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Encore: The Digital Enterprise: Turning Taxes Into Opportunity! from 2023-02-07T08:00
Ah, taxes! A bit of “humor” on a definitely serious topic for every enterprise: * Benjamin Franklin: “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” * Bonnie Raitt: “Solar power is the ...
ListenEncore: Driving Emphasis on Analysis for Finance: Focus on Automation from 2023-01-17T08:00
The Buzz 1: “As specialized tools and technology have emerged, the role of CFO has evolved. CFOs of companies large and small need to embrace flexibility, develop global strategies, and shift their...
ListenEncore: The Arrival of Minimum Taxes: A New World Order? from 2022-12-27T08:00
The Buzz 1: Most of the countries negotiating a global overhaul of cross-border taxation of multinationals have backed plans for new rules on where companies are taxed and a tax rate of at least 15...
ListenThe Arrival of Minimum Taxes: A New World Order? from 2022-11-29T08:00
The Buzz 1: Most of the countries negotiating a global overhaul of cross-border taxation of multinationals have backed plans for new rules on where companies are taxed and a tax rate of at least 15...
ListenEnhanced Planning&Analysis: Storytelling&Analytics SuperPower from 2022-11-01T07:00
The Buzz 1: “Purposeful storytelling isn’t show business, it’s good business.” [Peter Guber, CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, co-owner of NBA’s Golden State Warriors and MLB’s LA Dodgers] The Buzz 2...
ListenThe Power of Business Partnering: Enhancing Planning and Analysis from 2022-10-04T07:00
The soccer great Pelé [the all-time leading goal scorer for Brazil with 77 goals in 92 games] famously and wisely observed, “No individual can win a game by himself.” Pelé’s words stand true bey...
ListenSustainability Performance Management: Imperative vs Wishful? from 2022-09-06T07:00
The Buzz 1: “Sustainability is no longer a nice-to-have extra. It’s a critical piece of the puzzle for companies looking to stay ahead of the competition and protect their bottom lines.[smart.arqli...
ListenThe Digital Enterprise: Turning Taxes Into Opportunity! from 2022-08-09T07:00
Ah, taxes! A bit of “humor” on a definitely serious topic for every enterprise: * Benjamin Franklin: “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” * Bonnie Raitt: “Solar power is the ...
ListenDriving Emphasis on Analysis for Finance: Focus on Automation from 2022-07-12T07:00
The Buzz 1: “As specialized tools and technology have emerged, the role of CFO has evolved. CFOs of companies large and small need to embrace flexibility, develop global strategies, and shift their...
ListenEncore The Black Swan vs Transforming Your FP&A from Good to Great! from 2022-07-05T07:00
The Buzz 1: In his 2007 book “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable”, author and former options trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable ou...
ListenAligning with Planning&Analysis Transformation: Process Changes from 2022-06-14T07:00
The Buzz 1: “Tasked with guiding the growth of companies, building digital organizations, and transforming the finance function, CFOs must first identify their objectives and then decide whether th...
ListenThe Black Swan vs Transforming Your FP&A from Good to Great! from 2022-05-17T07:00
The Buzz 1: In his 2007 book “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable”, author and former options trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb focuses on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable ou...
ListenCyber Resilience and Control Automation for Finance from 2022-04-19T07:00
The Buzz 1: CFOs often perceive cybersecurity to be the responsibility of IT, but as more finance processes run remotely, CFOs need to develop security measures specifically for the finance functio...
ListenEncore Extended P&A Mindset: Time to Align on Strategic Goals from 2022-04-12T07:00
The Buzz 1: We’ve all heard these 'old saws' and know they're true: “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” “Plan your work and work your plan.” ...
ListenExtended P&A Mindset: Time to Align on Strategic Goals from 2022-04-05T07:00
The Buzz 1: We’ve all heard these 'old saws' and know they're true: “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” “Plan your work and work your plan.” ...
ListenEncore: Finance and Its Focus on Integration into The Value Chain from 2022-03-22T07:00
The Buzz: Michael E. Porter at Harvard Business School introduced the concept of a value chain in his book, Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance [2008]. Competitive a...
ListenThe Road to Finance Prosperity: Powered by Data from 2022-02-22T08:00
The Buzz: “Data is now more valuable than oil” a popular business sentiment. * In 2006, British mathematician and Tesco marketing mastermind Clive Humby shouted from the rooftops, “Data is the new...
ListenFinance and Its Focus on Integration into The Value Chain from 2022-01-25T08:00
The Buzz: Michael E. Porter at Harvard Business School introduced the concept of a value chain in his book, Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance [2008]. Competitive a...
ListenFinance and Risk Ripped from the Headlines: A 2021 Retrospective from 2021-12-14T08:00
The Buzz: The CFO role has expanded beyond financial duties to encompass strategic responsibilities across the company. After closing the books 12 months ago on the extraordinary year that was 2020...
ListenChange Management: Enabling Intelligent Finance Transformation from 2021-11-09T08:00
The Buzz 1: “Change management is a critical skill in today’s c-suite… Change management is a challenge for every organization.” (Dave Sutton, toprightpartners.com) The Buzz 2: “Slowness to change...
ListenFast, Faster, Fastest: What's Next for the Close? from 2021-10-12T07:00
The Buzz 1: The early development of accounting was closely related to developments in writing, counting, and money.…Accounting records dating back more than 7,000 years have been found in Mesopota...
ListenData: The Road to Value Add for FP&A from 2021-09-14T07:00
The Buzz: “FP&A [financial planning and analysis] used to hold all the cards; they had all the data at their fingertips. Nowadays, valuable data resides across the business. It’s a battle to find o...
ListenPivoting from a Product to a Service and Subscription Economy from 2021-08-17T07:00
The Buzz 1: “The subscription economy is not new. In fact, the membership-based business model has been around since the 17th century…Recently, the membership-based business model has been gaining ...
ListenAutomation and AI: Mid-Market CFOs Collaborating with Business from 2021-07-20T07:00
The Buzz 1: “AI will optimize or transform ‘nearly every activity in finance.’” (Craig Wilton, Gartner, quoted at www.cfodive.com/news/artificial-intelligence-gartner-finance-trends-2020/573233/) ...
ListenExtended Planning and Analysis: Resilient, Sustainable Companies from 2021-06-15T07:00
The Buzz: “I’m not paid or evaluated on the accuracy of my crystal-ball predictions. I’m paid to enumerate every possible outcome and do something about every possible outcome well in advance, when...
ListenCFOs: Get Ready for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification from 2021-05-18T07:00
The Buzz 1: “Indirect attacks against weak links in the supply chain now account for 40 percent of security breaches.” (Accenture Security / Third State of Cyber Resilience Report, www.ironnet.com)...
ListenSustainability: A 21st Century Challenge for the CFO from 2021-04-20T07:00
The Buzz: “A majority of executives and investment professionals agreeing that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs enhance shareholder value…Finance leaders can help spur companies...
ListenQuick Wins to Drive Value for CFOs in Post-Pandemic Business from 2021-03-23T07:00
The Buzz: “As companies craft their responses to the COVID-19 crisis, CFOs are in the thick of the action. They need to make sure that their organizations weather the immediate business shocks whil...
ListenRipped from the Headlines: Financial Planning and Analysis from 2021-02-23T08:00
The Buzz: “The original inspiration behind the title 'Ripped from the Headlines' was the Warner Brothers film studio’s stock tagline, 'Torn from today's headlines!', used often beginning in the 193...
ListenEncore Presentation: Finance 2021 – Where Do We Go from Here? from 2021-02-09T08:00
The Buzz: “CFOs have recognized that surviving is not enough…2021 promises to be an epic year for CFOs and the companies they lead…the struggles of 2020 have taught us all many hard lessons, and th...
ListenFinance 2021 – Where Do We Go from Here? from 2021-01-26T08:00
The Buzz: “CFOs have recognized that surviving is not enough…2021 promises to be an epic year for CFOs and the companies they lead…the struggles of 2020 have taught us all many hard lessons, and th...
ListenEncore 2020 Hindsight to 2021 Foresight: Finance Implications from 2020-12-29T08:00
The Buzz: “CFOs are focused on the battle to survive and maintain cash flow during the COVID-19 crisis. But…finance leaders are learning valuable new ways to manage risk in the future.” (fm-magazin...
Listen2020 Hindsight to 2021 Foresight: Finance Implications from 2020-12-01T08:00
The Buzz: “CFOs are focused on the battle to survive and maintain cash flow during the COVID-19 crisis. But…finance leaders are learning valuable new ways to manage risk in the future.” (fm-magazin...
ListenRethinking Your Treasury Operations in Uncertain Times from 2020-11-03T08:00
The Buzz: “Treasury is still a very young and new function. In sociology, we would speak of generation X…New regulations, new technologies, an interconnection and correlation between markets, econo...
ListenRipped from the Headlines: Planning, Finance and Risk in the News. from 2020-10-06T07:00
The Buzz X 9: We’ll ask finance experts Birgit Starmanns, Pras Chatterjee and Kevin McCollom at SAP to share their POV on the real stories behind nine recent business, media and popular press headl...
ListenProfitability Analysis: Challenging Times Call for Flexible Measures from 2020-09-08T07:00
The Buzz: “Gaining a greater understanding of your profitability requires more analysis than a financial statement and a balance sheet. By doing a profitability analysis, companies can identify are...
ListenEmbracing Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Finance and Risk from 2020-08-11T07:00
The Buzz: “We’ve come a long way in finance and accounting. From purely manual bookkeeping carried out in large, dusty, paper ledgers, through to Excel-based solutions and advanced accounting syste...
ListenGimme Shelter: Coping with Security Challenges of the New Remote Working World from 2020-07-14T07:00
The buzz: “As companies and government agencies send their employees home to avoid contact with the coronavirus, many cyber-security teams are facing the unenviable challenge of securing sprawling,...
ListenLeveraging Predictive Planning to Ease Uncertainty from 2020-06-16T07:00
The buzz: “Unlocking the potential of machine learning for the office of finance remains a hot topic for financial planning and analysis (FP&A) leaders….” (financialexecutives.org) During these tu...
ListenFinancial Excellence with Game-Changers welcomes Birgit Starmanns from 2020-06-11T07:00
Financial Excellence with Game-Changers, presented by SAP, presents a special one-on-one conversation with Birgit Starmanns, the Global Head of the oCFO – COE Thought Leadership Strategy and Progra...
ListenFinancial Excellence with Game-Changers welcomes Pras Chatterjee from 2020-06-10T07:00
Financial Excellence with Game-Changers, presented by SAP, presents a special one-on-one conversation with Pras Chatterjee, Senior Director of Product Marketing for Planning & Analysis at SAP focus...
ListenWelcome to a New World: The Virtual Financial Close from 2020-05-19T07:00
The buzz: “There’s limited precedent into how a global pandemic like COVID-19 will impact financial services organizations as they prepare to complete their first virtual close” (www2.deloitte.com)...
ListenFP&A: Planning with Certainty Amidst Uncertainty from 2020-04-21T07:00
The buzz: “Creating a strong FP&A team comes down to two things: innovation and engagement” (Nevine White). Amid global uncertainty, new pressure is on your Finance Department’s Planning & Analysis...
ListenDont Let Tax Become Too Taxing from 2020-03-24T07:00
The buzz: “Today we are at a turning point in tax.… The new digital tax function is now evolving at great pace to become a strategic component of enterprise transformation” (internationaltaxreview...
ListenThe Demands of Digital Trust: Data Protection and Privacy in 2020 from 2020-02-25T08:00
The buzz: “Consumers with a high level of digital trust spend more” (CA Technologies Report 2018). As consumers, producers and employees, we share and use massive amounts of sensitive and private i...
Listen2020 Vision: What Will Drive FP&A in 2020 and Beyond? from 2020-01-28T08:00
The buzz: “There’s no question over the last year this new wave of technologies has had an impact on CFO decision making.” (Sandy Cockrell, Deloitte). Integration, big data, in-memory, ML and AI ar...
Listen2019: Reflections on a Year in Finance, Collaborative Planning, and Risk from 2019-12-10T08:00
The buzz: “CFOs must recognize their roles as agents of change charged with driving technological transformation across their companies” (digitalistmag.com). We began 2019 with a rush of activity, ...
ListenHow to Transform Finance in the Experience Economy from 2019-11-05T08:00
The buzz: “An experience occurs when a company intentionally uses services as the stage, and goods as props, to engage individual customers in a way that creates a memorable event…The question, the...
ListenFull Steam Ahead: Finance and Planning Together At Last from 2019-10-08T07:00
The buzz: “There’s no question over the last year this new wave of technologies has had an impact on CFO decision making …” (Sandy Cockrell, Deloitte). Collaborative Enterprise Planning: myth or re...
ListenFraud: How to Protect Your Organization from Threats? from 2019-09-10T07:00
The buzz: “Financial fraud isn't new, and the extent of the crime can vary significantly…Most cases have at least one person, but often a group of fraudsters…” (businessinsider.com). CFOs: It’s a f...
ListenEncore: What Makes Finance 'Intelligent' ? from 2019-08-06T07:00
The buzz: “Contrary to popular imagination, the finance world of the future will not be manned by a robot army. It will, instead, comprise of a team of trusted advisors in the organization utilizin...
ListenFinancial Hide and Seek: Uncovering Hidden Profit and Costs! from 2019-07-09T07:00
The buzz: “Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business” (Jeff Bezos). Attention CFOs: You may think you have a grasp of true profitability, but your insights may be inc...
ListenCyberRisk: Keeping Your CFO Awake At Night! from 2019-06-04T07:00
The buzz: “The prevailing theory today is that the data was stolen by a nation-state for spying purposes, not by criminals looking to cash in on stolen identities (Kate Fazzini, cnbc.com). Remember...
ListenWhat Makes Finance 'Intelligent' ? from 2019-05-07T07:00
The buzz: “Contrary to popular imagination, the finance world of the future will not be manned by a robot army. It will, instead, comprise of a team of trusted advisors in the organization utilizin...
ListenBright Future of FPandA: Leading the Enterprise from 2019-04-09T07:00
The buzz: “We not only possess the tools to take FP&A to new heights, but FP&A will have to soar for organizations to thrive in the 21st century.” (B. Kalish) The Intelligent Enterprise enables Fin...
ListenAutomating Finance Operations: Value-Added Tax Reporting from 2019-03-12T07:00
The buzz: “Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them” (Gone with the Wind). What’s keeping CFOs up at night? In 80% of countries, federal tax authorities use el...
ListenGet Smart! Creating An Intelligent Finance Organization from 2019-02-12T08:00
The buzz: “CFOs are challenged with turning the numbers into something meaningful…to derive insights and deliver information to the rest of the organization (Chris Pass). What’s keeping CFOs awake ...
ListenPredictions 2019: Finance, Collaborative Planning, and Risk from 2019-01-22T08:00
The buzz: “There’s no question over the last year this new wave of technologies has had an impact on CFO decision making (Sandy Cockrell, Deloitte). Similar to personal New Year’s resolutions, busi...
ListenStrategic Finance Magic Sauce: Change Management and Communication from 2018-09-25T07:00
The buzz: “Surround yourself with the right team and ensure continuous communication with each other… provide leadership, but you also have to give your team authority and accountability (Barb Nila...
ListenCybersecurity Threats and Finance: Are You Protected? from 2018-08-28T07:00
The buzz: “One of the main cyber-risks is to think they don’t exist. The other is to try to treat all potential risks” (Stephane Nappo). The sharp rise in global cybersecurity threats could cost $2...
ListenCollaborative Business Planning: CFO Utopia? from 2018-08-07T07:00
The buzz: “The planning process – planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis – presents a formidable challenge to many companies, regardless of size or industry” (CFO.com). Modern business tec...
ListenTax: The New MVP in Finance! from 2018-07-17T07:00
The buzz: “Tax technology is emerging as one of the most important enablers of effective tax department design and delivery” (kpmg.com). What’s keeping your company’s Tax office awake at night? Glo...
ListenThe Heart of Intelligent Finance: Share and Share Alike? from 2018-06-19T07:00
The buzz: “Financial shared services have come a long way since they started gaining popularity in the 1990s” (Jim Buchanan). Finance efficiencies and transparency are crucial for distributed ente...
ListenThe Golden Triangle: Digitally Transforming Finance from 2018-05-22T07:00
The buzz: “Finance in a digital world: It’s crunch time for CFOs!” (www2.deloitte.com). CFOs: As your organization begins finance transformation, what to do first? It depends on whom you ask. Your ...
ListenEncore: Finance Leadership: Ready to Be a Tech-Savvy CFO? from 2018-05-01T07:00
The buzz: “As the CFO, you're the go-to source for accurate information about company performance—no excuses, no delays.” (Bright Talk webinar) Finance organizations have changed dramatically, shi...
ListenThe Secret to Intelligent Finance Planning: Collaboration from 2018-04-10T07:00
The buzz: “Disruptive technologies…will be used in the office of the CFO to increase productivity, simplify processes, and support decision-making” (Thomas Zipperle). Attention CFOs: Your Finance d...
ListenOptimizing Working Capital: Cashing-In for Your Bottom Line from 2018-03-20T07:00
The buzz: “Working capital optimization is increasingly on boards’ radar as they look for opportunities to enhance shareholder value” (Rich Rorem). Responsibility for managing inventory, payables, ...
ListenMachine Learning and Finance: Process Automation to the Next Level from 2018-02-27T08:00
The buzz: “Finance professionals are spending just 17% of their time on strategic activities, with a lack of automation serving as the culprit for much of this inefficiency (Henner Schliebs). As th...
ListenGDPR Is Coming: Coping Strategies to Get Ready from 2018-02-06T08:00
The buzz: “We are all ‘data subjects’ and we live in a world where key aspects of our lives will be ever more determined by the data held about us…where that same data is more at risk and open to c...
ListenFinance Leadership: Ready to Be a Tech-Savvy CFO? from 2018-01-16T08:00
The buzz: “As the CFO, you're the go-to source for accurate information about company performance—no excuses, no delays.” (Bright Talk webinar) Finance organizations have changed dramatically, shi...
ListenReal-time Close: Oxymoron or True Value? from 2017-10-31T07:00
The buzz: “Unfortunately, financial information is a decaying asset. The longer it takes to prepare the statements the less valuable the information becomes” (Steve Rosvold). Financial reports are ...
ListenPredictive Close/Predictive Accounting: Getting Granular from 2017-10-17T07:00
The buzz: “Predicting better than pure guesswork, even if not accurately, delivers real value” (Eric Siegel). The lines are blurring between the traditionally silo’ed Financial Planning and Analysi...
ListenVisualization, BI and Advanced Analytics: Improving Enterprise Financial Performance. from 2017-10-03T07:00
The buzz: “In the few years since I began using analytics, the view that it might be ‘just a fad’ has shifted to a growing understanding of its potential” (Frank Friedman, Deloitte CEO / former CFO...
ListenDynamic and Agile Planning: The Impact of Real Time Actuals from 2017-09-19T07:00
The buzz: “CFOs need to be able to evaluate and prepare for the impact political, economic and societal events may have on their organization…take on a more strategic role in planning” (Thack Brown...
ListenThree Lines of Defense: Fact or Fiction? from 2016-08-09T07:00
The buzz: Three’s a charm. The Three Lines of Defense (TLoD) is becoming a globally recognized framework, where Corporate Risk, Compliance and other groups set standards and practices for managing...
ListenContinuous Accounting: An End to Rear-View Reporting from 2016-07-19T07:00
The buzz: No more green eyeshade! Finance departments typically had to wait until period-end – month, quarter, year – for data-compilation-intensive financial reports .Strategic business decisions...
ListenFraud, 3rd Party Risk, and Live Business from 2016-06-28T07:00
The buzz: Risky business. As your business goes digital, you face a dual challenge: keep everything humming while protecting your company from compliance breaches, anomalies in transactions, and o...
ListenEncore: Millennials and Your Finance Organization: Work Style And Business from 2016-06-07T07:00
The buzz: Net-net. Brace yourself for news! By 2015, Millennials were the largest generational cohort in the US workforce. And their characteristic work style – caring deeply about workplace satisf...
ListenFuture of Finance: Powered by Technology from 2016-05-17T07:00
The buzz: Everybody’s talking. I can’t hear a word they’re saying…. It’s no secret that Finance typically lags in new technology adoption. Or that this leaves most Finance professionals – likely yo...
ListenMillennials and Your Finance Organization: Work Style And Business from 2016-04-26T07:00
The buzz: Net-net. Brace yourself for news! By 2015, Millennials were the largest generational cohort in the US workforce. And their characteristic work style – caring deeply about workplace satisf...
ListenReal-Time Insights: Driving Finance Transformation from 2016-04-05T07:00
The buzz: I can see clearly now. In its long-time role as steward of the enterprise, Finance could only make recommendations to the business after month-end, based on past results. But with techno...
ListenStreamlining Your Finance Operations: The Experts Speak from 2016-03-15T07:00
The buzz: The heat is on. Your company is under pressure to improve transparency, intimacy and trust with internal and external stakeholders. Your business has to be digitally “on” all the time. Yo...
ListenBehold the Digital Finance Professional: Adapting at Lightning Speed from 2016-02-23T08:00
The buzz: Faster! s digitalization, advanced analytical capabilities and other technologies disrupt the business world, the finance profession must change. Senior finance execs are seeking sophisti...
ListenFinance in 2020: How Much Transformation? from 2016-02-02T08:00
The buzz: Perfect vision? The Finance function in most organizations has traditionally focused on the past, through expense control, spreadsheet-driven accounting and management reporting. Fast for...
ListenSpecial Encore Presentation: Internal Audit at a Turning Point: Command Center for Risk? from 2015-07-20T07:00
The buzz: IA. Technology innovations are giving your Internal Audit (IA) team a real opportunity to shift from its traditional role as a deliverer of assurance and protector of existing value to a ...
ListenRe-Imagining EPM Part 2: Working in the Cloud from 2015-07-13T07:00
The buzz: Sizzle vs Steak. Many CFOs’ wish lists include improved collaboration, embedded analytics, easier deployment and streamlined maintenance. As a result, Cloud-based EPM solutions will appea...
ListenModernizing Your Finance Organization: Metrics and Benchmarking from 2015-07-06T07:00
The buzz: Onward! Take a good look around your finance and accounting offices. Does it feel like your finance team is on the cutting edge of innovation and leading the charge to add strategic value...
ListenFinance and Operations Integration: To Your Business Health! from 2015-06-29T07:00
The buzz: Salud! The integration between Finance and Operations has evolved from time-lagging batch processes to now real-time information. Since operational information ultimately impacts both you...
ListenBoard to CFO: Deliver Better Risk Management Data NOW! from 2015-06-22T07:00
The buzz: At risk. Recent research and surveys suggest that enterprise boards of directors and CEOs want, need, and are demanding more and better information on enterprise risk management from the ...
ListenCFO-Led Revolution: Integrated Business Planning from 2015-06-15T07:00
The buzz: Change With budgeting and forecasting silos popping up across business, your CFO and Office of Finance have a more important role than ever before: moving from basic support cost center t...
ListenHow High-Performing CFOs Add Business Value from 2015-06-08T07:00
The buzz: Your CFO With the pace of business accelerating, you need your CFO to be a proactive high-performer, not a perpetually-catching-up laggard. The high performer leverages innovative technol...
ListenSpecial Encore Presentation: Innovating for the 'New' Finance Organization from 2015-06-01T07:00
The buzz: Change. Managing the roles and functions of Finance can be challenging, from compliance complexities and managing cash, to closing the books and building business plans, while contending ...
ListenThree Lines of Defense: Can Technology Help? from 2015-05-18T07:00
The buzz: Three. Your company may have already implemented, at least partially, a Three Lines of Defense model. But when faced with technological challenges such as getting the most effective tool...
ListenNew Revenue Recognition: Here Yet? from 2015-05-11T07:00
The buzz: Rev Rec. Revenue recognition is the single most important item on your company’s financial statement and to your organization. The IASB and FASB already announced new converged revenue a...
ListenSpecial Encore Presentation: Predicting Profitable Performance in Challenging Times from 2015-05-04T07:00
Today’s buzz: Profitability. Despite sophisticated business intelligence tools that enable analysis of Big Data, and the renewed popularity of profitability and costing analysis, many companies sti...
ListenYour Finance Processes in Real Time - How Fast Is Fast Enough? from 2015-04-27T07:00
The buzz: Zoom! Marathons. Formula One. Internet downloads. Streaming video. In scenarios like these, we intuitively know faster is always better. But for Finance, how important are true real-time...
ListenThe Strategic CFO: Re-imagining Finance from 2015-04-20T07:00
The buzz: The CFO. The concept of the strategic CFO – responsible for more than just numbers – is not new. But now there's a new technology-driven dynamic in Finance, a nexus of powerful forces dri...
ListenBurning Platforms and Innovations in Consumer and B2B Payments from 2014-10-07T07:00
The buzz: Payments. As the daily drumbeat of the news spotlights retail credit card breaches and other payment problems, it’s clear that the payment industry is ripe for change. Innovations like S...
ListenSpecial Encore Presentation: Fighting Fraud: Predictive Technology to the Rescue? Part 3 from 2014-09-30T07:00
The buzz: Fraud. As hard as you work to implement effective anti-fraud processes, voracious and savvy fraudsters are working even harder, and perhaps smarter, to thwart you. Good news! Predictive a...
ListenNew Revenue Recognition Standard: Now What? from 2014-09-23T07:00
The buzz: Revenue recognition. Revenue is the single-most important item on your company’s financial statement. Now that the IASB and FASB have announced their converged revenue accounting standar...
ListenInternal Audit: New Role in Enterprise Risk Management? from 2014-09-16T07:00
The buzz: Risk. Critical questions are raised by recent IA research and surveys of internal auditors seeming to suggest strong support for involving Internal Audit in enterprise risk management. Ar...
ListenImpact of Instant Processes and Insight on Finance from 2014-09-09T07:00
The buzz: Now! If true real-time” access to information is necessary for your Finance organization to be effective, they need to leverage in-memory technology for day-to-day and period-end processe...
ListenMobile Finance: Are You Ready? from 2014-09-02T07:00
The buzz: Mobile Finance. Mobile technology can now put a range of sophisticated analytics tools into the hands of your Finance organization to support planning, budgeting, and forecasting on-the-g...
ListenSpecial Encore Presentation: Compliance: Focus on Anti Bribery, Anti Corruption from 2014-08-26T07:00
Today’s buzz: Bribery and Corruption The global economy brings great opportunities. And great risks. On your home court or a new playground, whether perpetrated by your staff or a third party, new ...
ListenPredictive Planning: Fiction or Reality? from 2014-08-12T07:00
The buzz: Planning. How healthy is your planning and budgeting process? If you’re using an heirloom Excel spreadsheet recipe with gut-feeling and short-term MBO ingredients, your CFO is surely hung...
ListenInternal Audit at a Turning Point: Command Center for Risk? from 2014-08-05T07:00
The buzz: IA. Technology innovations are giving your Internal Audit (IA) team a real opportunity to shift from its traditional role as a deliverer of assurance and protector of existing value to a ...
ListenPredictive Analytics and Finance: Role Play from 2014-07-29T07:00
The buzz: Predictive. Today's finance organization charter is broadened, with core functional deliverables enhanced by service to most functions company-wide. There is no excuse not to use modern t...
ListenIs Finance Ready for the Cloud? from 2014-07-22T07:00
The buzz: Cloud. Finance is warming up to adopting the Cloud, to help provide strategic advice to the business, operate more efficiently, and maintain compliance. But Finance first must figure out ...
ListenInnovating for the "New" Finance Organization from 2014-07-15T07:00
The buzz: Change. Managing the roles and functions of Finance can be challenging, from compliance complexities and managing cash, to closing the books and building business plans, while contending ...
ListenTrends in International Trade Management from 2014-06-02T07:00
Today’s buzz: Trade. As companies put in place better processes and tools to manage cross-border business transactions, they continue to face increasing multi-national legislative requirements that...
ListenEnterprise Performance Management Innovations: New Frontiers from 2014-05-26T07:00
The buzz: EPM. Innovations in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) are redefining how organizations around the globe are managing and growing their business. Technologies like Mobility, Cloud, S...
ListenSpecial Encore Presentation: Tech Innovations in Finance: Driving Business Results from 2014-05-19T07:00
You likely use at least one personal mobile device for real-time access to relevant data, from breaking news to stock performance and hyper-local traffic conditions. Can your company’s Finance func...
ListenSpecial Encore Presentation: Board Risk Oversight: What Are Regulators Saying? from 2014-05-12T07:00
Business risk is a fact of life. Does the specter of product liability, cyber and physical security, fraud, theft, regulatory failure, breakdowns, and low revenues keep you awake at night? The expe...
ListenRisk Management: Driving Value by Leveraging Technology from 2014-05-05T07:00
The buzz: Risk Your risk managers are being forced to prove that they are adding value to the business. At the same time, they are faced with a range of choices in how and where they implement risk...
ListenPredicting Profitable Performance in Challenging Times from 2014-04-28T07:00
Today’s buzz: Profitability. Despite sophisticated business intelligence tools that enable analysis of Big Data, and the renewed popularity of profitability and costing analysis, many companies sti...
ListenManaging Financial Performance: New Payment Challenges and Innovation Options from 2014-04-21T07:00
Today’s buzz: Payment challenges. Banks and corporations are facing an increasingly complex landscape in the payments arena and the associated integration. New types of payments and currency, new t...
ListenFighting Fraud: Predictive Technology to the Rescue? from 2014-04-14T07:00
The buzz: Fraud. As hard as your company works to put in place effective anti-fraud processes and tools, fraudsters are working harder to circumvent whatever you try. Take heart! Predictive analyti...
ListenFinancial Closing and Reporting: Keeping Up with Change from 2014-04-07T07:00
Closing the books and creating financial reports are nothing new. But with the accelerating pace of business, Finance now must deliver faster, more reliable and visible results, all with full regul...
ListenTech Innovations in Finance: Driving Business Results from 2014-03-31T07:00
You likely use at least one personal mobile device for real-time access to relevant data, from breaking news to stock performance and hyper-local traffic conditions. Can your company’s Finance func...
ListenInternal Audit of the Future: Is the Best Yet to Come? from 2014-03-24T07:00
The role of Internal Audit is changing. It has to. Why? Stakeholders are challenging Internal Audit to up its game. Boards want better assurance. Management expects clearer insight. How – and how q...
ListenIntegrated Business Planning: Will Disruptive Tech Help or Hinder? from 2014-03-17T07:00
The buzz: Integrated planning. To be optimally effective, budgeting and forecasting require understanding your business today and being able to predict tomorrow. How? In an ideal world, your CFO an...
ListenFinancial Transformation 2020: Can you see clearly yet? from 2014-03-10T07:00
The buzz: Financial transformation. Today’s CFO’s and finance organizations are expected to take a more strategic role than ever before in supporting the business, to drive value. Transformation ne...
ListenFinancial Excellence Roundup: Lessons Learned and Onward! from 2013-06-25T07:00
Today’s buzz: Finance transformation. In the past 12 weeks, we’ve covered game-changing approaches to finance transformation for companies of all sizes, industries, footprints and maturity levels. ...
ListenThe Last Mile of Reporting: Staying in Control from 2013-06-18T07:00
Today’s buzz: Annual reporting. Reality check: the scope of annual reporting disclosures is growing every year ... not just the financial part, but also the non-financials. If your organization doe...
ListenIntegrated GRC: Dream vs. Reality? from 2013-06-11T07:00
Today’s buzz: GRC (governance, risk and compliance) integration. Is your organization suffering from “GRC pain syndrome”? According to practitioners in the know, the most prevalent symptoms include...
ListenThe New CFO Agenda 3.0: Tying Predictive to Financial Performance from 2013-06-04T07:00
Today’s buzz: Predictive analytics. How did IBM’s Watson computer best Mensa people on TV’s Jeopardy and Obama’s 2012 campaign influence voters? How does Target know your family size and Match.com ...
ListenEvolution of Business Planning from 2013-05-28T07:00
If you believe strategy and planning are the same, think again. And if your CFO and CIO are not on good speaking terms, your organization’s efforts at achieving truly integrated business planning m...
ListenCompliance: Focus on Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption from 2013-05-21T07:00
Today’s buzz: Bribery and Corruption The global economy brings great opportunities. And great risks. On your home court or a new playground, whether perpetrated by your staff or a third party, new ...
ListenRole of Internal Audit: GRC Police or Driver? from 2013-05-14T07:00
Today’s buzz: Internal Audit Truth time: Do your Board of Directors and Audit Committee understand the internal audit role and what your internal auditors really do? Is the Audit Committee weak or ...
ListenHow to Hit a Home Run: Strategic Game Plan from 2013-05-07T07:00
Today’s buzz: Strategic planning. Truth time: Is your company doing the right stuff or the dumb stuff when it comes to annual budgeting, planning and control? For example, do you measure activity o...
ListenLooking for Risk in All the Wrong Places? from 2013-04-30T07:00
Today’s buzz: Risk. Can ignorance of risk be bliss? Should risk responsibility fall on your CEO, CFO, CRO? Burning questions. You need answers. Now. The experts speak. Fiona Williams, Deloitte &...
ListenMobility and Finance: Impact, Trends and the Future from 2013-04-23T07:00
Today’s buzz: Finance on the move. Mobility could soon change the face of your company’s finance function. The benefits of mobile BI are indeed impressive – faster and cheaper decision-making, imp...
ListenPerformance Management: Steppingstone to Predictive Analytics from 2013-04-16T07:00
Today’s buzz: Performance management. Your CFO’s priorities have to change. How? Beyond closing the books, your Office of Finance must become a steward of the business, generate new revenue from c...
ListenBoard Risk Oversight: What Are Regulators Saying? from 2013-04-09T07:00
Business risk is a fact of life. Does the specter of product liability, cyber and physical security, fraud, theft, regulatory failure, breakdowns, and low revenues keep you awake at night? The expe...
ListenFinancial Transformation: Ready or Not! from 2013-04-02T07:00
Today’s buzz: Financial transformation. Finance professionals are on a treadmill, navigating the steep challenges of regulatory reporting, risk vs. opportunity balancing, new technology learning c...
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