Corporate Finance
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
On September 13, Zillow Chief Operating Officer Jeremy Wacksman stated that ''We, over time, believe this can be a service that is offered to the majority, to over 50 percent of the housing stock." Wacksman was referring to Zillow's foray into house flipping. Given Zillow's unique data, it should have inside data for the housing market. Instead, Zillow has decided to abandon house flipping , laying off 25 percent of the workforce.
ProCFO Partners
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
Management and leadership styles need to change as a company grows. The management style that works best at the early stages of a company, might not work when the company starts to grow. There are different management styles that suit different phases of business growth. These changes in management style happen gradually and all at once. Early on, the CEO is the primary decision-maker and team members are encouraged to contribute ideas during meetings.
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Anaplan
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
Your most valuable assets still walk out the door every day. And they have more choices than ever whether to return the next day. Finance, with help from HR, can help reveal the true costs.
Future CFO
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
More than 75% of managers reported that their AI implementations improved their team culture, said BCG recently when releasing results of a joint study by the company and MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR). Those who reported improvements in team’s decision making and efficiency also saw improvements in collective learning (87%), team morale (79%), and collaboration (78%), the study indicates.
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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Embark With Us
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
A transaction on the horizon means it’s time to put your best foot forward. You have to dot all your I’s, cross those pesky T’s, and generally put an appealing but accurate sheen on your enterprise. After all, you’re not the only company that’s caught the attention of the M&A crowd, so it’s incumbent upon you to wow that investment group and convince them that it’s your company, not the ones down the street, that deserves the spotlight.
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CFA Institute
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
How have correlations between the Shanghai Composite Index and the Hang Seng and their global counterparts developed over the last 25 years?
Global Finance
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Big Tech preps for going back to offices by scooping up commercial real estate.
Collectiv
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Many enterprise leaders are eager to explore how BI tools foster better decision-making. However, even if some lead stakeholders are excited to embrace a data-driven culture, they may not consider the critical elements that go into maintaining a reliable single source of truth. Increasing user adoption and taking advantage of everything Power BI has to offer calls for a strong Power BI Center of Excellence (CoE).
VCFO
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Understanding the Rise of ESG – What Business Leaders Need to Know. In just the past year, searches in Google for “ESG” have more than doubled. If you’re a business leader who has not yet become acquainted with this trending acronym, you should get to know it. For those already familiar with ESG, you’re likely wrestling with it in different ways – namely, how to approach it and what it means for your business.
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.
CFA Institute
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Max Frumes and Sujeet Indap provide a fascinating inside account of the distressed debt markets, including the strategies, the colorful personalities, and the complex relationships.
Anaplan
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
To thrive in 2030, supply chains need to move away from static, linear operations and embrace collaboration, transparency, and agility with ESG strategy and the right technology.
Creative CFP
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
When the ground starts to shake around Cape Canaveral, it is a matter of seconds before a rocket is launched and begins its journey into space. But leading up to this moment there have been months, if not years, of preparation and planning for every eventuality. Countless inputs are considered and risks mitigated by modelling various potential scenarios.
Driven Insights
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) are among the most common sources of SaaS equity funding, but which is the right choice for your company? Understanding the unique advantages and drawbacks of each is a great place to start. While PE and VC share some common themes, there are also fundamental differences in their approaches, requirements, and goals.
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.
CFA Institute
OCTOBER 31, 2021
Risks can be known in advance. You just need to be curious enough.
The Finance Weekly
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Account reconciliation is the matching and validating of balances in the general ledger (GL) to internal and external sources or other independent calculations to accurately close month-ends and year-ends. Data sources used to reconcile and compensate account balances include sub-ledgers for HR and fixed assets, bank statements and schedules of payable and receivable accounts.
Creative CFP
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
When the ground starts to shake around Cape Canaveral, it is a matter of seconds before a rocket is launched and begins its journey into space. But leading up to this moment there have been months, if not years, of preparation and planning for every eventuality. Countless inputs are considered and risks mitigated by modelling various potential scenarios.
Qubix
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Node Rank. Graphs describe relationships between various entities in a dataset. When defining graphs, then nodes correspond to entities and edges represent relationships between them. Node Ranking measures the importance of nodes in a graph.
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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.
Planful
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Our Being Planful podcast has become a great forum for conversations about the people, processes, and purpose of finance, accounting, and FP&A. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you can scan our growing list of episodes here and subscribe using your podcast app of choice. I was joined by Terrell Turner on a recent […]. The post Influencing Through Finance: Terrell Turner on the Being Planful Podcast appeared first on Planful.
Michigan CFO
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
With the increasing popularity of software as a service (SaaS) products, new SaaS companies are popping up every day. But come funding time, many SaaS companies find in organizing their finances that their budgeting system is a mess. This is when it’s time to turn to a SaaS CFO. For most SaaS businesses looking at seed or series A funding, a SaaS CFO may seem like an out-of-reach luxury.
Future CFO
OCTOBER 31, 2021
Refinancing risks are set to increase for Asian high-yield companies, reflecting their credit quality deterioration, constrained funding access and slowing issuance, particularly from Chinese developers, said Moody’s recently. "Rated nonfinancial high-yield companies in Asia (excluding Japan) have US$286 billion of bonds maturing in 2022-26, with around 60% coming due within the first two years of the five-year period," said Stephanie Cheong, a Moody's Assistant Vice President and Analyst.
CFO Leadership
OCTOBER 30, 2021
People risk is a growing concern for organizations as issues including health and safety, talent retention and cybersecurity move up the boardroom agenda. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people risks have become central features in C-suite and boardroom discussions. The pandemic confirmed employer-sponsored health, risk protection and well-being plans as central pillars of the employee value proposition.
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
The Finance Weekly
OCTOBER 31, 2021
Many of the same financial issues that profit-seeking enterprises face, such as increasing revenue, managing audits, and dealing with compliance, encounter non-profit organizations (NPOs). By managing and planning finances, you can maximize the return of your activities. The word 'profit' clearly distinguishes NPOs (and associated organizations such as charities, foundations, and social enterprises) from profit-seeking businesses.
Jedox Finance
OCTOBER 30, 2021
Planning, budgeting and reporting isn’t the only function in finance that can be automated and consequently simplified by software solutions. Financial consolidation can also be optimized with the right software tool. Until now, creating consolidated financial statements and the associated tasks have monopolized valuable time and resources. Let’s take a closer look at how a [.
Anaplan
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
This first installment in our Future of Business 2030 series sets the stage for the biggest changes supply chains will need to make to keep their competitive edge.
Future CFO
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Global VC investment set a record for the third-straight time with US$171.7 billion across 8,682 deals in Q3 , up from $166 billion across 9,217 deals in the previous quarter, said KPMG recently when releasing its Q3'21 edition of Venture Pulse. . An incredible amount of dry powder, increasing participation by less traditional VC investors, and robust exit opportunities helped keep the VC market healthy, the firm noted.
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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