CFO Talks

JANUARY 8, 2025

How to Prepare Your Finance Team for Growth One of your most important roles is to nurture and develop your finance team. Preparing your finance team for growth is not just about giving them new tasks; its about equipping them with the skills, mindset, and tools to thrive in a changing world.

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CFO Talks

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Members’ Profile: Rofhiwa Irene Singo In this edition of our CFO Spotlight series, we are featuring Rofhiwa Irene Singo, an accomplished finance leader whose journey is a testament to resilience, adaptability, and impactful leadership. What sparked your interest in finance?

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Simply Treasury

AUGUST 26, 2021

The treasurer is one of the people in finance who is sitting on the largest amount of data, and this is not likely to stop, as his role is growing. How do you make good use of this data and what are the pitfalls you have to face? Finance IT is like management, often fragmented and siloed. Let's stop dreaming!

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CFO Plans

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, the role of a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in the financial services industry has evolved significantly. No longer confined to traditional financial management, CFOs now play a pivotal role in safeguarding their organizations against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

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Future CFO

MARCH 3, 2025

The finance function is undergoing a seismic shift. Technological advancements, evolving market demands, and a heightened focus on sustainability are converging to reshape the finance landscape. CFOs, controllers, and management accountants must embrace agility and foresight to thrive in this dynamic environment.

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CFO Thought Leader

JANUARY 29, 2025

For Matt Collis, CFO of PairSoft, storytelling is more than a skillits a strategic tool for aligning teams and scaling businesses. Whether leading acquisitions or guiding cross-functional teams, Collis uses financial narratives to clarify priorities and inspire action. “Fall in love with change. Don’t just adapt; lead it.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Frances’ focus on key metrics to measure and assess performance and growth play a crucial part in this even though, as she admits, certain metrics don’t necessarily fall within the scope of traditional finance. Likewise, presenting financial data at board meetings needs to be a lot more detailed and technical. . “I

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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. This is the power of Financial Information Systems (FIS). From Spreadsheets to Smart Systems Traditionally, businesses used basic spreadsheets to manage their finances.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 16, 2022

One industry that tends to be recession-resistant is finance. After all, people will always need financial services, whether investing their money , taking out loans, or managing their taxes. And while the finance industry has seen its share of ups and downs over the years, it generally bounces back fairly quickly after a downturn.

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CFO Talks

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Accountability in Finance Teams, Methods and Benefits Accountability is a big deal in any business, but for finance teams, it’s especially important. Benefits of Accountability in Finance Teams Improved Accuracy When each person is accountable for their tasks, the risk of errors decreases. And the benefits?

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CFO Share

JULY 16, 2024

When building your back office, you may consider whether you need a financial controller or a CFO. The skills and responsibilities of these roles overlap, and to make matters more confusing, an underqualified CFO (yes, there are plenty out there) will perform similar to or worse than an excellent controller.

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CFO Simplified

MARCH 27, 2022

What Role Does Your CFO Play in Contingency Planning? A business’ finance and accounting departments look up to the CFO for guidance—especially now, in light of the unexpected nature of the past two years’ fluctuations. This considered, the role of CFOs in contingency planning and crisis management is indispensable.

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Future CFO

APRIL 3, 2023

While companies have been transforming their finance models over the last decade, Covid accelerated this process. With this shift to the cloud, companies have more data than ever at their fingertips – data ready to be analysed and potentially turned into valuable business insights.

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The Finance Weekly

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Therefore, while we won't pay attention to what is or isn't happening to Excel (or Google Sheets), we can predict some CFO tech trends in 2023. Anything that can help you with reducing costs is quite popular at the moment,” said Wouter Born, founder and managing partner at Born Capital, an investment firm specializing in CFO tech. “Of

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Future CFO

JANUARY 22, 2025

At the FutureCFO Conference series, organised by Cxociety, finance leaders in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand ranked automation and degitalisation (80%), investing in talent and employee development (58%) and continuous innovation (47%) as the top three strategies most important to sustainable growth in 2024.

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The Finance Weekly

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

CFOs are well experienced finance professionals who know how to lead their team and the finance company through many different scenarios. Supposing a CFO has a couple years of experience, they have been through many ups and downs, uncertainties, and market changes that would have left them prepared for future challenges.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Editor’s note: GenAI adoption is touted to bring benefits to enterprises and their finance functions. Nikhil Parambath (pictured), Regional Vice-President, Asia at BlackLine, shares with FutureCFO audiences major GenAI adoption challenges and how CFOs could overcome them.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 21, 2023

Gartner says to build an AI-driven finance organisation for the future will require a combination of technical and business skills that many finance teams do not have today. Mark D McDonald He adds that leading finance teams will learn to position AI-driven tools and solutions as co-workers that help them do their jobs better.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

As businesses navigate their way around various technological advancements, finance teams are faced with the task to integrate analytics and automation into their existing processes, determining at the same time which specific system to transform first for maximum operational impact.

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Future CFO

JULY 21, 2024

The finance team can make this possible through the management of associated risks with AI, as it plays a greater role in the accounting and financial reporting of businesses. Now, beyond interpreting financial data, we’re now also embracing sustainability reporting and assurance – a rapidly growing field."

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CFO Leadership

JANUARY 5, 2024

As CFOs start a new and intriguing year, the question arises: What should populate their agenda? We heard from numerous finance leaders and experts at SuiteWorld 2023, NetSuite’s annual user conference, and they were brimming with fresh and challenging ideas that can help companies right now. Here’s a sampling.

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Future CFO

APRIL 12, 2023

Delivering products even Accenture's The Cloud First CFO Study – 2022 edition reveals that in a survey of 740 finance leaders across 15 industries and 11 countries, 39% say the CFO now leads the cloud journey for the whole enterprise. The delivery covers 98% area of Indonesia and 41 international countries to date.

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Centage

JUNE 7, 2022

Once upon a time the role of CFO was focused on backward-looking data. However, these days, chief financial officers do a great deal more than financial reporting. Keep reading for best practices for impressing owners and employees alike as a new chief financial officer.

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CFO Talks

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Nicolaas van Wyk: Good day, CFO Club members, prospective members, and our CFO audience. My name is Nicolaas van Wyk, and I’m hosting another interesting podcast for CFO Club with Dr. Lawrence Nsibandze. He is the Chief Financial Officer of the Public Service Pension Fund. With that introduction, let’s welcome Dr.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Digital transformation has elevated the role of the finance function from financial steward to enabled. The extended COVID-19 pandemic has upped the ante in the race to finance agility. Source: Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) | 7th Global Corporate Reporting Survey | February 2021, EY. Best practices.

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Future CFO

MARCH 1, 2023

Gartner says finance transformation encompasses strategic initiatives designed to revolutionise the way the corporate finance function manages its strategy, processes, internal controls, and financial reporting. CFOs must accelerate their finance transformation journey towards autonomous finance or risk falling behind.

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CFO Thought Leader

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As OneStreams CFO, he was juggling the details of going public when a small AI startup called DataSense caught his attention. By championing technology that marries predictive power with secure financial data, Koefoed tells us he is helping steer OneStream toward a future where finance and AI intertwine.

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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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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

AI coupled with The Digitization of the Finance Function create powerful levers for today’s CFO. AI in the “Real World” While these powerful tools seem to have a near mastery of natural language communication, they are not necessarily designed to possess many of the skills required by finance and accounting professionals.

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Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

A great CFO doesn’t just understand finance, operational drivers, and shifting market conditions. A great CFO has to persuade the rest of the management team to follow their advice. That’s why storytelling is such an essential skill needed to be a CFO. That’s why storytelling is such an essential skill needed to be a CFO.

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CFO Talks

AUGUST 15, 2024

Futuristic Finance: Strategic Thinking for Tomorrow’s CFO In an era where rapid technological advancements and global economic shifts are the norm, Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) are not just financial stewards but strategic visionaries. This frees up time for the finance team to focus on more strategic tasks.

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CFO Talks

MARCH 6, 2025

Hand Over the Numbers and Focus on What Matters Lets be honest, handling finances isnt everyones favourite job. Finance isnt just about adding up numbers. There are tax laws, financial regulations, and reporting requirements that change all the time. Hiring a full-time finance team is expensive. What Can You Outsource?

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Future CFO

MAY 15, 2024

In 2022 at the start of the euphoria around ESG, FutureCFO observed that CFOs in Asia showed keen interest in leading their organisation’s sustainability initiatives. As one CFO commented : “ESG determines the success of the company and the success of the CFO, so they are intertwined.”

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 22, 2025

Many nonprofit leaders think accounting belongs solely to their CFO or accountant. But what if the key to financial clarity and stability lies in sharing the load? In this article, well explore why financial management is a shared responsibility and how nonprofits can use this strategy to drive their missions forward.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

When it comes to cashflow visibility, under 4% of the 1,483 business leaders and finance and accounting executives from different countries report complete confidence, said Blackline recently. According to survey results, C-suite and finance and accounting respondents see that the three biggest challenges facing them in the coming year are:

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Numbers Never Lie but They Rarely Tell the Whole Story For too long, financial analysis has been seen as a back-office functionprocessing numbers, producing reports, and ensuring compliance. While these tasks are necessary, they barely scratch the surface of what finance professionals can bring to the table.

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CFO Talks

AUGUST 28, 2024

Navigating South Africa’s Reporting Maze: What Every CFO Needs to Know Navigating the complex landscape of regulatory reporting in South Africa can be daunting, especially for CFOs who bear the responsibility of ensuring compliance while also driving strategic financial decisions.

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