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Exclusive The power of storytelling in the finance function
  • Article
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • Daniel Butcher
  • Strategic Finance
The CFOs of RGP and Paychex provide tips for finance professionals to improve their communication skills through storytelling. Start with analysis and interpretation to get an accurate view of the data, then weave an insightful financial narrative adapted to your audience. A storytelling sklll set can be used many ways - within presentations, meetings, reports or just everyday interactions.
Exclusive Exploring the future of controllership
  • Article
  • 01 May 2023
  • Kate Gates, Katie Glynn, Beth Kaplan
  • Strategic Finance
Find the right path to transformation to realize the full value from the evolving role of the controllership function. The article reports on insights from an IMA and Deloitte report, 'Stepping into the Future of Controllership', which involved a global survey and interviews with experienced finance and accounting leaders.
Exclusive The value of connectors
  • Article
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • Romana L. Autrey, Tim Bauer, Kevin E.Jackson, Elena Klevsky, Margaret Shackell
  • Strategic Finance
Team members who act as 'connectors' can help reduce employee turnover, according to a new research study. The authors take a look at the traits and skills of connectors and the implications for teamwork in the finance function.
Exclusive Why automating finance is just an integration game
  • Article
  • 08 Nov 2022
  • Marc Ambasna-Jones
  • Computer Weekly
Marc Ambasna-Jones looks at how the software that powers finance departments can help businesses navigate the worsening economic climate. The article discusses 'hyperautomation', an approach involving rapidly automating as many processes as possible using technology such as robotic process automation (RPA), low-code application platforms (LCAP), artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual assistants.
Exclusive The tech helping firms to manage their finances
  • Article
  • 01 Nov 2022
  • Madeline Bennett
  • Computer Weekly
The article discusses how, with a worsening economic climate, software has an important role in helping finance departments control budgets with technology that helps CFOs not only predict, forecast and plan, but also apply automation to reduce manual finance tasks. Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning plays a big part in this.
Exclusive Improving finance and accounting software
  • Article
  • 25 Oct 2022
  • Craig Le Clair
  • Computer Weekly
Article explores the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in improving operations in finance and accounting (F&A). The F&A processes that may be empowered by AI technology include audit analytics, order to cash, procure to pay and financial planning. The areas in which AI in F&A needs further development include contract analytics, accounts reconciliation, automated closing and expense management.
Exclusive Three mindset shifts to achieve autonomous finance
  • Article
  • 01 Oct 2022
  • Dennis Gannon
  • Strategic Finance
CFOs need to adjust their thinking in three key ways to fully embrace the set of technologies needed for autonomous finance, says Dennis Gannon. He explains the technology use cases in autonomous (rather than automated) finance and how CFOs can 'lead from the front' in digital upskilling.
Exclusive Is your finance function agile?
  • Article
  • 01 Oct 2021
  • Loreal Jiles
  • Strategic Finance
Tips on how to take an Agile approach for your finance function, with examples of Agile and Scrum in action in finance and accounting.
Exclusive Avoiding corporate short-termism
  • Article
  • 01 Apr 2021
  • Mark L. Frigo, Gregory V. Milano
  • Strategic Finance
Drawing on research from the Return Driven Strategy Initiative, this article considers how CFOs and finance organizations can help their companies to avoid excessive focus on short-term returns, and create greater long-term value.
Exclusive Agile and scrum-based value delivery
  • Article
  • 01 Jan 2021
  • Loreal Jiles
  • Strategic Finance
Strategic Finance magazine investigates how finance and accounting teams are adapting the agile scrum framework to quickly and efficiently develop projects and products of all kinds. Examples include financial planning and budgeting, finance operations and project management and analytics.
Exclusive Managing and building remote finance teams
  • Article
  • 01 Oct 2020
  • Paul McDonald
  • Strategic Finance
The article looks at how many accounting and finance leaders keep their teams safe, maintain high productivity levels, and further build remote teams during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Exclusive Finance's role in recruitment
  • Article
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • Daniel Butcher
  • Strategic Finance
CFOs grapple with issues such as the gender pay gap and parental leave to attract and retain skilled finance professionals. Joseph Hayek, CFO of Worthington Industries, and Scott Haralson, CFO of Spirit Airlines, discuss the HR, recruitment, and hiring trends and challenges related to management accounting and the finance function.
Exclusive Lessons learnt from COVID-19: Building a resilient finance function
  • Article
  • 20 Jul 2020
  • Vaida Lapinskiene, EY
  • International Tax Review
Vaida Lapinskiene of EY discusses how circumstances are forcing businesses to transform their finance function to manage the challenges brought by the coronavirus pandemic.
Exclusive AI and the accounting function
  • Article
  • 01 Mar 2020
  • Rossen Petkov
  • Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting
In this paper the authors evaluate the current ability of the accounting function to accommodate the introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in an organisation. Accounting tasks that can utilise AI are looked at and a framework for AI in the accounting function is discussed.
Exclusive The changing role of the CFO: being the leader of the finance function is more complicated than ever.
  • Article
  • 01 Dec 2019
  • Daniel Butcher
  • Strategic Finance
Article looks at two CFOs who discuss how their role has changed, particularly with reference to technology and robotic process automation.
Exclusive Lessons from CFO teams in Japan
  • Article
  • 01 Nov 2019
  • Chie Ikegawa, Nina Michels-Kim
  • Strategic Finance
The article discusses the findings of a survey of Japanese CFOs, which indicated that involving CFO teams in management accounting and strategic financial planning may lead to increased profit margins.
Exclusive Maintaining relevance in the digital age
  • Article
  • 30 Apr 2018
  • Raef Lawson, Larry R White
  • Strategic Finance
The article discusses the need for the management accounting profession to refocus on providing actionable cost information to support internal decision making, or risk becoming obsolete, in the face of technological change.
Exclusive The seven deadly sins for private equity CFOs
  • Article
  • 01 Apr 2018
  • Nick Leopard, Rishi Jain, Neel Bhatia
  • CFO
An exploration of the key mistakes often made by chief financial officers (CFOs) after a private equity (PE) firm acquires their company, and how these common pitfalls may be avoided.
Exclusive The transformers
  • Article
  • 01 Oct 2016
  • Josh Hyatt
  • CFO
The article discusses how finance executives can lead a technology-driven transformation within the finance of businesses. A recent study of 156 senior finance executives at U.S. companies, titled "The Finance Function's Readiness for Change," conducted by CFO Research in collaboration with WNS, found how far companies have to go before they can consider key aspects of their finance function worthy of being labeled as developed.
Exclusive Action plan for CFO with new PE owner
  • Article
  • 01 Oct 2016
  • Nick Leopard
  • Mergers and Acquisitions - The Dealermakers Journal
The article presents five steps that a portfolio company chief financial officer (CFO) should take during the first year with a new private equity (PE) sponsor, to ensure financial efficiency.
Exclusive More strategic CFOs?
  • Article
  • 01 Apr 2016
  • Paul A. Sharman
  • Strategic Finance
Chief financial officers can use corporate performance management software to make informed strategic decisions.
Exclusive Lean leadership: Coaching to connect the dots
  • Article
  • 01 May 2015
  • Joseph Casey, Denis Wuestman
  • Strategic Finance
Using Lean leadership techniques to offer coaching to your employees can deliver measurable business results, giving staff a continuous improvement mind-set towards their work.
Exclusive Everyday masterpiece
  • Article
  • 01 May 2015
  • Anand Patel
  • Financial Director
Anand Patel, retail finance director at Halfords, shares his team's vision to be the best finance team in Britain, which led to the team being awarded Best Blue Chip Finance team of 2015 at Financial Director's Business Finance Awards.
Exclusive Special operations
  • Article
  • 01 Mar 2015
  • Chris Schmidt
  • CFO
Results from a CFO Research Survey investigating how a high-performing finance operations function can add value throughout a company.
Exclusive What's in your leadership toolbox?
  • Article
  • 01 Mar 2015
  • Barbara Tarasovich
  • Strategic Finance
Finance teams have been moving from counting wealth and policing compliance to creating wealth and strategy, so they need to broaden and upgrade some of their skills. The authors present their framework to help finance executives develop their leadership abilities.
Exclusive Market cues
  • Article
  • 01 Dec 2013
  • Tim Gacsal
  • Chartered Accountants Journal
It's time the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) took a cue from the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), says Tim Gascal. He gives tips for finance-marketing function collaboration.
Exclusive Business partnering is a state of mind
  • Article
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • Public Finance
The finance function in Whitehall is coming out of the back office and into the board room. Anat Arkin reports on a Deloitte/Public Finance magazine round table event discussing business partnering in the public sector.
Exclusive Transforming talent at Whirlpool
  • Article
  • 01 May 2011
  • Mark L.Frigo, John D.Rapp, Roy W.Templin
  • Strategic Finance
How Whirlpool CFO Roy Templin set out to build a world-class finance function by focusing on talent development and employee engagement. He began by hiring J.D.Rapp, a senior finance employee with a strong background in Six Sigma.
Exclusive Finance flies high
  • Article
  • 01 Oct 2009
  • Bridget Lyons, Barbara Tarasovich
  • Strategic Finance
How Unilever redesigned its finance function to build brand value and drive growth.
Exclusive CFO confidential
  • Article
  • 01 Jan 2006
  • Kate O'Sullivan
  • CFO
A look at the job role of chief financial officer (CFO) and who they typically seek advice from. For complicated issues such as company politics, it sometimes seems there are few places to look for help. Maintaining a network of advisers can help when the CFO needs a confidant or sounding board.
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