2023 Tax Changes: Important Compliance Concerns for Businesses
Tax preparation and planning is a year-round activity. But with business regulations changing so frequently, financial professionals must stay on top of an evolving set of compliance concerns. What tax changes are in store for 2023? Here are some of the largest...
7 Finance Executives Share Keys to Career Success
The Controllers Council recently announced our new Meet the Controller/CFO interview series. The new corporate finance Interview Series includes Financial Controllers, Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), and related executive titles with a focus on career advice, roles,...
Financial Analyst: Job Overview and Description
According to the best estimates, there are over 260,000 business and financial analysts working across the United States, but what exactly is a financial analyst? These financial professionals assist companies of varying sizes with their core processes and strategic...
New Supplier Finance Program Disclosure Obligations Takes Effect Dec 15 2022
In September of 2022, the FASB announced its Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2022-04 subtopic 405-50, Disclosure of Supplier Finance Program Obligations. The amendments in the Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including...
Top 5 Webcasts of 2022
As we all close out 2022, we would like to look back at some of the webcasts that our watchers found most insightful this year. 1. 2022 Corporate Finance Outlook Nearly two years into the pandemic, the business and corporate finance outlook remains in constant flux....
CPE Change to Expect in 2023
As you likely already know, CPAs maintain their licenses by complying with their state’s board of accountancy. Though the exact requirements vary between states, CPAs will generally be expected to maintain and augment their skills through continuing professional...
Top 5 Articles of 2022
As 2022 comes to an end, we would like to take a second look back at some of the articles that our readers found most insightful in 2022. 1. Growing Shortage of Accountants and CPAs The accounting, CPA, and corporate finance industry is facing an accountant shortage....
Creating Smart Goals for Accountants
What Are SMART Goals? One of the most widely used—and effective—approaches to goal setting is called SMART, which stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound. This helps you and your teams create clear goals with defined and attainable...
Top Accounting Trends 2023
The last two years have brought about rapid and sweeping changes to the accounting industry. In 2023, issues involving technology, regulatory compliance, and the talent shortage will take center stage, presenting evolving challenges to accountants, CPAs, and corporate...
Meet the Finance Director – Interview Series – Ashley Peña
As part of the Meet the Controller/CFO series, the Controllers Council recently interviewed Ashley Pena, Finance Director of the New York Philharmonic, where she is part of a team that facilitated a strategic and financial turnaround. She manages day-to-day finance...
What Corporate Finance Executives Need to Know About Change Management
Technology may drive the need for organizational change, but true change happens amongst flesh-and-blood team members. Change management can be challenging, especially since the results so deeply depend on employee morale alongside the effectiveness of new processes...
CFOs: Take the Lead in ESG Accountability
What Is ESG? Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s behavior used by socially conscious investors and consumers to screen potential investments or business deals. As a concept, sustainability is easy to understand....
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