Sat.Sep 30, 2023 - Fri.Oct 06, 2023

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Should a Fractional CFO Look at Top-Line Revenue or Bottom-Line Profit?

Adam Kae

First things first: What is the top line and bottom line? These refer to the lines on a company’s income statement. Top-line revenue, which shows up at the top of the document, is the company’s gross sales for that year, while bottom-line profit (the bottom of the page) is the company’s net income. This is the amount left over after all taxes have been deducted, together with other expenses for the year: loans and other costs are included here, too.

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How to succeed during economic downturns

CFO Dive

How can the finance department help the enterprise reconsider the role of external operations and the supply chain in supporting their bottom line?

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Three distinct generative AI conversations CFOs must conduct

Future CFO

There are three distinct generative AI conversations that CFOs, especially those from large enterprises, must conduct, said Gartner recently. According to the advisory firm, 80% of finance functions of large enterprises will use internal AI platform by 2026, as leadership teams do not want to fall behind peers. However, as the chief steward for an organisation’s financial health, CFOs must balance the risks and rewards of tools like generative AI, said Mark D.

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Innovation in finance: How CFOs can lead the charge

CFO News

One of the primary ways CFOs can lead the charge in innovation is by harnessing the power of technology. The finance industry has witnessed remarkable advancements in recent years, including blockchain, artificial intelligence, and big data analytics. These technologies can be leveraged to streamline financial processes, reduce costs, and improve decision-making.

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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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938: The Art of the Possible | Jason Leet, CFO, Zylo

CFO Thought Leader

Of the different acquisitions with which Jason Leet became involved at ExactTarget of Indianapolis, Indiana, there’s little question that the seventh was the most impactful on his finance career. As it turned out, this would also be his last acquisition—or perhaps we should say his last ExactTarget acquisition, given that this time it was ExactTarget itself that was being acquired.

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Still Spending Like There’s No Tomorrow

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: ►Rising Rates Hurt – “Investors fear unsustainably high interest rates will spark bank-loan defaults” ►Utilities Crash – Utilities are underperforming the S&P 500 32% YTD.

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The Virtues of “Payback” | Ralph Leung, CFO, Achieve

CFO Thought Leader

939: Creating a Narrative for Growth | Ralph Leung, CFO, Achieve MADE POSSIBLE BY PLANFUL | Planful is the pioneer of financial performance management cloud software. The Planful platform, which helps businesses drive peak financial performance, is used around the globe to streamline business-wide planning, budgeting, consolidations, reporting, and analytics.

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Why CFOs must steer benefits audits to avoid fines, penalties

CFO Dive

Total monetary recoveries arising from ERISA enforcement actions exceeded $1.4 billion in fiscal 2022.

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Companies may sacrifice profit margins amid festive sales push

CFO News

Retailers in the consumer goods, white goods, and fashion sectors are expected to prioritize sales growth over profit margins during the festive season. Despite rising raw material prices, companies are reluctant to increase prices and instead opt for promotions to drive demand. This decision may have a negative impact on margins in the October-December quarter.

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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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What is a Ready-To-Validate Cloud Platform?

Navigator SAP

Running a life sciences business comes with all the needs and challenges of a typical business, but there also often are additional regulatory considerations. One of those considerations is Food and Drug Administration (FDA) systems validation. Life sciences businesses that serve the U.S. market must prove that their systems engage in FDA-approved processes that meet FDA standards around quality, consistency, traceability and other requirements.

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10 Quotes That Shaped My Investment Philosophy

Barry Ritholtz

We all love to use quotations in our arguments. It’s both an appeal to higher authority as well as social proof ( Hey! I’m not the only one who believes this stuff ). I find it useful occasionally to go back to first principles and reconsider the sources that have influenced my thinmking. Along those lines, here are in chronological order, the thinkers who have helped shape how I view the world view, including how I philosophically think about the economy, markets, and investing.

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PCAOB chief slams auditors for 40% error rate

CFO Dive

The federal overseer of audit firms last year doubled the number of enforcement orders compared with 2021 and imposed record penalties.

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Jupiter Wagons order book to exceed Rs 4,000 crore with revenue visibility for next 3.5 years: CFO

CFO News

Sanjiv Keshri says the company sees a big share of the upcoming Indian Railways tender for about 55,000 wagons; only challenge is execution.

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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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Accounting Software for Distribution that Keeps Your Books Organized

Navigator SAP

Distribution companies face challenges brought by large amounts of transactions, vendors, and customers, and the effects these have on their operations and their integrations with suppliers and retailers. To ensure efficiency, accountability, and profitability, it’s crucial to keep your books organized.

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$109 Trillion Global Stock Market

Barry Ritholtz

Source: Visual Capitalist Batnick also takes a swing at this: What’s the Stock Market Worth? The post $109 Trillion Global Stock Market appeared first on The Big Picture.

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84% of CFOs wrestle with talent crunch

CFO Dive

Accounting ranked as the top finance function struggling with talent shortages, amid high turn over and dwindling new entrants.

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IPO fundraising in India falls by 26 per cent in H1FY24, 31 firms raised Rs 26,300 crore

CFO News

According to the report by primedatabase.com, the average deal size for IPOs was Rs 848 crore and 21 out of the 31 IPOs came in just two months of August and September.

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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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Supply Chain Optimization Software: Streamline Your Operations With ERP Software

Navigator SAP

Whether you’re a manufacturing or logistics organization, you need to streamline your operations with the right enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. This type of program utilizes predictive analytics to optimize the outcomes of business operations through historical data and the flow of current-state transactions.

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Invisible, yet Invaluable: Valuing Intangibles in the Birkenstock IPO!

Musings on Markets

A few days ago, I valued Instacart ahead of its initial public offering , and noted that the reception that the stock gets will be a good barometer of where risk capital stands in the market, right now. After a buzzy open, when the stock jumped from its offering price of $30 a share to $42, the stock has quickly given up those gains and now trades at below to its offer price.

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AI champions pitch use cases for CFOs: Workday conference

CFO Dive

“We’re moving to a world with massive amounts of data, massive complexity of data, and data that is continuously changing, and that’s where AI comes in,” said tech executive Rohit Gupta.

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Deloitte appoints former HDFC Bank CEO Aditya Puri as senior advisor

CFO News

In his new role, Puri will be responsible to leverage his unparalleled experience and help Deloitte to drive transformation across industries.

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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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The Benefits of an Inventory Management System: How The Right ERP Helps Manage Inventory

Navigator SAP

Wholesale distribution software is an indispensable element in a distribution company’s toolkit. It brings a ton of value, especially in the way that it facilitates visibility, accountability, productivity, collaboration, and cost-efficiency.

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Market Bipolarity: Exuberance versus Exhaustion!

Musings on Markets

As we enter the last quarter of 2023, it has been a roller coaster of a year. We started the year with significant uncertainty about whether the surge in inflation seen in 2022 would persist as well as about whether the economy was headed into a recession. In the first half of the year, we had positive surprises on both fronts, as inflation dropped after than expected and the economy stayed resilient, allowing for a comeback on stocks, which I wrote about in a post in July 2023.

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FASB revisits GAAP cleanup

CFO Dive

The board may remove some "non-authoritative" definitions from the codification — effectively the bible of generally accepted accounting standards.

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India Inc’s most discussed CFO movements in September 2023

CFO News

From IT to Insurance and logistics to telecom every sector witnessed a shuffle in the top position in the Finance domain – the CFO.

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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.