CFO Leadership
APRIL 4, 2023
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.
CFO Dive
APRIL 3, 2023
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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CFO Leadership
APRIL 5, 2023
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.
CFO Dive
APRIL 4, 2023
Finance leaders are looking closer at automation as a talent retention tool as employees eye new opportunities.
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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Barry Ritholtz
APRIL 3, 2023
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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CFO Dive
APRIL 3, 2023
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.
CFO News
APRIL 3, 2023
NFRA asks the company to review accounting, disclosure policies and report by June 30.
Navigator SAP
APRIL 7, 2023
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.
The Reformed Broker
APRIL 5, 2023
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.
Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA
Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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.
CFO Dive
APRIL 4, 2023
Esker, HighRadius and FIS Global surpassed modern C2C software industry peers such as Billtrust, BlackLine, and Cforia in a study by the Hackett Group.
Barry Ritholtz
APRIL 7, 2023
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
Navigator SAP
APRIL 6, 2023
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.
The Reformed Broker
APRIL 1, 2023
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.
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.
CFO Dive
APRIL 7, 2023
The federal tax collector plans to expand enforcement staff and reverse a decline in audit rates for businesses and households earning more than $400,000 per year.
Barry Ritholtz
APRIL 5, 2023
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?
Navigator SAP
APRIL 4, 2023
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.
The Reformed Broker
APRIL 1, 2023
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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.
CFO Dive
APRIL 3, 2023
The British cloud computing company said the resignations of the firm’s CEO and CFO are not connected to the ongoing investigation into the company’s finances.
Barry Ritholtz
APRIL 5, 2023
My mid-week morning train WFH reads: • What to Know About TurboTax Before You File Your Taxes This Year : Don’t get tricked into paying for tax prep if you don’t have to. Learn how the biggest tax preparation companies have suppressed free filling options for years. ( ProPublica ) • The Bloomberg Terminal Just Got a ChatGPT-Style Upgrade : The new technology is designed to make searching the terminal simpler. ( Institutional Investor ) see also How Will AI Change Investing?
Navigator SAP
APRIL 2, 2023
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.
CFO Leadership
APRIL 5, 2023
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.
Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll
Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng
CFO Dive
APRIL 7, 2023
The people responsible for bloated inventory levels don’t all sit in factories and warehouses, Ernst & Young’s Peter Kingma writes.
Barry Ritholtz
APRIL 6, 2023
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
CFO News
APRIL 6, 2023
In a surprising move, the RBI this week broke the ongoing interest rate hike cycle that began in May 2022. It hiked the repo rate by 40 bps in May 2022 and continued to raise it six times until the last policy review in February 2023. Since May, the central bank has raised rates by a cumulative 250 bps.
The Reformed Broker
APRIL 6, 2023
I’ve been reading Jamie Dimon’s letter to JPMorgan Chase shareholders over the last two days (it’s long) and wanted to check in here to share this bit about what happened with the banking system this spring. He is uniquely positioned to share a point of view on it… The recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the United States and Credit Suisse in Europe, and the related stress in the bankin.
Speaker: Mark Stovel
When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.
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