March, 2022

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CFOs hold pay raises far below inflation despite war for talent

CFO Dive

CFOs are spurring resignations by letting inflation far outpace wage gains. They can take steps to improve employee retention even as prices increase at the highest rate in four decades.

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Why Do I Need ERP If My System Already Works?

Navigator SAP

A successful business aims to improve and grow. Three factors play a role in achieving success: innovation (being the first to serve an unmet need), customer service (ensuring that consumers get what they are promised quickly and easily), and efficient processes (staying on top of everything). If your business is doing well, you probably do pretty well in these areas.

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Jersey Finance: New regulations, new solutions

Private Funds CFO

Recent regulatory evolutions in Jersey serve to augment the jurisdiction’s reputation as a safe pair of hands for managers, say Jersey Finance’s head of funds Elliot Refson and business development lead in the Americas Philip Pirecki.

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Predictive Forecasting

Jedox Finance

An unbiased view into the future. Although it is nearly impossible to predict the future, forecasting future market development and customer needs is an essential component of corporate strategy and planning. To meet this challenge, strategic planners, financial controllers and Business Intelligence experts seek out the best tools, techniques and solutions to give them a competitive edge in business forecasting.

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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The Russia–Ukraine War and Other Geopolitical Risks

CFA Institute

The spillover effect of the Russia-Ukraine War will increase food prices and geopolitical risk throughout the world.

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Internet of Things forces rethink of KPIs: McKinsey

CFO Dive

The Internet of Things may unlock as much as $12.6 trillion in value by 2030 if companies weave the technology into their operations, McKinsey said.

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How to Implement an ERP Solution at Your Startup

Navigator SAP

Implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system has become a matter of survival for startups that want to scale fast or involve complex manufacturing operations, as the process efficiencies and data transparency ERP delivers can make or break such businesses. If you’re headed down this road, you may be spending lots of time thinking about how to achieve a successful ERP rollout.

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20 ways CFOs are shaking up the agenda

Private Funds CFO

Whether it’s climate change, technological innovation or simply the changing nature of the marketplace, private markets are proving to be highly adaptable. In this innovation special, we explore the steps CFOs are taking to future-proof their funds.

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Emily Waltemate Promoted to Senior Accountant

The Charity CFO

Nothing gives us more joy than seeing one of our own succeed! Today we enthusiastically announce the promotion of Emily Waltemate to the role of Senior Accountant. Prior to switching career paths to join The Charity CFO, Emily worked in the law field for almost 12 years. As a paralegal, she handled everything with cases from open to close, aside for trials and court hearings which only an attorney can do.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Women and Money Making: What’s Your Business Model?

CFA Institute

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2022, Barbara Stewart, CFA, shares how women in various countries and cultures think about business models.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

Musings on Markets

As the world's attention is focused on the war in the Ukraine, it is the human toll, in death and injury, that should get our immediate attention, and you may find a focus on economics and markets to be callous. However, I am not a political expert, with solutions to offer that will bring the violence to an end, and I don't think that you have come here to read about my views on humanity.

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Minority of CFOs see metaverse transforming their companies

CFO Dive

While many financial executives have made big investments in cloud computing to support remote work in the pandemic, a growing number of large companies are now signaling their interest in the metaverse by filing related trademark applications.

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What a Consumer Products Company Needs to Know in 2022

Navigator SAP

A unicorn startup, a company with a valuation over $1 billion, is a rare beast. According to a September 2021 report by CB Insights, there are only around 800 in the wild. Any startup needs a killer idea; but to truly achieve unicorn status, a company needs the ability to scale up quickly.

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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Asset servicing: The future needs a roadmap, says Citco

Private Funds CFO

With the alternative asset industry continuing to grow rapidly in size and complexity, service providers need to create a roadmap to meet manager and investor needs, says Citco’s Jay Peller.

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Finance leadership in the COVID era

Future CFO

Watsons Philippines has been expanding consistently in the years 2020 and 2021 despite the COVID-19 pandemic – achieved mostly by keeping the delicate balance between operations and strategy. Joweehlyn Liao. “It is all about balancing the short-term vs. the long term. You have to be strategic because the landscape has changed significantly, but at the same time, you have to bridge the day-to-day operations, especially the retail side.

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Using OCI Object Storage based Raw Data in Oracle Analytics

Qubix

Let’s start this blog with a definition of Object Storage. Object Storage is an internet-scale, high-performance storage platform that offers reliable and cost-efficient data durability. Object Storage can store an unlimited amount of unstructured data of any content type, including analytic data.

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Golden State Foods Takes a Second Helping of Planful

Planful

Golden State Foods (GSF), in addition to being one of the largest diversified suppliers to the foodservice industry, has been a Planful customer since 2014. In that time, the company has grown its business worldwide while it methodically transformed finance from a spreadsheet-driven function into an agile and strategic strength that guides the business forward. […].

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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.

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Small businesses see inflation as No. 1 challenge

CFO Dive

The highest inflation in four decades has eroded profit margins and compelled small businesses to raise prices, the National Federation of Independent Business said.

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What Do Start-Ups Need to Look out for While Scaling Their Business?

Navigator SAP

Startups at the growth stage need financial tools, controls, and resource planning as their products evolve from idea to IPO. Challenges, risks and dynamic changes arise along the way as the company’s products and services follow the steps that transform a product concept into marketable merchandise. Product development must iterate in response to customer feedback, and the company must introduce new products and services as the business expands.

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Download the April/May 2022 issue of Private Funds CFO

Private Funds CFO

In the magazine: Continuation funds – how to make yours a success for you and your investors; Six pages of coverage from the FFA’s Global Symposium; How the Log4j threat could harm your firm; Plus much more….

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How businesses can embark on a sustainable growth path

Future CFO

Rajat Gupta, Leader of McKinsey’s sustainability practice in Asia, describes five key issues shaping Asia’s future, and examines the opportunities companies and countries have to embrace net-zero, pioneer new industries and products, and ensure sustainable growth. The post How businesses can embark on a sustainable growth path appeared first on FutureCFO.

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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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Webinar: Working Capital Management Foundations | April 26

Strategic Treasurer

Working Capital Management Foundations. April 26 | 11:00 AM EDT. Register Now. Date. Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Time. 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT. Where. This is an online event. Speakers. Craig Jeffery, Strategic Treasurer Brent Kinman, Corcentric. Sponsored By. Hosted By. 1.2 CTP and FP&A re-certification credits will be given for attendance to this live webinar.

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3 Types of Nonprofit Fraud to Watch Out for Today

The Charity CFO

Nonprofit fraud makes for great headlines— like the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future accused this year of squandering $48 million of federal funding on luxurious trips, fancy mansions, and other personal costs. . Fraud losses in the charitable industry destroy an organization’s reputation, future financing opportunities, and capacity to carry out its mission.

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Class action embroils Wells Fargo commercial real estate underwriting practices

CFO Dive

A judge is set to rule on the bank's motion to dismiss the complaint, which names the company, ex-CEO Jim Sloan and former CFO John Shrewsberry among the defendants.

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What is an ERP System in the Pharmaceutical industry?

Navigator SAP

The flow of processes and operations in a pharmaceutical company is extremely complex and labor-intensive, owing to stringent production regulations and competitive market demands.

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Solve Your Firm's Automation Complexities Once and For All

Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.