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CFOs seek insights, efficiency boost from process mining

CFO Dive

CFOs during the pandemic have sped up digital transformation. Today they are especially focused on robotic process automation and complementary tools such as process mining, Gartner said.

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Signs It's Time to Take a Second Look at Your ERP System

Navigator SAP

You implemented your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system because you wanted your business to operate more efficiently, with stronger and more automated controls—and, of course, you wanted to reap cost savings from those benefits. Ultimately, you aspire to get better visibility into your operations so you can accelerate your revenue growth. But are you getting what you need from your system?

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Crypto Tokens and Crypto Coins: What Drives Performance?

CFA Institute

The correlation between volume and price of crypto coins and tokens is negligible no matter how it's measured.

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Three CFO Priorities for An Unstable Time

CFO

In the best, most stable of times, the job of forecasting and responding to demand is difficult at best. These are not the most stable of times. In a 30-year career, I’ve never seen a more uncertain, unstable economic situation than what we’re facing now, particularly for chief financial officers at private-equity-backed companies. The pandemic is.

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The Growth Architect: How Financial Leaders are Unlocking Potential

Speaker: Ashley Harlan, MBA

What if your role as a fractional CFO went beyond operational support to actively shaping the future of your clients’ businesses? 💼 ✨ In this session, discover how fractional finance professionals can position themselves as architects of growth, guiding their clients toward sustainable success and preparing them for full-time financial leadership.

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Most executives admit to ESG 'greenwashing': survey

CFO Dive

Companies overstate their commitment to sustainability as investors, regulators, lawmakers and other stakeholders push for adherence to environmental, social and governance best practices.

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Equity Risk Premium Forum: The Deficient Market Hypothesis

CFA Institute

"If we thought of the equity premium as a fear premium," Rob Arnott says, "a lot of the so-called anomalies that we’ve talked about would not be anomalies at all.".

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Ramifications of the Ukraine Crisis for the Finance Function & How to Deal with It

The Finance Weekly

The situation in Ukraine has dominated new headlines for weeks on end now, and for good reason. The country is in a dire humanitarian crisis and has affected the world from waves of refugees to rising US gas prices. But is the relevance of such a crisis relevant to finance professionals, or is this just an unfortunate occurrence that such workers will keep hearing about for the foreseeable future?

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How treasurers can wade into data lakes

CFO Dive

Treasurers can use data lakes to centralize information, increase liquidity and reduce fraud, but finding the resources to set them up may be a challenge.

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How to Improve Quality Control in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Navigator SAP

Quality plays a pivotal role in the success of any business. Delays in delivery are often caused by products not meeting the mandated quality standards. Failure to meet quality standards can have grave implications on the production environment and the company's public image.

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2025 Payroll Calendar Templates (Biweekly, Semi-Monthly, and Monthly)

Use these handy calendar templates to stay on top of payroll in 2025! Download them today to share with your HR team or post for employees. Whether your company has biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay periods, Paycor has you covered. Get your templates today!

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Recht en duurzaamheid

Corporate Finance Lab

Vanuit de maatschappij klinkt de roep om verduurzaming steeds luider. Algemeen wordt aangevoeld dat een koerswijziging nodig is om de complexe ecologische, maatschappelijke, economische, … uitdagingen het hoofd te bieden. Deze uitdagingen situeren zich niet langer in de toekomst maar in het heden. Een duurzame samenleving veronderstelt een duurzaam (ondernemings)recht.

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Nonprofit Audit Checklist (+ Free PDF Download)

The Charity CFO

Many nonprofit organizations both large and small need to undergo a financial statement audit every year. Preparing for a nonprofit audit can be overwhelming and anxiety-filled, especially if it’s your first audit or you don’t have a strong and experienced financial team. But an audit doesn’t have to scare you or your management team. The most important thing you can do is be prepared.

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Profit expectations fall at US companies, NABE says

CFO Dive

The business outlook has grown hazier amid Federal Reserve plans to reduce stimulus, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and doubts about the stability of supply chains tied to China.

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What is SOX Compliance in Pharma?

Navigator SAP

Automation of key business processes in the life science industry has profound benefits. SAP ERP is one such tool that allows companies in the life science industry to do just that.

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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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Centage Planning Maestro: Innovating the Future of Finance

Centage

Back in 2019, Centage made waves when it announced the availability of Planning Maestro , the first-ever FP&A platform designed specifically for the mid-size market. Up until the release of Planning Maestro, only enterprise-sized companies could afford the expense of automated and intelligent cloud-based FP&A technologies. Centage made it its mission to change that.

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PODCAST: Understanding Fundraising & Human Behavior

The Charity CFO

Tim Kachuriak has dedicated the past 15 year of his life to answer this question…. “Why do people give to nonprofits?”. And while he’s found that the answers vary wildly, he’s managed to identify some core principles that can predictably boost giving to your nonprofit. In this week’s episode, Tim sits down with me to talk about some simple techniques and everyday strategies you can use to attract more donations and build a better relationship with your donors.

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FASB explores single consolidation model

CFO Dive

“We can bring some order to this area where I think we’re hearing very clearly that order is needed,” said Richard Jones, FASB chair.

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Why Is Traceability Important In The Pharmaceutical Industry?

Navigator SAP

Consumer health and safety is the fundamental responsibility of a pharmaceutical company. A major threat to the industry’s credibility is the rampant circulation of counterfeit products. To avoid this, the pharmaceutical supply chain is one of the most heavily regulated supply chains in the world.

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

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, 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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Investing in environmental and business success

Anaplan

The time is now to act on ESG strategy.

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Hybrid workforce: How to avoid proximity bias

Future CFO

While a hybrid workforce can bring many benefits, employers must avoid proximity bias arising from this new work model, said Hays CEO Alistair Cox recently. When some of an organisation’s workforce isn’t present in the office at the same time, there is the risk of proximity bias, in which preferential treatment is given to those working within the office environment, Cox pointed out.

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Hiring, strategizing compete for CFO time: survey

CFO Dive

Eighty-eight percent of CFOs at private-equity backed companies surveyed said they underestimated the time it would take to migrate financial and accounting processes to a state-of-the-art enterprise resource planning system (ERP) and software stack.

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Employee Spotlight: Meet AJ Olpin

FISPAN

In this month’s Employee Spotlight, we’d like you to meet FISPAN’s Manager, Infrastructure and Data Services, AJ Olpin ! AJ joined our team a year and a half ago, bringing with him over 10 years of experience in finance and technology from a local credit union. Today, AJ manages the Cloud Infrastructure and Data Service teams where he is responsible for the department’s technical output, roadmapping, technical support and team mentoring, ensuring service-level agreements (SLA) are met, and provi

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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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Change Management Consulting: Your Transformation's Best Friend

Embark With Us

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Risk of macroeconomic downturn rising among executive concerns

Future CFO

A macroeconomic downturn has moved into the top five risks among senior executives, said Gartner recently when releasing the Emerging Risk Report based on results of a survey of 330 senior executives in Q1 of 2022. The macroeconomic environment was already challenging before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine , marked by persistent inflation and supply chain bottlenecks, which remain largely unresolved, said Matt Shinkman, vice president with the Gartner Legal, Risk & Compliance practice.

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Mega-cap CFOs in high demand as IPOs, retirements thin supply

CFO Dive

"The increased use of cash over equity in compensation packages is a sign that CFOs are in demand as companies would typically rather give equity," according to Robert Lamp of Korn Ferry.

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ESG Integration: Lessons from US Insurers

CFA Institute

What are US insurers saying and doing around ESG?

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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.