Sat.Oct 08, 2022 - Fri.Oct 14, 2022

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When Does a Company Need an ERP?

Navigator SAP

Employing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system like SAP ByDesign is an investment, and it can feel daunting for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to decide to get one. But for any mid-market business that’s looking to scale, the importance of ERP systems can’t be downplayed; they’re essential to streamline work processes and data and ensure the seamless and efficient scaling of a company’s operations.

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5 Human Capital Strategies CFOs Can Use Now to Start Building Tomorrow’s Workforce

CFO Leadership

Many businesses are looking more toward the future, eager to move beyond years of disruption and uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The upside of that experience is that it gives chief financial officers (CFOs) and other senior executives a rare opportunity to build on lessons learned and successes earned to create a more dynamic, flexible, resilient and highly skilled workforce for the future.

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Taking a Human-Centered Approach to Finance

Beacon CFO Plus

by Rob Joseph, Director, BeaconCFO Plus. “I’m only as good as the people, and that is the delivery mechanism at the end of the day.”. – Andrew Hoag, CEO at Teampay, CFO.com. Human-centered design is the hallmark of today’s technology. Think about your smartphone: You probably don’t even have to think anymore when you send a text or open your camera app to take a photo.

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CFOs pulled deeper into tech duties

CFO Dive

Digital transformation is another responsibility that has shifted over to CFOs, with 61% now in charge of technology budgeting, spend and approval, a recent study found.

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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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Creating a successful hybrid office

CFO Leadership

Varying levels of office subscription. The post-pandemic scarcity of labor has created a new challenge for employers. The labor force is demanding flexibility where work is performed. In the current market for talent, employers have no leverage to bring their employees back full time to the office. Some experts say the world will never return to a five day “in the office” work week.

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Maintaining Quality As a Scaling Contract Manufacturer

Navigator SAP

It’s an uphill task for Contract Development and Manufacturer Organizations (CDMOs) to ensure product quality at the rapid pace demanded by customers, especially when they must deal with safety, control, and regulatory regimes in fields such as pharmaceuticals, biotech, and other areas of the life sciences.

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FASB votes for fair-value crypto fix

CFO Dive

The FASB’s tentative decision Wednesday is an important step toward providing an answer to the crypto valuation question companies and other stakeholders have been clamoring for.

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History of Black Monday

Barry Ritholtz

Imagine the impact of markets losing a ~quarter of their value in one trading session. That was what happened 35 years ago today: October 13 th , Black Monday a/k/a the 1987 crash. If you are a relatively young investor, you may be unfamiliar with what happened that day or why. The 87 crash impacted many market-related elements. We can trace lots of today’s market structure to that event, and the changes it wrought subsequently.

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This Week on TRB

The Reformed Broker

Thanks for checking out piece from last Sunday “You weren’t supposed to see that” – it went crazy viral all over the place. I can’t believe how much feedback came in. Mostly in agreement with my conclusion but not all of it, there were some reasonable counterarguments too. And if you haven’t subscribed yet, don’t wait.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

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.

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Versus SAP Business ByDesign

Navigator SAP

The importance of ERP systems can’t be underestimated–they’re a necessity for any fast-growing organization that’s looking to scale its operations. Choosing the right enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a daunting task.

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Digitalization transforms future CFO pipeline

CFO Dive

Digitization can help CFOs minimize costs and drive business value, but the need for digital transformation may also be changing what is required for the role of future financial leaders.

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Groping for a Bottom

Barry Ritholtz

There’s nothing like confusing market action to send people into narrative creation overdrive. Yesterday’s 2% collapse on hotter-than-expected CPI data, followed by ~5% recovery to finish the day up more than 2% is a perfect example of random market action begetting endless explanations. What was the takeaway from CPI? Check out the BAML chart above: Core goods are coming down ( that’s good!

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PodChats for FutureCFO: How CFOs can lead an evolving retail scene

Future CFO

The face of retail has been changing since the start of digital transformation. Many traditional retailers have witnessed the rise of Amazon to dominate retailing – changing how consumers engage and make purchases. Alibaba took it to a celebrity affair with their annual Singles Day event. But it took the pandemic with its mobile and social restrictions to get more retailers to finally start to changes in how they engage customers.

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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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Why ERP Is Important to a Company

Navigator SAP

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) refers to a business management software that streamlines and automates the day-to-day workflows of businesses, resulting in more efficient and productive processes. For example, SAP Business ByDesign features allow organizations to manage various departments like human resources, accounting, sales and marketing, business development, and data analytics in a central interface.

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Lyft’s former CFO exits crypto C-suite

CFO Dive

Brian Roberts is the latest in a line of finance executives to step down from the crypto CFO seat after making an initial splash joining the digital startups from bigger companies.

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Framing, Context, Asking (not answering) Questions

Barry Ritholtz

It was one of those minor stories that seemed to have taken on a life of its own: The New York Times 1 reported last week about an adjunct Organic Chemistry professor at NYU who was fired after students complained his tests were too hard. I would have missed it, but for J.V Last discussing it at The Bulwark. 2. Both discussions touched on what a gut course org chem is; how many aspiring doctors see their career hopes dashed by the class.

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The Making of An Executive Director

The Charity CFO

In most industries, you work your way up through the ranks, learning from those who came before you. But in nonprofits, it doesn’t always work that way. A founder can often find themselves sitting in the Executive Director’s chair without any prior management experience, or even an idea of how the organization needs to run. And that’s the experience that Miki Reynolds had when she took over the reins of her organization, Grid 10.

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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.

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Using Modern FP&A for Workforce Planning: A Critical Component of Your Operational Plan

Centage

Workforce planning is important to meeting your organization’s strategic vision, but it’s something that many consider a kind of fortune telling. In reality, it’s more science than art, and should be a critical component of management’s operational planning – especially during uncertain times. While workforce expenses have always monopolized the largest part of a company’s budget, companies still continue to cope with the lingering impact of the pandemic and dramatic changes to the workforce and

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Watch for these common invoice scams

CFO Dive

Mid-sized businesses are losing almost $300,000 annually to invoice fraud, which can also hurt supplier relationships, according to Branden Jenkins, COO of Medius.

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MiB: Michael Levy, CEO of Crow Holdings on Commercial Real Estate

Barry Ritholtz

? ?. Michael Levy is CEO of Crow Holding , a 75-year old real estate investment and development firm. Crow is the largest builder of multi-family apartment buildings in the United States. Previously, he worked in real estate finance and investment management at Morgan Stanley. Levy is currently a member of the Real Estate Roundtable, the Advisory Board at the Institute for Real Estate Operating Companies, and is an Urban Land Institute Foundation governor.

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Outsourced CFO Services: Benefits, Challenges, and Considerations

Embark With Us

Deciding when to hire a CFO is a tough choice for small businesses. Your team is laser-focused on your company's operations, and while you understand financial leadership is critical, it isn't easy to carve out the time – or money – to invest in a full-time CFO. Quite the catch-22, huh?

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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

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

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Finance and IT Collaboration: Help Me Help You Help the Organization

The Finance Weekly

In the past, there was little opportunity for close collaboration between the functions of finance and IT. Now, however, they routinely work together to create high-value, strategic projects for the organization. As organizations implement new technologies and launch digital initiatives meant to modernize or wholly transform their operations, effective finance and IT collaboration can help to assure that the organization realizes positive outcomes from those investments.

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BlackRock reports profit pullback, affirms ESG commitment

CFO Dive

BlackRock’s ESG policies, which have put it in the middle of a tug-of-war in U.S. politics, are providing investors with a range of options, the asset manager said.

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Saba Capital Management’s Weinstein on Whales, Tails, & Fails

Barry Ritholtz

Boaz Weinstein, Founder & CIO, Saba Capital Management speaks with Barry Ritholtz, Co-Founder & CIO, Ritholtz Wealth Management; Host, Bloomberg’s Masters in Business at Bloomberg Invest. Source: Bloomberg. click for video . The post Saba Capital Management’s Weinstein on Whales, Tails, & Fails appeared first on The Big Picture.

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Webinar: The Future of Supply Chain Finance | November 10

Strategic Treasurer

The Future of Supply Chain Finance. November 10 | 2:00 PM EST. Register Now. Date. Thursday, November 10, 2022. Time. 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST. Where. This is an online event. Speakers. Mark Joyce, Corcentric Craig Jeffery, Strategic Treasurer. Sponsored By. Hosted By. 1.2 CTP and FP&A re-certification credits will be given for attendance to this live webinar.

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Solve Your Firm's Automation Complexities Once and For All

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.