CFO Talks

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Essentials of Treasury Management in Modern Businesses In today’s fast-paced world, managing a company’s money isn’t just about paying bills and keeping the lights on. As a CFO, you’re at the helm of this important task. What Is Treasury Management? Regularly audit your treasury operations to ensure you’re in compliance.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Delving into the key trends shaping the treasury landscape in 2024, the focus is on themes such as staffing challenges, macroeconomic risks, technology adoption, and strategic financial management. Staffing challenges and technology adoption Staffing emerges as a central theme for corporate treasurers.

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Future CFO

JULY 17, 2023

Faced with ongoing market volatility, the enterprise C-suite is leaning on its treasury teams like never before to protect company assets and to (ideally) also capitalise on competitive opportunities emerging from an unstable macroeconomic climate. Treasurers should leverage cash forecasts to achieve better cash conversion.

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CFO Talks

JANUARY 8, 2025

Allowing someone who primarily works in accounts payable to gain experience in forecasting or treasury provides them with a broader understanding of finance operations. As CFO, you can drive this by introducing tools that streamline processes and improve decision-making.

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CFO Leadership

MARCH 31, 2022

Cash forecasting is meant to drive smarter business decisions in all economic climates. Many finance teams —empowered by broader treasury digitization and technology breakthroughs — are now embracing new forecasting solutions that use machine learning to harness data and improve confidence. Full Article at Bank of America.

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Future CFO

APRIL 9, 2025

For many organisations, revenue recognition is a strategic function that impacts forecasting, investor relations, and the companys financial health report. Inaccurate forecasting and reporting. One of the most immediate consequences of inaccurate forecasting is poor decision-making.

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The Finance Weekly

APRIL 25, 2022

But this terrible war has huge implications — both immediate and longer-term — that are making every CFO sit up and take notice. That puts the onus on the CFO to manage treasury risks and closely monitor the company’s international contracts. Treasury sanctions across the globe. They can start by checking the U.S.

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Bramasol

JUNE 25, 2024

The role of enterprise level CFOs has changed radically over the past decade with both a widening scope of influence and greater responsibilities for helping guide corporate transformation programs and technology choices. Sweeping changes in the enterprise technology landscape have also been a key driver in expanding the role of CFOs.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Still, collaboration is increasingly important between the treasurer and CFO, as each position enters a more strategic stage within the enterprise. “The results are surprising because treasurers typically set very high standards for themselves and the treasury function,” he stated.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 9, 2023

There is a market-based estimate of inflation that comes from the US treasury market, where a comparison of yields on a treasury bond with that on a inflation-protected treasury bond of equivalent maturity provides a measure of expected inflation.

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CFO News

AUGUST 13, 2023

Annual reports, account payables, treasury management, forecasting, and legal are some areas where CFOs are trying and discovering the use cases for generative AI (artificial intelligence) in their organisation.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 14, 2023

There are three possible explanations for the divergence: Short term versus Long term : The consumer survey extracts an expectation of inflation in the near term, whereas the treasury markets are providing a longer term perspective, since I am using ten-year rates to derive the market-implied inflation.

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VCFO

MAY 14, 2022

The vcfo team continues to expand with the recent addition of Consulting CFO Elbert Johnson. Prior to joining vcfo, Elbert’s career includes Controller, CFO, and Vice President positions for organizations such as NBG Home, Premier Designs, Inc., Missouri Walnut, and Advanced Sleep. About vcfo.

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Beacon CFO Plus

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Benefits of a Virtual CFO: Upgrading Your Banking Relationships. This is where a virtual CFO can be a great asset: He or she can assess how you currently manage your financial operations and look closely at the capabilities of potential banking partners. Chart a Course for Success With a Virtual CFO. But where do you begin?

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Treasury yield, which helps set borrowing costs on everything from mortgages to corporate loans, settled at 1.930%, its highest close since December 2019. That was well above forecasts from economists who had expected a larger drag from the latest wave of Covid-19 cases. The benchmark 10-year U.S.

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CFO Talks

JUNE 7, 2022

Due to this unique position, we need to ensure that the Finance Executive that earns our acclaimed CFO(SA) designation , is ready for the future of finance. In developing the CFO(SA) designation, we identified 34 competencies and four pillars that the Modern CFO needs to fulfill to excel in their leadership position.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Facebook owner Meta Platforms lost a record $232 billion in market value Thursday after releasing a disappointing financial forecast, while shares of other companies including. 10-year Treasury note ticked up to 1.847% from 1.825% Thursday. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 3.7% PayPal Holdings Inc. PYPL -6.24%. Spotify Technology SA.

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The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 22, 2024

Joe Berchtold, the President and CFO of Live Nation Entertainment, earned an impressive $52.4 million in 2023, making him the ,, highest-paid CFO in the United States. Aspiring individuals may wonder how they can achieve similar heights and earn big as a CFO. Prepare quarterly and annual tax filings.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This is especially true in finance-related functions like accounting, procurement, payroll and treasury, and a new survey from Workday suggests chief financial officers are recognizing the opportunities in a more collaborative approach to their positions.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 22, 2023

Thus, if you assume that analysts are over estimating earnings and/or that companies will return less of these earnings to investors in the form of dividends and buybacks, the estimated equity risk premium will decrease, and if you assume that growth will be stronger than forecast, the equity risk premium will rise.

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CFO Thought Leader

AUGUST 5, 2024

However, it was in a subsequent role as corporate controller at a private company that he found a mentor to guide him through essential areas like tax, treasury, and operations—preparing him for the CFO role that he eventually assumed. Read More It was during these years that Patriacca was introduced to Lean principles.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Editor’s note: For our Female Leadership in Finance Series, FutureCFO editor Teresa Leung recently had a chat with Sereen Teoh (pictured below), CFO at BIG Loyalty. Sereen Teoh, CFO, BIG Loyalty. And now I'm the CFO of BIG Loyalty, owned and managed by BIGLIFE Sdn. FutureCFO: Can you share with me your finance career journey?

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 6, 2023

” Stocks rallied after the report, and Treasury yields — which move opposite price — fell. But with its fed funds rate at 4.25%-4.50%, the Fed has targeted more rate hikes until it reaches its forecast of 5.1% Gapen said the strong jobs report reinforces his rate hike forecast. You hit it on all three notes.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Over 400 companies – half of which are Forbes Global 2000 firms – use HighRadius for accounts receivable and treasury management. As we have seen in many of our portfolio companies and past investments, including BlackLine and Coupa , digital transformation is increasingly a CFO priority.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Over 400 companies – half of which are Forbes Global 2000 firms – use HighRadius for accounts receivable and treasury management. As we have seen in many of our portfolio companies and past investments, including BlackLine and Coupa , digital transformation is increasingly a CFO priority.”.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

That matters, because rising rates will increase the debt service (interest payments the US government must pay on the outstanding Treasury securities). And this one is being undertaken with a sense of urgency. The second is that the Congressional Budget Office projected two years ago that the $30T debt number wouldn’t be hit until 2025.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

That’s if and only if, said Shields, the CFO agrees to share a range of information across receivables, income statements and historical data to the bank on a periodic basis. For the strategic financial institutions (FIs), she said, contextual banking represents both a defensive and offensive opportunity.

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Future CFO

APRIL 19, 2021

cash collected, payment forecasting, sales ledger analysis, bank utilisation, and days sales outstanding. By adding BlackLine AR Intelligence, customers gain critical business insights to manage risk, cash flow and collections, as well as real-time analysis and reports, the firm noted.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The numbers don’t lie -- or so the saying goes – but they rarely tell the whole story either, just like how the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) encompasses more than just finance and accounting. Once upon a time, “CFO” was a reasonably prescriptive, even possibly slightly intimidating title. There I was, a CFO at 40 years old.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Corporate treasury is now more strategic for the enterprise, meaning chief financial officers and treasurers must be close-knit with their organizations’ boards of directors. More than a third (36 percent) of survey respondents said fraud monitoring and risk mitigation are the areas in which CFOs are most falling short.

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CFO Leadership

MARCH 31, 2022

Global operations make it more challenging for small treasury teams in mid-market companies to handle day-to-day operations efficiently and securely. New currencies, global banking structures, regional regulations, disparate processes, and disconnected systems all add complexities to the treasury operations. Forecast future cash flows.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

moneycorp, has acquired an Australian independent treasury advisory company called the Rochford Group for an undisclosed sum, according to reports. Rochford helps its clients manage how treasury risks affect their balance sheets, cash and profitability. A payments service provider based in the U.K.,

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Sanjay Patil , executive partner for finance and supply chain transformation at IBM Consulting , ASEAN, says the CFO role is evolving and is now aligned with the priorities of the CEO for the organisation including improved efficiencies and customer experience. Why is artificial intelligence important to the CFO and the finance team?

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Future CFO

AUGUST 27, 2023

Talking about the pain points of being a CFO, Tan says, "I think the very first important step is to make a conversation. For example, Oliver Li , treasury manager at Asia Pacific at FMC Corporation , assessed the business value of moving some manufacturing from China to Egypt as the former faced power outages.

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E78 Partners

APRIL 13, 2023

To capitalize on these strategic choices, PE firms need to invest in a strong CFO office, personnel hires, processes and systems, and consider partnering with a transaction advisor to build a platform for successful roll-up strategies. E78 Partners offers finance and technology solutions for PE firms pursuing roll-up strategies.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Now, you can do something else with money, you can invest in treasuries or bonds,” Metzger points out. Metzger also forecasts a growing set of cost challenges for CFOs in the coming year, with high-interest rates and other predictions saying these will stay high.

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Future CFO

MARCH 10, 2025

It empowers finance leaders to forecast financial trends, optimise cash flow , and improve capital allocation. By reducing the burden of manual tasks, organisations can enhance their operational efficiency and responsiveness to market changes. Predictive analytics: Predictive analytics is another essential component of this transformation.

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