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Gearing up for 2025: How finance leaders will take the reign

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He also highlights the importance of building agility in supply chain management and, external focus and benchmarking in forecasting, whilst continuing to be data and insight-led. He believes that clear, succinct and consistent communication is critical within organisations to ensure focus and drive cross-functional collaboration.

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Everything You Wanted to Know about FP&A Best Practices

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Benchmarking is an extremely powerful tool, but unfortunately, this kind of data, accumulated by consulting firms and professional associations conducting surveys and research on various adjacent topics, is not easily available or is highly fragmented. Sources: 1. APQC, AFP Next level of FP&A study, 2019 2.

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1055: At the Intersection of Product Love and Financial Leadership | Joanne Chen, CFO, Jellyfish

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Having proven her ability to guide companies to liquidity events and beyond, Cheng had established a new benchmark for any next move: she wanted to steer a firm toward an IPO while serving as its CFO. But then along came Jellyfish, a company whose big day in the public markets would likely be years away.

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The Finance Leader’s Playbook: Insights from the Journey

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Wong admits that he has always enjoyed pushing boundaries and setting new benchmarks for himself and his team. Through structured communication and collaborative problem-solving, Wong says he focuses on fostering clarity at every level, eliminating confusion, and driving unified efforts.

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1055: At the Intersection of Product Love and Financial Leadership | Joanne Cheng, CFO, Jellyfish

CFO Thought Leader

Having proven her ability to guide companies to liquidity events and beyond, Cheng had established a new benchmark for any next move: she wanted to steer a firm toward an IPO while serving as its CFO. But then along came Jellyfish, a company whose big day in the public markets would likely be years away.

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From Chaos to Clarity Smarter Regulatory Reporting for CFOs 

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Build Strong Relationships with Regulators and Auditors CFOs should maintain good communication with regulatory bodies, external auditors, and industry groups. Avoiding fines and penalties If theres an issue with your reports, open communication can sometimes lead to warnings or guidance instead of strict penalties.

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6 Reasons to Hate Budget and Annual Planning Processes

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Budget is a good communication tool as it perfectly represents financial goals and expectations of the company. To support this shift, fixed targets should be replaced by the relative ones, for example, based on the benchmarks. APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® Performance Assessment in Planning and Management Accounting 2.

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