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Should CFOs Use ChatGPT

CFO Leadership

Should CFOs Use ChatGPT For years, we’ve been anticipating the arrival of ubiquitous AI. And for years, we’ve seen glimmers of hope both in our personal lives, like when an AI system bested Jeopardy’s grand champs, and in business, like when product searches started actually providing useful suggestions of additional items to buy and good alternatives to the ones in your search.

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No, AI isn’t coming for your CFO seat

CFO Dive

CFOs are likely here to stay for the foreseeable future, despite predictions that automation will transform corporate finance functions, experts say.

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The CFO Guide to Gratitude 2023

CFO Leadership

by Scott Johnson TLDR You think you need a reward program. What you need is a gratitude program that happens to include rewards. We hope you don’t let your company miss the mark when they start talking about ‘Employee Engagement’ initiatives. Show me the money… Someone says, “We need better employee engagement.” Someone else says, “We did a survey and need more recognition.

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Automation can curb finance burnout

CFO Dive

Finance leaders are looking closer at automation as a talent retention tool as employees eye new opportunities.

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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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$33 Trillion in Sovereign Wealth Funds

Barry Ritholtz

The consulting firm Global SWF tracks all the important info about Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and Public Pension Funds (PPFs). Its an amazing collection of charts and data. The asset value peak was $33.6 trillion (USD) in 2021; that’s down only slightly to $31.4 trillion as of the end of 2022. Given the rough year markets had in 2022, including all of the held asset classes, it is an impressive, albeit curious showing.

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Marketers, pricers are out of sync on inflation strategy

CFO Dive

CFOs have major decision power when it comes to developing pricing — the fastest lever companies can pull to adjust to inflation, Revionics’ Matt Pavich says.

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Audit watchdog NFRA asks Mahindra Holidays to review its accounting policies and practices

CFO News

NFRA asks the company to review accounting, disclosure policies and report by June 30.

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Your New ERP is Worse Than Your Old System—But Only for the First Year

Navigator SAP

There’s an interesting and well-known issue that many businesses face right after upgrading their ERP solution: The new system performs worse than the old one.

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It’s not a funnel, it’s a filter.

The Reformed Broker

I get a lot of emails and LinkedIn messages about our “funnel” these days. Hiring funnel, sales funnel, etc. Usually it’s coming from well-meaning companies who are focused on recruiting and headhunting or lead generation and prospecting. A typical firm in our industry is probably in need of what they’re offering. I have tried to build an atypical firm.

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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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Esker, HighRadius top C2C software rankings

CFO Dive

Esker, HighRadius and FIS Global surpassed modern C2C software industry peers such as Billtrust, BlackLine, and Cforia in a study by the Hackett Group.

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10 Friday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

My end-of-week, market’s-closed-but-BLS-open Good Friday reads: • Here’s What Happens at the IRS After You File Your Taxes Refunds can come in five days—or a few months. ( Wall Street Journal ) • How Models Get the Economy Wrong : Seemingly complex and sophisticated econometric modeling often fails to take into account common sense and observable reality. ( American Prospect ) see also Six Ways Existing Economic Models Are Killing the Economy : The alleged science doesn’t match up to the r

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Maximize NOI With the Right ERP for Property Management

Navigator SAP

Net operating income (NOI) is a crucial metric for countless businesses. Using the right ERP for field services and property and equipment management to introduce automated recurring billing and income projections can significantly affect your profitability.

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The ground is quaking

The Reformed Broker

The prompt: The output, copy-pasted into my blog’s CMS: This is a rainbow stripe! Obviously anyone who knows how to code could have knocked this out in a second without even having to think about it. But how many people don’t know how to code? Most? We’re heading into a future in which not knowing how to do a thing is going to matter much less than ever before.

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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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Walmart automates to combat inflation, CFO says

CFO Dive

The retailer is upping its investments in automation as it looks to manage costs and pricing during an inflationary environment.

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Big Tech, Big Returns?

Barry Ritholtz

A quick note before everybody scampers off for the holidays. The impact of Technology on indices since the GFC is indisputable. But if you want to see exactly what their weight looks like on markets over that decade-plus era, check out the Statista video above. Or, you can see Invictus applying Bob Farrell’s rules to the Tosteern Slok’s FANGM work: Time to invoke Farrell’s Rule #7?

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Driving Innovation With the Best ERP for Research and Development

Navigator SAP

As a research and development manager, your main responsibility is to collaborate with your team members to perform effective experiments and provide your company with practical insights that can be used in the development of innovative products. To do this, you and your team need the autonomy and flexibility to collaborate and document processes and formulas used at every stage of your research and development.

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This Week on TRB

The Reformed Broker

And if you haven’t subscribed yet, don’t wait. Check it out below or wherever fine podcasts are played. . The post This Week on TRB appeared first on The Reformed Broker.

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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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FASB chooses single software accounting model

CFO Dive

The new project marks the first time in decades that the U.S. accounting standard setter is revisiting accounting for software costs.

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Buy This, Sell That? Please Don’t…

Barry Ritholtz

Ever see those IR stories announcing a firm is “increasing its exposure” or “boosting our stake” or “unloading shares” in a given company? Sounds like someone with more resources, insights, and connections KNOWS something about a stock that you do not. Should you then follow the recommended announcements? Absolutely not. Here is why: These posts seem to be a bizarre combination of public records scraping and AI; they look like they were designed to generate clicks rather than reflect honest inve

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Choosing the Right ERP for Repair and  Maintenance Companies

Navigator SAP

If you run a repair and maintenance business (Field Service, Building Maintenance…), you need to have the right tools and systems in place to help you consistently deliver high-quality services. One of these systems is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform. An ERP system helps your business run more smoothly and efficiently, thus increasing overall productivity and customer satisfaction.

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The Nuts and Bolts of Private Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Investing

CFA Institute

What terms, metrics, and concepts do investors need to have under their belt to approach the CRE asset class?

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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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Modern finance goes leaner

CFO Dive

No matter how big a company’s finance department is these days, it’s most likely much smaller than it would have been just a few decades ago.

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Getting So Much Better All the Time

Barry Ritholtz

 A quick note before the 3-day holiday weekend consumes all: I was thumbing through the Oscar edition of a recent glossy mag when I came across an article by James Pogue titled “ West of Eden.” It’s a discussion of folks on the fringe right, including preppers, dystopian billionaires, and a bunch of off-the-grid, back to-the-land, radicals. I can sum up the entire vibe with a single quote: “ If you’re not willing to shoot federal agents, then you’re not serious about it.

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Talent Strategies Demand a New Normal

CFO Leadership

The war for talent is over … and talent won, reinforcing that people and the future of work represent the defining business challenge for the next decade. People and culture sit atop the list of key risk concerns of board members and executives worldwide looking out over the next 12 months as well as into 2032, according to the latest Top Risks Survey from Protiviti and NC State University’s ERM Initiative.

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RBI’s monetary policy stance a ‘pause not pivot’: Here’s what Guv Das’s move indicates

CFO News

The central bank remains watchful and does not hesitate to take further action necessary given the unprecedented and uncertain environment. While the priority continues to be price stability. However the question is growth versus inflation, what does this stance mean?

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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.