Anaplan
MARCH 8, 2021
COVID-19 alone did not create the challenges retailers are facing. Instead, it laid bare and exacerbated some long-simmering problems – which won’t simply vanish when things get “back to normal.” However, there is a silver lining. A recent survey by McKinsey and Company found that 71 percent of retail executives agree that changes brought about […].
Jedox Finance
MARCH 11, 2021
In this blog post, we’ll look at data silos, how they emerge and the problems they can cause within an organization. We’ll also discuss some approaches to resolving the silos, and most importantly, why it’s vital to success in the long run. A data silo typically consists of stored data that is not available to the entire organization, but only to some parts of it, such as departments, teams, or even individual employees, and is thus siloed within the organization.
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A Fractional CFO
MARCH 12, 2021
CFO Tony Fremarek discusses the impact of The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 on business owners. The last relief bills have contained a number of programs to help small businesses, and business in general. What’s in this plan for business? The answer may surprise.
Future CFO
MARCH 11, 2021
The more things change, the more they stay the same. At least when viewed in the context of women leaders. The Women in Leadership report by Wharton noted that women occupy a significant proportion of management roles but are scarce in executive and C-Suite roles. According to Statista , women faired better at 15% in the CFOs function compared to CEO (3%) and COO (4%) in the aviation industry.
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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Castle Corporate Finance
MARCH 12, 2021
“ If you observe all the rules of life you’ll overlook most of its opportunities. ” Anonymous. At your school’s ‘careers fair’ did you tell your headteacher that you wanted to be ‘an entrepreneur’? Did you explain that you wanted to run your own business and be a leader of a commercial entity? Few of us did… In fact, many of us were probably told the type of job we should apply for!
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PWC UK
MARCH 8, 2021
by Sanjay Bibekar Director, Treasury Technology. Email +44 (0)7764 944319. More articles by Sanjay. Being stuck with a choice for at least the next five years can certainly help focus the mind. But when it comes to treasury software, the sheer amount of data to consider can feel overwhelming. Add in the fact that this is often against a backdrop where senior stakeholders want the process run as quickly (and cheaply as possible) and the challenges become clear.
Future CFO
MARCH 11, 2021
More than 75% of venture capital (VC) and early-stage investor executive reviews will be informed using artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics by 2025, said Gartner recently. While successful investors are purported to have a good “gut feel” — the ability to make sound financial decisions from mostly qualitative information alongside the quantitative data provided by the technology company, this “impossible to quantify inner voice” grown from personal experience is decreasingly playing
CFA Institute
MARCH 11, 2021
Dishonest companies tend to leave five textual fingerprints in their communications that differ from those of more truthful firms.
CFO Share
MARCH 9, 2021
It is a new year and new set of small business taxes. This year will be particularly complex as provisions from the CARES act unwind and the sales tax landscape continues its tortuous evolution. Although nobody knows exactly how regulators may change the tax landscape, we know enough at CFOshare to advise our clients on some major things to be aware of when planning business taxes in 2021.
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.
Planful
MARCH 8, 2021
Speed and agility. If the pandemic has taught the business world anything, it is the necessity of speed and agility, the ability to respond and adapt in the face of economic turbulence. . Historically, finance departments have struggled with the concept of agility. There is a significant gap between a company’s regular business activities and the periodic nature of financial operations which thrive on quarterly and year-end reporting standards.
Future CFO
MARCH 10, 2021
Consumer priorities will continue to shift towards affordability and health while these will be more important than the planet, society, and experience in the future, said EY recently. At the same time, the share of people who think they will live in fear of the COVID-19 pandemic for at least another year has risen from 37% (October 2020) to 40% (February 2021), despite vaccines being rolled out, according to the sixth EY Future Consumer Index, a survey of 14,500 consumers across 20 countries fi
CFA Institute
MARCH 8, 2021
In honor of International Women's Day 2021, Barbara Stewart, CFA, shares the stories of five women investors.
Future CFO
MARCH 11, 2021
“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” and the burden of calculating, reporting and complying with these taxes falls to the Office of the CFO. These tax departments face challenges with compliance, governance and infrastructure, caused by complex tax codes, siloed data and manual processes. More recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has placed the added constraint of remote working and for some organisations in the early stages of transformation, if at all, the inab
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.
Future CFO
MARCH 8, 2021
The publication of Libor (London Interbank Offered Rate) would finish on Dec 31 for Sterling, Euro, Swiss Franc and Japanese Yen, said The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently. In addition, one-week and two-month US dollar settings will also end at that time, according to the authority. As a result, banks will no longer need to feed daily numbers in to Libor’s calculation from Jan 2022.
Future CFO
MARCH 7, 2021
How should organisations empower female finance execs when gender imbalance remains a reality in the function's senior management? While 52% of finance employees are women, they make up only 40% of senior roles in the function, according to a Gartner survey of more than 25,000 global employees. For today’s International Women’s Day special feature, FutureCFO invited several female CFOs and a senior exec from a finance professional society to share what they believe are practical ways to empower
CFA Institute
MARCH 7, 2021
Gender lens investing (GLI) is a thematic environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy.
Future CFO
MARCH 9, 2021
Refinancing conditions for most firms in Asia (excluding Japan) will be supportive as economic activity recovers gradually from the pandemic and central banks stay accommodative, said Moody’s recently. . However, risks remain over an unbalanced recovery and path back to pre-pandemic levels, the credit rating agency added. Investment-grade companies in Asia (ex Japan) are likely to retain funding access given their good creditworthiness, according to Moody’s adding that high-yield companies with
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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.
Future CFO
MARCH 7, 2021
PwC's Global Co-Leaders for Workforce Strategy, Bhushan Sethi and Julia Lamm, discuss how COVID-19 has impacted the way organisations need to approach workforce strategy. The post Reinventing workforce strategy appeared first on FutureCFO.
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