors and auditors from gaining a transparent view into company finances.

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Castle Corporate Finance

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Castle Corporate Finance is pleased to announce the appointment of Alex Nursey. Alex joins as a Manager, assisting the team on current transactions and managing them day to day, as well as helping to identify new business opportunities. It also means offering proactive advice along the way to make a difference to the business owner.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

In the near term, corporates are looking to mitigate the negative impacts stemming from the global pandemic; in the longer-term, they’re seeking reliable forecasts to plan for a future in a market in which certainty remains painfully low. “All of this has come into play in the last couple of months.”

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The internal rate of return (IRR) is a core component of capital budgeting and corporate finance. The second method is preferable because financial modeling works best when it is transparent, detailed, and easy to audit.

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Global Finance

JULY 24, 2024

Grifols CEO Nacho Abia, in a prepared statement, praised Srinivasan for his “deep knowledge of corporate finance” as well as “his strong performance-oriented culture.” Most recently, he was head of EMEA leveraged finance and capital markets at Bank of America. Auditing and M&A are among Srinivasan’s specialties. “I

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As a provider of back-office financial technology, it's vital to speak with chief finance officer (CFO) and finance executive end-users about what they need and which friction points are giving them the most pain. 1, they want to accelerate the transformation of how work gets done," Gupta told PYMNTS in an interview.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

Separate reports from The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ), published last April, also demonstrated the changing nature of corporate finance: While the Big Four accounting firms’ advisory and consulting revenue jumped by a combined 44 percent since 2012, revenue from straightforward auditing for the firms rose just 3 percent in that time.

Accounting 71

Accounting Corporate Finance Accounting Firms Financial Data 71

Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Examples of preparers of financial reporting include CFOs , finance managers, and internal auditors, ISCA said. . Assurance service providers include audit professionals from accounting firms who help companies identify their reporting parameters, according to the organisation.

Finance 52

Finance Auditing Corporate Finance Accounting 52

CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 18, 2023

However, they still have a place in corporate finance and accounting. LLMs are already reshaping the productivity landscape across the business world, including finance and accounting departments. How to use AI in Finance & Accounting As we look to the future, the role of AI in finance will likely expand.

Accounting 52

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Enhanced data security and analytics are at the top of chief financial officers’ priority lists among both private and public companies, according to new data from auditing and advisory service provider Protiviti.

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Future CFO

MAY 1, 2024

As the person responsible for preparing an organisation’s financial reports, which include balance sheets and income statements, the role of a finance controller is anything but ordinary. A controller is a pivotal role in the organisation which allows one to showcase both technical and soft skills,” Geronimo says.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

Today, external auditors and accountants are facing rising pressure to mitigate risk amid market volatility, with analysts pointing to increased auditing fees last year as accounting standards tighten. Auditors are embracing automation to mitigate against the risks of errors and non-compliance, the Wall Street Journal reported last month.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The technology also continuously audits payroll data to identify any potential inaccuracies from dropped files, calculation mishaps or human errors. Virtual assistants are a growing technology not only in corporations, but also in corporate finance functions.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The researchers examined executive pay as a risk factor because auditing standards include executive compensation in their risk assessment and prior research. Twelve percent of companies analyzed had at least one C-level executive with prior audit experience , either as a partner or manager of a public accounting firm.

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