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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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5 transfer pricing actions to consider during COVID-19
If your intercompany pricing policies are based on normally functioning markets, you could be faced with tax inefficiencies and distortion in how you allocate profits or losses.
Barry Freeman and Selena Schneider • June 16, 2020 -
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Where do you fall on the CFO spectrum?
You can have decades of financial management experience and get nowhere near a CFO office if you don’t bring the ability to modify your company’s growth strategy in the face of new competitors.
Shawn Cole • June 8, 2020 -
Using real-time data to set contract worker pay
As shutdowns lift, companies are relying heavily on expensive contract workers without knowing what other companies are paying.
Jesse Levin • May 27, 2020 -
Growing value by stewarding company reputation
CFOs who take a hands-on approach to managing their company’s reputational value send market signals that lead to improved equity and debt pricing.
Nir Kossovsky • May 18, 2020 -
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CFO collaboration with CIO is crucial amid COVID-19
The CFO is adept at measuring costs, managing the balance sheet and navigating murky waters. But determining capabilities and staying ahead of tech trends requires partnership with the CIO.
Tony Tricarichi • May 13, 2020 -
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In crisis, not enough for processes to be on cloud; they need to be unified
Stay-at-home mandates have shown how crucial cloud systems are for maintaining one's finance and accounting operations. But using a variety of systems will hinder your agility.
John O'Rourke • April 24, 2020 -
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How CFOs can lead through the coronavirus crisis — and beyond
A focus on people, clear information to stakeholders and long-term value creation can lead your organization through the crisis, the head of the International Federation of Accountants said to finance leaders.
Kevin Dancey • April 22, 2020 -
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Can COVID-19 get you out of a contract as a material adverse change?
Whether you can cite the pandemic as a ground for getting out of a contract — or if someone can cite it against you — depends on subtleties of law.
Gary Kleinrichert, Brent Miller • April 15, 2020 -
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Filing for bankruptcy? Understand your lenders' leverage
No one wants to consider bankruptcy. But as the downturn persists, CFOs will benefit from understanding their lenders' tactical goals.
Kenneth Rosen • April 4, 2020 -
More CFOs feeling the heat with ransomware
Cybersecurity is a finance issue that CFOs leave to tech colleagues at their peril, Anup Singh of network security company Illumio says.
Anup Singh • March 25, 2020 -
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How to get a clean accounts payable solution
Payment technology is available, but finance leaders are hesitant to add to their already fragmented collection of partially automated processes. Maybe they shouldn't be.
Doug Seaberg • March 10, 2020 -
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An unlikely duo: CIO and CFO dynamic driving transformation success ... and failure
Removing friction between the CIO and the CFO, building strong working relationships and avoiding counter-behaviors can unlock a reduced IT cost. A principle roadblock? Establishing trust.
Gary O’Brien • March 9, 2020 -
Building a case for transforming your capital expenditure process
The real-dollar impact of having a cloud-based digital capital expenditure process can be substantial, which your colleagues outside of finance might not realize.
Rich Feldman • March 4, 2020 -
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Learning from P-Card pitfalls to improve the payment process
You risk diluting the benefits of e-payments if you adopt a system too hastily and cause integration problems.
Matt Clark • Feb. 17, 2020 -
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You've set the budget and it's Q1. Now what?
Monthly forecasting exercises offer CFOs 12 chances to perfect their plan. Here's how to get the most out of them.
Jason Lin • Feb. 9, 2020 -
2020 Trends: What future-ready CFOs are thinking about
Qualitative analyses, sustainable investment, inclusive hiring, shortened supply chains and business response plans are among the priorities forward-looking CFOs will put in place in 2020.
Anthony Coletta • Jan. 30, 2020 -
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Rolling forecasts support your enterprise risk management
This kind of projection can provide an incentive for long-term, value-maximizing behavior over short-term, bonus/target-based decisions rooted in the current fiscal year, writes Bryan Lapidus of the Association for Financial Professionals.
Bryan Lapidus • Jan. 25, 2020 -
How to make small-dollar renewals worthwhile
If you have a lot of contracts facing expiration, a technology process can make their renewal more cost effective.
Nick McMenemy • Jan. 20, 2020 -
Why your organization needs finance-governed analytics
CFOs are the ideal internal champions to create governed analytics strategies that extend planning and reporting capabilities beyond finance into sales, marketing, operations and HR.
Bill Koefoed and Scott Stern • Jan. 14, 2020 -
Subscriptions increase incremental spend by 60%
Demand for a frictionless experience stretches beyond the SaaS model. Buyers of products and services want a relationship that keeps them coming back.
Greg Alvo • Dec. 16, 2019 -
How diversity and inclusion improve your finance function
Rethink your approach to recruitment by conducting talent outreach beyond your historical recruiting channels, SAP North America CFO Anthony Coletta says.
Anthony Coletta • Dec. 5, 2019 -
Data democracy means making smarter decisions, but we're not there yet
A whopping 93% of participants in a survey cited people, not the technology, as holding back the progress of digital transformation of companies.
Dina Kholkar • Oct. 21, 2019 -
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3 reasons why M&A efforts fail
Companies conduct due diligence to discover why they shouldn't buy a company, but the mechanics of the process shouldn't kill deals. Unfortunately, that happens too often.
Kison Patel • Oct. 10, 2019 -
Why heads of IT should report to the chief people officer, not the CFO
IT and finance no longer have the same relationship they did 10 years ago.
Matt Harris • Sept. 23, 2019
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