Future CFO

MAY 1, 2024

As for the interesting parts of the role, Celina Leonardo , senior director of corporate finance & strategic investment at Super Magnificent Coffee Company Pte. She adds that impeccable financial analysis is key as effective communication and relationship-building skills foster an innovative and inclusive culture.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 11, 2023

Budget analysts must also understand the ins and outs of corporate finance and be able to work with large amounts of data. Major, or national banks , tend to be well-capitalized and financially sound. Budget analysts fill an essential role in the banking world. Who Are the Major Banks? Yo​ur Banking Career Awaits.

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Lime Light

JANUARY 12, 2022

The three main financial statements, balance sheet, cash flow, and income statement are the building blocks of organization-wide financial analysis.

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The Finance Weekly

JULY 19, 2022

FP&A stands for "financial planning and analysis," and is the backbone of the modern finance department. It’s the budgeting, financial forecasting, financial analysis, and decision-making that support an organization's health and strategy. What is FP&A? Why do you need FP&A?

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CFO Talks

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Members’ Profile: Ntombi Melamu In this edition of our CFO Spotlight series, we are featuring Ntombi Melamu, the Managing Director and Founder of FinAscend, a firm she established in 2019 to support small and medium-sized businesses with tailored financial solutions. What advice would you give to someone aspiring to be a CFO?

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CFO Talks

MARCH 14, 2024

This involves rigorous financial analysis to assess the viability of new projects, coupled with a strategic perspective on how these investments align with the company’s long-term goals. By applying a balanced approach, CFOs can ensure that innovation efforts are both ambitious and financially sound.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 7, 2020

ST: I’m reporting to the CEO and board of directors, providing leadership in all aspects of business and finance, including strategic planning, annual business plan, rolling forecast, financial management, treasury, regulatory reporting, internal controls, taxation, and procurement.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

Data: Trickle to a Flood! It is perhaps a reflection of my age that I remember when getting data to do corporate financial analysis or valuation was a chore. Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Variables As I mentioned at the start of this post, this entire exercise of collecting and analyzing data is a selfish one, insofar as I compute the data variables that I find useful when doing corporate financial analysis, valuation, or investment analysis. Financing Flows 5. Dividend yield & payout 3.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

A few of these variables are macro variables, but only those that I find useful in corporate finance and valuation, and not easily accessible in public data bases. Rather than replicate that data, my macroeconomic datasets relate to four key variables that I use in corporate finance and valuation.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

A few of these variables are macro variables, but only those that I find useful in corporate finance and valuation, and not easily accessible in public data bases. Rather than replicate that data, my macroeconomic datasets relate to four key variables that I use in corporate finance and valuation.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

It is perhaps a reflection of my age that I remember when getting data to do corporate financial analysis or valuation was a chore. Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing. Data: Trickle to a Flood!

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Valuation Corporate Finance Financial Analysis Leverage 52

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

After the rating downgrade, my mailbox was inundated with questions of what this action meant for investing, in general, and for corporate finance and valuation practice, in particular, and this post is my attempt to answer them all with one post. What is a risk free investment? Why does the risk-free rate matter?

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

The first is that I do not have a macro focus, and my interests in macro variables occur only in the context of corporate finance or valuation issues. If you use it at their jobs as corporate finance or equity analysts, I am glad to take some of that burden off you, and I hope that you find more enjoyable uses for the time you save.

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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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