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Balancing Cost and Service in Financial Management: A CFO’s Perspective

CFO Talks

Balancing Cost and Service in Financial Management: A CFO’s Perspective Every decision a CFO makes carries weight on the bottom line, the team’s efficiency, and the overall direction of the business. Regularly Review Your Cost Structure A detailed cost review is not just an annual exercise.

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The Future of Finance and Sustainability with Elizabeth Burns

CFO Talks

Elizabeth Burns, CFO of Gas du Cameroon (GDC), exemplifies this balance, demonstrating how strategic financial leadership can support environmental responsibility. Elizabeth highlighted the dual challenges of managing high capital expenditures while maintaining financial discipline. Elizabeth, thank you so much for joining us.

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Taking a strategic approach to AI adoption

Future CFO

He concedes that AI has significantly transformed finance teams by automating processes, improving forecasting, and enhancing risk management, but he notes that its effectiveness depends on access to up-to-date data. The key is ensuring that the AI tools and solutions selected are the right fit," he notes.

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Everything You Should Know About the Outsourced CFO

CFO Network

Have the proper CFO for your company can often be the difference between whether or not you are able to accurately implement your financial analysis. However, it’s not uncommon for a business to not have the resources to keep a CFO in-house. Instead, companies often work with an outsourced CFO to fill this role.

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Numbers Never Lie but They Rarely Tell the Whole Story 

CFO Talks

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. So how do we move from routine financial analysis to something more insightful? Assumptions are rarely questioned.

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Where Can FP&A Career Path Take You?

Fpanda Club

The list of typical FP&A activities usually includes planning, budgeting, forecasting, analysis, management reporting and performance management. Forecasting is the practice of making regular predictions about the company’s expected future results based on the past and present data as well as on the anticipated future events.

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Generative AI is a game changer

Future CFO

The basic concepts I always hold on to when it comes to financial statement analysis are as follows: The financial statements should tell the story of the period. The budget and forecast should reflect the Company’s plans, visions, expectations and educated guesses on the market trends.

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