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Spencer Stuart's new CFO tracks Ukraine

CFO Dive

Christine Laurens is now a three-time CFO even as women still only accounted for 15.1% of CFOs at major companies last year.

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How Consumer Packaged Goods Firms Can Navigate a Bumpy 2022

Navigator SAP

It has been a “messy” couple of years for consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms. First supply chains were disrupted by the trade war between the U.S. and China, then Covid-19 came along and both radically altered consumer purchasing patterns as well as further deepened supply chain headaches. While things have temporarily improved as a result of U.S. pandemic stimulus measures and Covid-19 vaccine rollout, there’s still no clear indication that this recovery will be durable and supply chain issues

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Equity Risk Premium Forum: Don’t Bet Against a Bubble

CFA Institute

Cliff Asness, Rob Arnott, Roger G. Ibbotson, and other luminaries explore the nature of bubbles and the momentum factor.

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CFOs shaking it up (part one)

Private Funds CFO

20 ways CFOs are shaking up the agenda: 1-5.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook For Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Document-heavy workflows slow down productivity, bury institutional knowledge, and drain resources. But with the right AI implementation, these inefficiencies become opportunities for transformation. So how do you identify where to start and how to succeed? Learn how to develop a clear, practical roadmap for leveraging AI to streamline processes, automate knowledge work, and unlock real operational gains.

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Live enterprise – influencing a finance organization's evolving needs

CFO Dive

The promise and peril of a digital future, e.g., the dot.com boom and bust, emergence of social media and new technologies such as AI/ML, Cloud, Blockchain and IOT, have all converged.

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The EU Artificial Intelligence Act and Financial Services

CFA Institute

With the publication of the AI Act, the EU boldly went where no other regulator has gone before.

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Top takeaways from Future of Fund Services

Private Funds CFO

Future of Fund Services: Three takeaways as managers embrace futureproofing.

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Evaluate the financial health of your company - numbers aren't everything!

CFO Dive

Reading simple data does not determine the company's financial health. There's more to it.

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How to Structure Your SaaS P&L

The SaaS CFO

The SaaS P&L is critical to the management of your SaaS business. I talk about the SaaS P&L (profit and loss statement) almost every week with SaaS founders, finance, and accounting teams. At this point, I’ve reviewed hundreds of SaaS P&Ls (also called an income statement). I’d say about 90% of them are structured incorrectly, […].

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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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Time to let go of spreadsheets

Future CFO

In an EY podcast on Why “cash culture” is a critical lever in today’s PE climate , Nick Boreo from EY Strategy and Operations Services spoke out on the importance of cash, particularly during an economic downturn. “Where most companies think about cash flow is actually getting back to the fundamentals of running a business. In the current environment, cash and working capital is the cheapest source of liquidity a business can generate,” he declared.

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Ireland’s bid for the top domicile

Private Funds CFO

Ireland’s ILP structure could mean serious competition for other EU jurisdictions.

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Russian invasion impact challenges auditors: PCAOB

CFO Dive

Auditors need to be on alert for several business disruptions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that increase the risk that companies will misstate financial results, a federal regulator said.

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Finding the Optimal Path to Success Using Financial Scenario Planning

Centage

Every business has a set of interconnected levers, commonly referred to as business drivers, that affect the operational expenses and financial results. Common business drivers include personnel, physical stores, various product lines, units of production and so on. For instance, the more sales staff available, the more revenue to be gained, but the more expenses are incurred.

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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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Royal Dutch Shell's New CFO Must Organize A Russian Goodbye

Global Finance

Like BP, Norway’s Equinor and France’s TotalEnergies, Shell’s leadership decided that the war with Ukraine made it impossible to maintain its business in Russia.

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Ireland’s ILP structure could mean serious competition for other EU jurisdictions

Private Funds CFO

Experts predict more private equity managers will use the new ILP structure to access European investors.

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Startup turns employee phones into predictable OpEx

CFO Dive

Riding the device-as-a-service (DaaS) wave, Everphone saves an enterprise customer 21% on mobile device costs, the company’s CEO says.

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The enduring use of spreadsheets in finance

Future CFO

Love them or hate it, spreadsheets have been around since 1979 with the release of VisiCalc , a program written for the Apple II computers. Its popularity grew from the desire to take a 20-hour bookkeeping chore into a few minutes of data entry. In one FutureCFO workshop of finance leaders, despite two-thirds using some of the most advanced ERP tools in the market, nearly all concede the use of spreadsheets as part of work.

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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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Do Nonprofits Use Cash or Accrual Accounting?

The Charity CFO

If you’re like many people, you probably think that there is a single set of accounting rules that every company must follow. . But that’s not quite true—nonprofits face a decision between 2 different accounting methods for tracking their financial activity: cash accounting vs. accrual accounting. Though both systems use the same numbers, looking at those numbers differently can give you a very different perspective on the state of your finances.

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InvestorFlow deal merges investor portal with Blackstone-incubated CRM

Private Funds CFO

The company, which provides personalized portals to big names in alternative assets, wants to bring its sophisticated information and workflow management to the mid-market.

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Why real-time cost anomaly detection for your cloud is non-negotiable

CFO Dive

Misconfigurations can spin up the wrong number of services in an organization's cloud use, causing cost anomalies. If this spending appears small, it may go unnoticed, but the costs add up.

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Data and analytics: Three imperatives that drive top trends in 2022

Future CFO

Data and analytics leaders should embrace three imperatives when leveraging the top trends for 2022 in their enterprise, said Gartner recently. The three key areas are: activate dynamism and diversity, augment people and decisions, and institutionalise trust, according to the advisory firm. “This year’s top data and analytics (D&A) trends represent business, market and technology dynamics that will help organisations anticipate change and transform uncertainty into opportunity, both of which

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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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How Understanding Sales Tax Can Help Your Business

CFO Share

Think your business is too small to worry about sales taxes? Think again. Ever since Wayfair v. South Dakota , small business sales tax has been an issue you cannot afford to ignore. With audits ramping up and penalties exceeding $100,000, understanding sales and use tax is essential. The cost of sales tax non-compliance. Violating small business sales tax regulations may result in significant penalties.

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InvestorFlow to announce merger; CFOs shaking it up (part two)

Private Funds CFO

InvestorFlow deal merges investor portal with Blackstone-incubated CRM; 20 ways CFOs are shaking up the agenda: 6-10.

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Doudna's CRISPR biotech taps ex-Merrill banker as CFO

CFO Dive

While initial public offerings in the Americas plummeted 72% during the first quarter, Elaine Sun believes strong companies can go public even in volatile markets.

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QuickBooks to NetSuite Migration: Minimize Disruption, Maximize Value

Embark With Us

Outgrowing QuickBooks is a classic good problem to have. Sure, just the fact you’re researching migrations to a big-league ERP (enterprise resource planning) system like NetSuite speaks volumes about your past success and rosy future. But like any problem, even of the good variety, it just takes a misstep or two for that good problem to bloom into a full-fledged crisis.

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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.