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CFOs' essential role in promoting employee mental health
For professional accountants, mental health issues heighten the risk of not identifying errors in financial reports or spotting indicators of fraud.
Russell Guthrie • June 1, 2021 -
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Despite gains in hard-hit sectors, be realistic on valuations
The outlook across sectors is better than expected, but forecasts must be achievable.
Brian Garfield • April 14, 2021 -
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651 apps? How to get your SaaS stack in order
Software-as-a-Service applications help employees become more productive and innovative. But when unmanaged, too many applications can drain a technology budget and make collaboration difficult.
Theresa O'Neil • April 8, 2021 -
After digital payments rush, time to tighten security
Don't be surprised if a vendor you're about to pay turns out to be fraudulent. ACH and other types of cyber fraud surged during the pandemic.
Angela Anastasakis • March 30, 2021 -
A winning agenda for the CFO's first 90 days
Best-in-class finance functions’ total costs are consistently in the range of 0.3% to 1.0% of sales, a benchmark for CFOs as they compare their finance function with that of peers on the basis of head count and costs.
Hardik Sheth • March 24, 2021 -
Using a price-volume-mix analysis to improve performance
Whether you know it as a sales bridge or variance analysis, it can help decode your company's performance at a granular level.
Dayton Kellenberger • March 17, 2021 -
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Remote work is the tax compliance mess CFOs feared
Data sheds light on CFOs' challenges as they reconcile tax compliance with remote work.
Steve Black • March 4, 2021 -
Making pandemic-related EBITDA adjustments
Annualized earnings, 2021 EBITDA and swap outs are three approaches CFOs are taking to show company performance potential in light of COVID-19.
Brian Garfield • Feb. 25, 2021 -
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GAAP is obsolete; treat talent like the asset it is
The intellectual workforce that drives company growth should be capitalized and amortized like traditional production investments.
Marvin Weiss • Feb. 1, 2021 -
CFOs must consider tax, legal issues before closing offices
Work with your HR chief to factor in your organization’s talent strategy before deciding how much real estate you want to let go; having permanent remote workers has far-reaching implications.
Steve Black • Dec. 20, 2020 -
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Making 'M&A by Zoom' work through the art of long-form writing
A return to long-form writing can help offset what's lost in virtual negotiations, Mona Sabet, chief of corporate strategy at UserTesting, says.
Mona Sabet • Dec. 6, 2020 -
6 ways a digitized accounts payable function benefits CFOs
CFOs need accurate, timely financial data; an automated AP function is the best way of getting there, Shan Haq, vice president of corporate strategy and development at Transcepta, says.
Shan Haq • Nov. 24, 2020 -
Using data analytics to improve audit functions
Data analytics let finance leaders employ a risk-based approach to conducting internal and compliance audits and prioritize improvements when problems are found.
Greg Buchanan, Michael Costa and Ed Levy • Nov. 8, 2020 -
Chart your exit right from the start
Waiting to start planning your team's exit strategy until you're showing year-on-year growth, or any benchmark, limits your options.
Chris Shipferling • Oct. 29, 2020 -
The CFO's critical role in customer retention
In the midst of a widespread health and financial crisis, retaining customers is more important than ever, and the job often falls to the CFO, SurveyMonkey CFO Debbie Clifford writes.
Debbie Clifford • Oct. 14, 2020 -
How CFOs, supply chain leaders unlock value amid disruption
Building a resilient supply chain is less about cost reduction and more about cost optimization, Stefan Reidy, CEO of cargo monitoring service Arviem, says.
Stefan Reidy • Oct. 10, 2020 -
To succeed post-COVID, CFOs need an attitude adjustment
The CFO's past objectives were accommodating stakeholders, delivering the right numbers, and profitability. Now, they must center employee connection, wellness and satisfaction, Replicon CEO Lakshmi Raj says.
Lakshmi Raj • Sept. 27, 2020 -
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Using agile planning to return to growth
Having a fully integrated, bottom-up and agile 12-month plan enables you and your team to react quickly when something like the pandemic comes your way.
Darrell Cox • Sept. 18, 2020 -
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Real-time planning helps CFOs answer pandemic-critical 'what if' questions
To forecast today, think in shorter time horizons, identify how COVID-19 changes your business drivers, use large amounts of quality data to weigh "what if" scenarios, and create agile processes, specialists say.
Paul Prendergast and Patrick Picha • Aug. 27, 2020 -
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3 tips for CFOs looking to migrate to a subscription pricing model
Tip one: Resist moving revenue recognition outside of your ERP, otherwise you decrease visibility into the success of your subscription model and create reporting, tracking and compliance problems.
Katrina Gosek • Aug. 19, 2020 -
Making recovery audits part of your source-to-pay process
Invoicing errors chip away at margins, eventually turning into large losses, which recovery audits can help address.
Mark Irwin • Aug. 13, 2020 -
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Understand your coverage options in the face of 2020's triple risk threat
COVID-19, protest-related vandalism, and a severe hurricane season promise to test organizations' insurance against loss of business.
Joseph Galanti and Peter Halprin • July 27, 2020 -
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Preparing for risk the way insurers do
Insurers manage their risks not just to preserve assets but to capitalize on their ability to price uncertainty, turning some risks into opportunities.
Jim Toole • July 9, 2020 -
Pandemic planning: The CFO's role translating vision into strategy, execution
In today's environment, is it better to bundle a value-added service or to discount heavily to keep income up? This is the kind of question CFOs must answer to keep their companies nimble.
Jason Maynard • July 5, 2020 -
How COVID-19 is changing conversations about going concern
CFOs should expect more — and more targeted — questions as auditors try to get a picture of how well their organization is positioned to survive the downturn.
Bob Dohrer • June 30, 2020
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