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. So how do we move from routine financial analysis to something more insightful? The problem?

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Future CFO

JUNE 24, 2024

Is it there to replace the seasoned financial professional? Yes, in the sense that there are a lot of analyses that can now be handled by Gen AI and No, because it transforms accountants from number crunchers to strategic advisors. It still needs a level of financial acumen to probe the data and ask the right questions to the system.

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Auditing Financial Analysis Forecasting Reconciliations 111

CFO News Room

JANUARY 11, 2023

Financial Analyst. Being a financial analyst at a bank requires more than just crunching numbers. Analysts use their skills to monitor trends, assess risks, create strategies, and recommend investment opportunities. Average Salary: $91,580 per year. A job with a major bank can be an excellent career.

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CFO Share

OCTOBER 6, 2023

For the passionate startup founders and dedicated SMB CEOs, knowing the true value of your business isn’t just about numbers; it’s about the heart and soul you’ve poured into your venture. Financial analysts can help you understand why differences in valuations may exist.

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Valuation Financial Analysis Startups Benchmarking 52

Future CFO

OCTOBER 20, 2021

I started to like numbers and did very well in Math. After finishing my master's degree in finance, I joined Microsoft in Redmond as a senior financial analyst for three years before relocating back to Thailand and joining Microsoft Thailand in 2008 as a financial controller for another three years.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

This post will be one of a series, where I will put different aspects of financial data under the microscope, to get a sense of how companies are adapting (or not) to a changing world. As we go through the year, both the market and the accounting numbers will change, and a full-fledged data service would recompute and update the numbers.

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Marketing Valuation Corporate Finance Currencies 130

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

This post will be one of a series, where I will put different aspects of financial data under the microscope, to get a sense of how companies are adapting (or not) to a changing world. As we go through the year, both the market and the accounting numbers will change, and a full-fledged data service would recompute and update the numbers.

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Valuation Corporate Finance Currencies Finance 99