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Cloud ERP Empowers Scaling of Biotech Startups

Navigator SAP

Biotech startups have a lot to juggle.

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Time to pay your SS tax deferral!

CFO Share

Remember that flurry of CARES act tax credits, stimulus, and tax deferrals? There was lots of free money in the CARES act, but one component needs to be repaid this December: the social security tax deferral. When Covid-19 first began, it was easy to check a box in payroll systems to automatically defer social security tax payments. That means your business incurred social security tax expense, but did not pay it in 2020.

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Japanese Version Of SPACs Floated

Global Finance

SPACs have become all the rage in North America, but have yet to make a big splash in Asia.

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Michael Stier on the BuilderNuggets Podcast

Focus CFO

The BuilderNuggets Podcast. with Michael Stier. Michael Stier discusses the benefits of a fractional CFO (and fractional other titles for that matter) that can help you propel your business forward without having to add someone to your staff full time. In this episode we dive into the power of having someone like a fractional CFO (and fractional other titles for that matter) that can help you propel your business forward.

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The Human Side of Finance: The Intersectionality of People, Culture, Adaptability, and Resilience

Speaker: Melissa Hurrington

Finance isn’t just about the numbers. It’s about the people behind them. In a world of constant disruption, resilient finance teams aren’t just operationally efficient. They are adaptable, engaged, and deeply connected to a strong organizational culture. Success lies at the intersection of people, culture, adaptability, and resilience. Finance leaders who master this balance will build teams that thrive through uncertainty and drive long-term business impact.

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Book Review: Asset Allocation and Private Markets

CFA Institute

Even investors who operate exclusively in public markets can benefit from the book’s thoughtful and sometimes unconventional takes.

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Managing across the Corporate Life Cycle: CEOs and Stock Prices!

Musings on Markets

One of the big news stories of last week was Jack Dorsey stepping down as CEO of Twitter, and the market's response to that news was to push up Twitter's stock price by almost 10%. That reaction suggested, at least for the moment, that investors believed that Twitter would be better off without Dorsey running it, a surprise to those in the founder-worship camp.

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Those Who Have Knowledge, Don’t Predict

Focus CFO

Those Who Have Knowledge, Don’t Predict. By Michael Stier. “Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.” – Lao Tzu. Some business owners downplay the complexity of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) and mistakenly task their accounting team with this crucial function, or hope their CPA firm can be of help.

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Being digital is not enough to create successful business transformation

Future CFO

CFOs: Have you ever wondered if being digital is enough to create successful business transformation? If you do, you are on the right track, according to Paul Leinwand and Mahadeva Matt Mani, the authors of Beyond Digital published by Harvard Business Review Press. Digital transformation has been the big buzz in recent years, but only being digital is not enough to create successful business transformation, the authors said.

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Modern Variants of Capitalism, Part 3: Digital Capitalism

CFA Institute

Digital capitalism has transformed our lives into a new commodity: personal data.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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162: Lindelani Gumbo

CFO Talks

? ? ? ? ? ?. Inspired to follow in her father’s footsteps as a CA, Lindelani Gumbo has carved her own path as a regulatory accountant, a career built on a genuine passion for the financial sector and regulatory space. Today’s podcast is sponsored by Draftworx, which provides automated drafting and working paper financial software to more than 8000 accounting and auditing firms and corporations.

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Employee Spotlight: Meet Anek Grewal

FISPAN

In this month’s Employee Spotlight feature, and the last one of 2021, we’d like you to meet Anek Grewal , the Operations Support Representative on our Client Experience (CX) team. Anek brings an extensive background in business development and customer success, with key specializations including project scoping, business and financial analysis, and relationship management.

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Important Questions to Ask Before Building Any Power BI Report

Collectiv

If you’re responsible for building Power BI reports at your organization, that means people are coming to you all the time with requests. One of the most important parts of a data analyst’s role is to ask the right questions before you create any tools that your team will use regularly, like reports and dashboards. The adoption of analytics and business intelligence (ABI) platforms hit the 30% adoption ceiling in 2019 and stayed there, according to Gartner.

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Gender Diversity in the Board Room: The Firm Size Factor

CFA Institute

Smaller is better when it comes to reaping the benefits of gender diversity in the corporate board room.

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Smarter Card Solutions: Meeting the Challenges of Mid-Market Travel & Expense

Our 2025 Center Travel Survey is clear: as corporate travel increases, so does corporate credit cards distribution, and a rise in off-platform travel booking. This 61% rise causes various challenges: compliance, spend control, reporting problems, and a lack of visibility across organizations. To evolve with the ever-changing needs of travelers, decision-makers need a better solution.

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Inflation is here. It’s real. It could take you out of business.

VCFO

This blog is a wakeup call. Inflation is here to stay without substantial intervention. Intervention isn’t going to happen until those making the calls acknowledge this is not a transitory situation and implement necessary actions to include raising interest rates. However, as you will see outlined below, even that will most likely not tame the monster.

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Do You Decide to Plan or Plan to Fail?

CFO Simplified

It’s not a new concept, but it is a lesson that we are reminded of constantly. Those not wanting to sound clichéd change the way they state it, but the overarching message is that if there is no plan, there is no goal to meet, so it’s unlikely that you or your team know if the goal was reached. But more importantly, the team is not working together in moving towards the goal.

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Introducing Jedox X: The Next Generation Experience

Jedox Finance

To succeed in today’s business world, you need to respond to new challenges quickly and adapt your business to ever-changing requirements. The next generation experience, Jedox X, helps you do just that, using the latest technologies to deliver faster results and maximum flexibility.

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Surviving the Great Resignation for Finance Leaders

Lime Light

The “Great Resignation” has left its mark in the workplace. The pandemic has caused unrest across the economy and spurred mass job quitting in nearly every sector with finance, health care, and tech being especially hard-hit. 3.9 million people quit their jobs in June of 2021 according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics , one of several months in which that figure approached record highs, and more have left since.

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Bringing AI to Finance: How to Leverage Technology for Efficiency and Control

Finance teams are balancing more than ever, but manual processes shouldn’t slow you down. In this ebook from BILL, discover how AI is transforming finance—automating AP, expense tracking, and document management to reduce errors, increase efficiency, and improve financial control. Learn how real companies are using AI-powered automation to streamline workflows, detect anomalies, and gain deeper insights.

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How to Improve Risk Management Through Scenario Planning

The Finance Weekly

Finance teams serve as the most important informants for their organizations, hence shouldering the critical responsibility of preventing bad outcomes. They need to carefully consider the various what-ifs that can occur with different business decisions, accurately predict what setbacks could occur with different paths, and strategize how to evade negative results.

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It’s the time of the year for strategic planning and budgeting

CFO Simplified

As the end of the fiscal year comes into focus, it’s time to put together plans for the upcoming year. If you’ve put together annual strategic, operational, and financial plans previously, terrific. If not, there’s no time like the present to do this for the first time. Most successful companies have an annual planning process to put together specific plans and goals for the upcoming year.

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Welcome Steven Stewart

Focus CFO

Welcome Steven Stewart. Welcome to the Team! . Over 40 years of financial leadership. Excel in strategic and financial planning, complex contract negotiation and management, labor negotiations, and accounting. Successful application of research, process analysis, cost accounting, quantitative analysis, management, and negotiation to effectively resolve and manage a variety of business issues.

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Part IX: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Part II

One to One

The post Part IX: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Part II appeared first on ONEtoONE Corporate Finance.

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Say ‘Goodbye’ to Clunky Spreadsheets and Say ‘Hello’ to Month-End Automation

Technology is rapidly changing the way accountants perform and manage month-end activities. Spreadsheets, emails, and shared drives no longer need to slow you down. In under four weeks, your team can start reaping the benefits of month-end close automation by vastly reducing spreadsheets, cut down on reconciliation work, speed up the month-end close, and better manage your remote team.

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FCF European Forestry, Paper and Packaging Market Study – 2021 published

Fox Corporate Finance

FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH is delighted to publish the new “FCF Forestry, Paper & Packaging Market Study – 2021”. FCF regularly engages in research on the forestry, paper and packaging sector based on available. Read more. The post FCF European Forestry, Paper and Packaging Market Study – 2021 published appeared first on FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH.

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Why the old-school CFO’s days are numbered

Future CFO

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. It used to be pretty much all about the numbers – but the narrative has changed.

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The major priorities of a RevOps leader

Anaplan

As businesses adopt a more cohesive revenue operations (RevOps) model, leaders are tasked with tackling several very important priorities to increase profitability.

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LTV/CAC Ratio: Your Secret Technique to Measure Sales & Marketing ROI

Cube Software

I think you'll agree with me when I say: It's super important that you earn more from your customers than you spent to acquire them. As it turns out, there's a super useful metric that measures exactly that. Even better: this metric can (and should) inform your strategic initiatives going forward. In this blog post, you're going to learn all about the LTV/CAC ratio and how to calculate it.

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Outsourcing Vs. In-House: The Ultimate Battle For Better Collections

Speaker: Susan Richards

Your past-due accounts are growing, cash flow is tightening, and the pressure is on. The big question: Do you handle the collections internally or outsource to experts? Both strategies come with advantages and risks - but which one delivers the best impact for your business? In this session we’ll dive deep into the in-house vs. outsourcing debate, examining cost-effectiveness, efficiency, compliance risks, and overall recovery success rates.