Technology
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OpinionLearning 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.
By Matt Clark • Feb. 17, 2020 -
The problem with planning: Knowing when to turn down new tech
The influx of innovative tech designed to modernize the finance function has made it harder than ever to discern what's best for your company. How can CFOs make the distinction?
By Jane Thier • Feb. 13, 2020 -
Machine learning is nearly ubiquitous in finance, even if you don't know it
Many cloud-based finance and accounting functions already use AI that helps produce more accurate numbers than you otherwise could.
By Robert Freedman • Feb. 11, 2020 -
OpinionYou'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.
By Jason Lin • Feb. 09, 2020 -
Pods enable CFO to keep drug manufacturing costs down
AVROBIO hopes to offer drug therapy for a disorder that can cost $14M over a lifetime to treat. CFO Erik Ostrowski is doing his part by raising capital and practicing frugality.
By Robert Freedman • Feb. 06, 2020 -
Financial automation a must-have, CFO says
To stay competitive, companies must begin deploying technologies that can help them scale operations as their business grows, a survey shows.
By Robert Freedman • Feb. 04, 2020 -
Making early-pay access a thing
Scot Parnell is deploying his financial services experience to help a startup evangelize a radical idea: let employees access their earned income as needed.
By Robert Freedman • Jan. 30, 2020 -
How Lush ditched manual invoicing for automated accounts payable
Before 2017, the skincare company printed hundreds of thousands of supplier invoices annually. Now 92% of invoices are touchless.
By Deborah Abrams Kaplan • Jan. 30, 2020 -
How to combine external data with AI to improve forecasting
Understanding the external factors that affect business can mean the difference between revenue gains and value destruction.
By Robert Freedman • Jan. 26, 2020 -
AI enables biopharma CFO to reduce costs while trials underway
CFO Richard Steinhart can tout the company's efficient use of funds as he meets with potential investors and partners.
By Robert Freedman • Jan. 23, 2020 -
Office workers' dislike of data entry aligns with CFO goals
Workers say routine tasks like data entry and filing documents eats into their productivity, an opportunity robotic process automation vendors want to seize.
By Roberto Torres • Jan. 21, 2020 -
OpinionHow 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.
By Nick McMenemy • Jan. 20, 2020 -
CFO touts simplified biopharma cap structure
Capital transparency helps investors measure the performance of a $60M clinical-stage company.
By Robert Freedman • Jan. 16, 2020 -
OpinionWhy 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.
By Bill Koefoed and Scott Stern • Jan. 14, 2020 -
RPA adoption key to attracting young finance talent
Working nights and on weekends to close the books was the norm 20 years ago. In the age of automation, young professionals demand better.
By Jane Thier • Jan. 09, 2020 -
New CFO takes over Amazon's AWS division
Sean Boyle is out as CFO of AWS, but will remain with the company, while Luis Visoso, head of finance for Amazon's global consumer segment, takes Boyle's place.
By Jane Thier • Jan. 08, 2020 -
SEC can't force Telegram to reveal its bank records, judge rules
The encrypted messaging app won't have to reveal how it spent $1.7 billion, but it must prove by Thursday that it complies with foreign data privacy laws.
By Robert Freedman • UPDATED: Jan. 9, 2020 at 11:11 p.m. -
Materiality, volatility key to identifying forecasting drivers
An FP&A expert shares thoughts on the budget line items worth paying close attention to in your forecasting.
By Robert Freedman • Jan. 05, 2020 -
Ping CFO sees annual recurring revenue as 'the great normalizer'
The subscription-based cybersecurity firm has seen its ARR increase 23% year-over-year.
By Robert Freedman • Dec. 17, 2019 -
OpinionSubscriptions 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.
By Greg Alvo • Dec. 16, 2019 -
New Cycas Hospitality CFO also leads IT department
Peter Habelitz calls the merging of his new CFO role and IT duties "a logical progression and a natural fit."
By Jane Thier • Dec. 16, 2019 -
How a spirits company reduced stranded inventory with rolling forecasts
The company lost sales when its popular products were out of stock, so it stopped using static forecasts to anticipate demand.
By Robert Freedman • Dec. 15, 2019 -
Private capital targeting 5G, AI next year in M&A
Private equity and venture capital firms have declining M&A interest in real estate, media, retail and biotech, a BDO survey shows.
By Robert Freedman • Dec. 12, 2019 -
Finance has gone digital. How did we get here?
Ash Noah of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants explains what precipitated finance's move toward automation, and how CFOs can best prepare.
By Jane Thier • Dec. 10, 2019 -
CFO in the Know: Lime, other dockless scooters face winding path to profitability
Strewing scooters across a city for people to ride is a viable business model if the industry can pass a cost test.
By Robert Freedman • Dec. 10, 2019
