CFO Network

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If you’re a business owner and you can’t easily answer these questions, there is a good chance you need to consider financial analysis. Financial analysis can help you get a better idea of your organization’s larger financial picture. What Is Financial Analysis?

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Numbers Never Lie but They Rarely Tell the Whole Story For too long, financial analysis has been seen as a back-office functionprocessing numbers, producing reports, and ensuring compliance. While these tasks are necessary, they barely scratch the surface of what finance professionals can bring to the table.

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CFO Talks

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Tools like cloud accounting systems, AI-driven financial analysis, and automated reporting not only reduce costs but also improve efficiency and accuracy. Build Resilient Teams: Train your finance team to look beyond numbers. Instead, look for cost-saving opportunities in non-core areas, like back-office functions.

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CFO Thought Leader

MARCH 19, 2025

It was a moment that would shape Erik Swensons approach to finance forever. As a co-op student at Northeastern University, he found himself in front of a room full of engineers, presenting financial metrics he had carefully compiled. It was a moment that would shape Erik Swensons approach to finance forever.

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Future CFO

MARCH 5, 2023

“Finance automation technology integrates machine learning and artificial intelligence for use in areas such as financial analysis, payroll administration, invoice automation, collections action, and preparing financial statements. Which aspects of the finance function would you think will benefit most from automation?

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The Charity CFO

MAY 31, 2022

It’s a myth that all stakeholders need to be experts in every aspect of nonprofit finances. Even on nonprofit financial committees, some members may be skilled in accounting, others in banking, and others in investing or financial analysis. Because the basics of nonprofit finances are easy to grasp. .

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Future-forward finance and accounting organizations were quick to embrace robotic process automation (RPA) years ago to manage mundane, repetitive back-office tasks like data entry and routine financial reporting. AI is a tool and not a replacement for finance professionals.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Digital transformation has elevated the role of the finance function from financial steward to enabled. The extended COVID-19 pandemic has upped the ante in the race to finance agility. Source: Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) | 7th Global Corporate Reporting Survey | February 2021, EY. Best practices.

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Fortunately, modern cash management solutions have stepped in to simplify these challenges, offering businesses the tools they need to stay on top of their finances. One of the major trends in this space is the ability to connect bank accounts seamlessly, providing real-time visibility into your financial status.

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The Finance Weekly

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

FP&A software plays a crucial role in helping CFOs, finance leaders, and FP&A experts maintain the financial well-being of their organizations. It enables them to monitor and analyze current financial outcomes while also forecasting future performance.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The discussion on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has not died out, as it only became more relevant within the Finance department, as the global conversation around it continues to evolve. Incorporate Non-Financial Analysis: Ipsos says organisations must recognise that not all ESG benefits are easily quantifiable.

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Future CFO

JUNE 24, 2024

It took me years to be skilled in financial planning and analysis. Not every finance professional can be sharp enough to detect key highlights and provide analysis for the financial statements. It still needs a level of financial acumen to probe the data and ask the right questions to the system.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

With 2025 seeing continuations of how artificial intelligence takes over the market , including the Finance function, it is important how finance leaders get a good grasp of how they can make use of technology for revenue.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Most finance functions are behind other functions in AI implementation. According to a survey of 130 finance leaders and 91 associates in administrative support functions by Gartner in June this year, 61% of respondents either have no plans for AI implementation or are still in the initial planning phase.

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CFA Institute

JUNE 3, 2019

Fabozzi, CFA, spoke with Paul Kovarsky, CFA, about the state of academic finance and financial theory.

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Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The growing variety and complexity of tasks within the finance function has resulted in the creation of a discipline that is supposed to become a bridge between the finance and business to support decision-making process by leveraging data and technology. This relates to FP&A which stands for financial planning and analysis.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Starting in late January 2023, I will be back in the classroom, teaching valuation and corporate finance to the MBAs and valuation to the undergraduates, and these classes will continue through May 2023.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 11, 2024

The six classes that I prepped for in those two years ranged from banking to investments to corporate finance, and while I have never worked harder, much of what I teach today came out of those classes. In 1984, I moved on to the University of California at Berkeley, as a visiting lecturer, teaching anything that needed to be taught.

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CFO Simplified

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The terms “finance” and “accounting” are often used interchangeably. There are, however, very real differences between finance and accounting. While many business owners look for a CFO to bolster their existing accounting team, here at CFO Simplified, we consider that a CFO would be categorized squarely in the finance category.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

I spend most of my time in the far less rarefied air of corporate finance and valuation, where businesses try to decide what projects to invest in, and investors attempt to estimate business value. A key tool in both endeavors is a hurdle rate a rate of return that you determine as your required return for business and investment decisions.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 25, 2023

During my teaching lifetime, I have taught a wide swath of classes, ranging from banking to equity instruments, but in the last twenty years, my focus has been on three classes, c orporate finance, valuation and investment philosophies , with the last one taught only online.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Over the years, that surge in competition gave way to a more collaborative spirit between traditional financial institutions (FIs) and FinTechs as both sides worked to digitize and modernize SMB financing. In Canada, one of those alternative players is Thinking Capital.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 30, 2021

What makes for a sought-after chief finance professional (CFO)? According to Payscale.com , skills such as leadership, and financial reporting and strategic planning, won’t elevate your take-home pay much. These days, strong computer skills, as are advanced knowledge of accounting, budgeting, and finances. David Jones.

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CFO Talks

AUGUST 13, 2024

Building Effective Finance Teams: A Guide to Staff Management Building a top-notch finance team is like assembling a puzzle where each piece needs to fit perfectly. In this article, we’ll explore practical strategies and real-world examples to help you build an effective finance team that can elevate your company to new heights.

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Beacon CFO Plus

MAY 5, 2023

But what does Chat GPT mean for finance teams? Financial institutions are increasingly leveraging NLP technologies to improve their customer service and streamline various financial processes. GenCFO recently polled their users on LinkedIn and found that 65 percent felt that Chat GPT has a place in accounting and finance.

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CFO Thought Leader

AUGUST 24, 2024

Clemente Cohen’s finance career began in the early 1990s inside the Munich offices of Silicon Graphics, approximately 6,500 miles from the Silicon Valley company’s headquarters and some 7,500 miles from his birthplace in Argentina.

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Future CFO

MARCH 14, 2024

A Gartner survey of finance function employees revealed that 84% of finance employees asked have less engagement and less interest in going above and beyond than their peers and other functions. For this reason, it is important then to dig deep and find out what can be of help to cultivate and retain talent within the finance function.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

Data: Trickle to a Flood! It is perhaps a reflection of my age that I remember when getting data to do corporate financial analysis or valuation was a chore. Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing.

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CFO Thought Leader

AUGUST 6, 2024

Initially captivated by technology in high school, he pursued a degree in computer science—only to discover a passion for finance during a college course. This pivot led him to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), where he gained invaluable experience in loan origination and financial analysis. A CFO can effect change.

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CFO Talks

OCTOBER 22, 2024

These profiles spotlight the journeys, expertise, and personal insights of CFOs and finance leaders who are making a real impact in their organizations and the finance industry. In this edition, we’re featuring Engela van Loggerenberg, Group Financial Director, whose leadership and commitment to excellence have shaped her career.

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CFO Network

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Have the proper CFO for your company can often be the difference between whether or not you are able to accurately implement your financial analysis. Since how well you manage your finances often dictates how successful your business will be, it’s important to consider the utility that an outsourced CFO can provide.

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CFO Talks

DECEMBER 5, 2024

With over 15 years of experience in financial management, she has held key roles at Nedbank, Imperial Bank, and Regiments Capital, where she developed expertise in corporate finance, reporting, and business strategy. What sparked your interest in finance?

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Starting in late January 2023, I will be back in the classroom, teaching valuation and corporate finance to the MBAs and valuation to the undergraduates, and these classes will continue through May 2023.

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Future CFO

MARCH 1, 2021

Data analytics can help overcome challenges surrounding the collection of data from multiple sources through combining data from existing financial solutions into a single, centralised source for analysis. Business managers and finance staff should collaboratively define, develop, and apply finance analytics.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 18, 2023

In the finance function, basic accounting processes like accounts payable, payroll and purchasing are often allocated under the shared services model. This allows the organisation’s core finance and accounting (F&A) operations to concentrate on more strategic work, such as financial analysis and planning. "We

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CFO Share

APRIL 8, 2024

The quick ration requires no complex financial analysis – just simple arithmetic on the balance sheet. If you do not have a good finance team, you are more likely to miss the early warning signs in financial statements. What red flags will indicate that the business is in trouble?

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CFO Thought Leader

JANUARY 15, 2025

Originally honing his financial acumen at Silicon Valley Bank, he gained close exposure to startup ecosystems and leveraged finance transactions. Ultimately, he stepped into the fast-paced realm of growth-stage companies, seeking to become a true financial operator. This revelation set the tone for Wongs career journey.

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