Empower Your Finance Department, Boost Innovation
In today’s global economy, finance departments face many challenges that can slow down procedures and distract managers from their core identity: business value. International regulations, currency...
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The world may be changing, but the digital world is changing even faster. In today’s “wild wild world,” if you want only to survive, you will lose. Aim harder to win the challenge. In this fast-moving...
View ArticleSimplify Financial Planning: 5 Advantages Of Thinking Ahead
Planning is everything, but for many financial executives, planning involves an extremely complex process of predicting metrics and budget impacts of sprawling projects with many moving parts. For the...
View ArticleSimplified Financial Planning (Part 2): Responding To Market Volatility
In the “5 Advantages of Thinking Ahead” blog, I discussed five essential market advantages that can be achieved with the right FP&A technology and strategic management of KPIs. In this blog, I will...
View ArticleSimplified Financial Planning, Part III: The Future Of Financial Planning And...
In the previous posts in this series, we reviewed survey data from a report by the CFO Research and SAP titled “The Future of Financial Planning and Analysis.” This detailed report covered what finance...
View ArticlePredictive Finance For Strong Business Growth
The New York Stock Exchange might close at 4 p.m. every weekday, but that doesn’t mean your company closes at the same time. Indeed, modern technology is allowing businesses to operate 24 hours a day,...
View ArticleWhat Finance Executives Say About Managing Risk In The Age Of Complexity
Finance executives know that risk is inevitable, but there is a significant debate over how an organization can make the best business decisions to seize opportunities while avoiding the risk....
View ArticleNext-Generation Needs For Cash Management
Part 1: Identifying vulnerabilities in the office of treasury and finance As the last traces of the old way of doing business disappear, your organization faces an increasingly volatile modern...
View ArticleNext-Generation Needs For Cash Management: Part 2
In a recent survey report from CFO Research, sponsored by SAP, financial leaders revealed an urgent need to find a next-generation solution for the challenges they face while performing cash management...
View ArticleFour Reasons Financial Leaders Are Optimistic About The Future Of Finance
In the fast-changing world of finance, how do finance executives currently feel about the stability of the field and their personal future? According to a recent CFO Research study, finance executives...
View ArticleFinance Executives In North America Rise To The Challenge
The future looks bright for a career in finance, according to a recent CFO Research survey of 488 finance professionals in North America, but the effective use of technology will enable much of that...
View ArticleFinance Leaders Expanding Their Skills [SURVEY]
Where is finance going over the next few years, and what will it mean for the skills and focus of those that lead it? In a recent survey sponsored by SAP and conducted by CFO Research, we asked these...
View ArticleCareers In Finance Looking Bright In Asia
The future looks bright for a career in finance, according to a recent CFO Research survey of 292 finance professionals in Asia, but the effective use of technology will enable much of that success....
View ArticleWhat Are Other CFOs Thinking – In Your Part Of The World And Globally? (Part 1)
Part 1 in a series CFOs are excited and engaged, embracing their mandate to be key strategic players, and enthusiastically looking to the future. That’s the optimistic news coming out of a recent...
View ArticleWhat Are Other CFOs Thinking – In Your Part Of The World And Globally? (Part 2)
Second in a series. Read Part 1. How will finance help organizations adapt and change? How can CFOs help their teams prepare for the future? These were questions posted to top financial leaders from...
View ArticleSimplified Financial Planning: 5 Advantages Of Thinking Ahead
Planning is everything, but for many financial executives, planning involves an extremely complex process of predicting metrics and budget impacts of sprawling projects with many moving parts. For the...
View ArticleSurvey: Why Finance Execs Are Setting Their Sights On Advanced Analytics
Are you using advance analytics in your finance organization? If the answer is no, you’re not alone. Today’s business world is dynamic and moving fast. Finance professionals are looking for new ways to...
View ArticleFinance Executives In Latin America Weigh In: Four Key Trends Every Leader...
The role of finance is changing. No longer limited to tax reporting and compliance, CFOs are being called upon to make high-quality, forward-looking data available in real time. In addition to...
View ArticleWhy European Finance Execs Say The Best Is Yet To Come
Finance is thriving, and the next wave of digital technologies will only lead to greater success. This is the primary theme to emerge from a CFO Research study of European CFOs and their finance teams....
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