Beyond the Annual Budget: Why High-Performing Finance Teams Are Moving Toward Continuous Forecasting
For generations, the annual budgeting process served as the cornerstone of financial planning. Executive teams developed revenue targets, departmental leaders negotiated spending assumptions, finance organizations consolidated submissions, and boards approved budgets...
Evaluating AP Automation – Webinar Highlights
Accounts payable automation is no longer simply a question of replacing paper invoices with digital workflows. For finance leaders using NetSuite, the more significant decision is where those workflows should live and how that choice affects efficiency, reporting,...
Mastering QuickBooks Online Bank Feeds: 5 Features That Can Save Hours Every Month
For many accounting teams, the bank feed is where the workday begins. Every downloaded transaction must be reviewed, categorized, matched, or posted before financial reporting can move forward. While QuickBooks Online has continued to enhance this functionality, many...
8 QuickBooks Online Tips Every Controller Should Know
For many finance teams, QuickBooks Online serves as the operational hub for bookkeeping, cash management, reporting, and month-end close. While most users become comfortable with the fundamentals, relatively few take advantage of the features that can significantly...
CFO’s on the Move: June 2026
Finance organizations continue to welcome new leadership as companies focus on financial performance, operational discipline, and long-term growth. Controllers Council will take a look at the latest 13 CFO appointments and executive transitions that happened in June...
Why More Future CPAs Are Rethinking Traditional Career Paths
For decades, the accounting profession followed a relatively predictable pattern. Students completed an undergraduate accounting degree, pursued the educational requirements necessary to sit for the CPA examination, joined a public accounting firm or corporate finance...
AR Tips and Tricks for Accounting Departments Serving Small Businesses – Webcast Panel Highlights
Serving a large volume of small business customers can create a demanding accounts receivable environment. Finance teams must manage hundreds or even thousands of invoices, track diverse payment behaviors, reconcile incomplete remittance information, and maintain...
B2B Payment Trends Finance Leaders Are Watching – Webinar Highlights
Finance leaders are managing 2026 under mounting pressure. Economic uncertainty, workforce constraints, fraud concerns, and growing expectations around efficiency are forcing finance teams to examine every process more closely. At the same time, organizations are...
The Silent Working Capital Drain: How Finance Teams Can Modernize Accounts Receivable Without Increasing Headcount
Revenue growth often receives the greatest attention in executive discussions. Quarterly earnings calls, board meetings, strategic planning sessions, and investor presentations frequently emphasize sales performance, market expansion, and customer acquisition. While...
Best Practices for NetSuite Financial Reporting – Webinar Highlights
Finance teams have spent years searching for better ways to streamline reporting, reduce manual effort, and improve access to timely information. Yet despite advances in ERP systems and reporting tools, spreadsheets remain firmly embedded in the finance function. That...
The New Cost of AI: Why CFOs Are Becoming AI Budget Gatekeepers
For much of the past two years, conversations surrounding artificial intelligence have centered on possibility. Executive teams have examined new use cases, technology providers have unveiled increasingly sophisticated capabilities, and business leaders have been...
Agents, AI, and Automation: Two Controllers Shop Talk – Webcast Highlights
For accounting and finance leaders, the conversation around AI often centers on efficiency. Yet the more meaningful question is what happens when accounting teams no longer spend most of their time processing transactions? That question was at the center of a recent...
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