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Cloud ERP Empowers Scaling of Biotech Startups

Navigator SAP

Biotech startups have a lot to juggle.

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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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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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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook For Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

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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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Read the eBook: The 2022 CFO Playbook for Strategic Decision-Making

Planful

The strategic role of the CFO has become less about finance and accounting and more about becoming a strategic partner to the entire organization. It’s especially true as 2022 promised to bring continued uncertainty along with new opportunities for growth. Pushing forward requires CFOs to get involved in the business and convey the importance of […].

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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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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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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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Data Talks, CFOs Listen: Why Analytics Is The Key To Better Spend Management

Speaker: Claire Grosjean

Finance teams are drowning in data—but is it actually helping them spend smarter? Without the right approach, excess spending, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities continue to drain profitability. While analytics offers powerful insights, financial intelligence requires more than just numbers—it takes the right blend of automation, strategy, and human expertise.

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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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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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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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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them

Speaker: Dave Sackett

Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.

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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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Are Robots Replacing You? Keeping Humans in the Loop in Automated Environments

Speaker: Erroll Amacker

As businesses increasingly adopt automation, finance leaders must navigate the delicate balance between technology and human expertise. This webinar explores the critical role of human oversight in accounts payable (AP) automation and how a people-centric approach can drive better financial performance. Join us for an insightful discussion on how integrating human expertise into automated workflows enhances decision-making, reduces fraud risks, strengthens vendor relationships, and accelerates R

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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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Book of Secrets on the Month-End Close

Based off SkyStem's popular e-Book, the book of secrets to the month-end close will be revealed in this one-hour webinar. Learn leading practices when it comes to building a strong and sustainable month-end close that has room to grow and evolve. Learn about the power of precise estimates, why reconciliations are critical to closing the books, how and when to automate, and how the chart of accounts play into your close process.