Sat.Apr 29, 2023 - Fri.May 05, 2023

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Budget variance analysis: did you stick to your budget?

Cube Software

What is budget variance analysis? Budget variance analysis is a fancy term for when management compares a company’s budget to what was actually spent.

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CFOs Wanted: Startups Lack Strong Financial Hands

Global Finance

Many startups were unable to access their funds during SVB's demise in part because they lacked CFOs.

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AI boosts productivity 14%: NBER case study

CFO Dive

Generative AI improved customer service at a Fortune 500 company by prompting less experienced staff to adopt the best practices of their most talented co-workers.

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What Is an ERP Specialist? Exploring the Role

Navigator SAP

Equipping your business with the right tools can help you stay ahead of the competition—even if you operate in a highly saturated industry like professional services.

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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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Vertice reports spike in AI software spending

CFO Dive

AI’s share of overall software spending across the Vertice network grew to 1% by the end of March, up from 0.2% at the start of the year, a five-fold increase.

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A Timeline Of Financial Markets

Barry Ritholtz

I have been a reader of Jamie Catherwood’s Investor Amnesia since it launched. It is always filled with interesting reminders from the past. Investor Amnesia is a wonderful reminder that we tend to forget that which came before. Ray Dalio put it even more starkly, noting that nothing is truly unprecedented , and we tend to use that word to refer to those things we have not experienced in our lifetimes.

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CFOs ready, not ‘shocked’ by First Republic failure

CFO Dive

Many finance leaders now have a “quick-trigger game plan in place should another domino fall,” according to Jack McCullough, founder and president of the CFO Leadership Council.

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The Importance of an ERP System for Professional Services Firms

Navigator SAP

As a manager or an executive at a professional services firm, have you asked yourself any of these questions in the past year?

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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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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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Nobody Knows Anything, FedWatch Edition

Barry Ritholtz

Imagine you had a device that allowed you to peer into the future. You enter a subject matter into this machine, requesting a specific quantitative measure, and at a specific future time. In other words, Price and Date. The machine whirrs and spins, lights flash, bells ring, and out pops a chart showing a range of answers and their probabilities. You might imagine a machine like that would be worth a lot.

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Bid for business-friendly ChatGPT seen facing long haul

CFO Dive

Cybersecurity experts say it may be a long while before ChatGPT can be trusted to handle sensitive business data, despite recent steps by the popular AI tool’s creator.

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What Does ERP Do for a Business? A Comprehensive Guide

Navigator SAP

To thrive in today’s increasingly complex and competitive business environment, professional service companies must implement systems that allow them to easily automate, streamline, and scale business processes.

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JPMorgan Steals First Republic!

The Reformed Broker

Join Downtown Josh Brown and Michael Batnick for another round of What Are Your Thoughts? On this week’s episode, Josh and Michael discuss the biggest topics in investing and finance, including: ►Uber Earnings – “Based on data from Bloomberg, 262 companies in the $spx have reported, sales growth in 1Q is 4% and earnings growth is -2.69%” ►Cap Weighted Rules – “It’s rare for t.

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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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Want More Jobs? Raise the Minimum Wage

Barry Ritholtz

I have been writing about issues with the minimum wage for (it seems like) decades. During that time, consuming lots of academic research, I reached a few logically supported conclusions. The least contentious of which is that modest increases in minimum wages increase economic activity and create jobs. But there are other surprises around the minimum wage.

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Record high office vacancies spur sublease discounts

CFO Dive

The U.S. office vacancy rate ticked up to a 30-year-high of 17.8% in the first quarter as hybrid work and recession fears weighed on demand, according to CBRE.

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Compare ERP for Professional Services: What You Need to Know

Navigator SAP

Imagine being able to manage your projects, finances, and resources all from one system. With an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, you can do just that.

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Apple Opens High Interest Savings Accounts

Global Finance

After disrupting most of the tech and digital world over the past few decades, Apple is now turning to the banking sector. The Cupertino, California-based iPhone maker recently teamed up with Goldman Sachs to launch a high-yield savings account, promising.

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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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10 Friday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

My end-of-week morning NFP train WFH reads: • Warren Buffett’s Formula for Success: One Good Decision Every Five Years : Berkshire Hathaway has obliterated the market in his 58 years at the company. He credits roughly 12 decisions. ( Wall Street Journal ) see also The 10 Greatest US Investors and the Virtues That Made Them : There can be few fields of human endeavor in which history counts for so little as in the world of finance.

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Bean CEO wants to bring flexibility, creativity to accounting

CFO Dive

To solve the accounting shortage, Bean CEO Anees Pretorius asserts the industry must provide talented professionals with the tools and flexibility they need to do better work more quickly — and to make it more delightful.

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Adani Enterprises Group CFO plans $3.8 billion capital expenditure in FY24

CFO News

Jugeshinder Singh is banking big on investments around green hydrogen ecosystem, airport management, roads, data centre, and primary industry like copper and petrochem.

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HSBC’s Future Is On The Line

Global Finance

Ping An Insurance of China, one of the world’s biggest insurers and a major HSBC stakeholder, has been pushing for a break-up of the Group’s Asian and UK operations.

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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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Press Pause

Barry Ritholtz

At least they told us what they were going to do. As much as critics of the Federal Reserve have been up in arms over the fastest rate hiking cycle in modern history, no one can claim it to be a surprise. Jerome Powell & Co. have continually warned that they are aggressively fighting inflation with a 5% target. They said it in Fed minutes, they said it in pressers, they said it in speeches; we just took them figuratively, not literally.

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Guess taps Hugo Boss alum for CFO seat

CFO Dive

The appointment of Markus Neubrand, a former CFO of Hugo Boss Americas, follows a “rigorous” search process, Guess CEO Carlos Alberini said.

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Global supply chain ease may moderate inflation, growth in key sectors seen

CFO News

A World Economic Forum Chief Economist Outlook report said India is among the countries including Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, Turkey and Poland which stand to gain from the ongoing supply chain changes, India's supply chain was heavily disrupted by Covid-19 restrictions and geopolitical situations in Ukraine in the last two years.

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New Cash Challenge

Global Finance

High interest rates are forcing CFOs to leave no stone unturned in the search for working capital.

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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.