What Finance and Accounting Skills Will Be Required in the Future?
As technology has continued to develop over the past two decades, companies have struggled to adapt to the new options available to them. Part of this is due to a reluctant workforce unwilling to accept new ways of doing things. This reluctance may be caused by a...
Modernizing Accounting for Dummies
As a Controller, you want to ensure financial accuracy while closing the books in the shortest period of time possible. There are often a number of activities that need to be completed before you can call the month a wrap. Typical monthly closing tasks can include...
6 Networking Tips for Finance Executives
As a finance executive, networking is one of the most important things you can do for both yourself and your company. It allows you to meet other people from diverse backgrounds who can expand your horizons. Many times, people have different ways of thinking that can...
The Great Corporate Finance Resignation
Firms are experiencing a shortage of capable hands in finance and accounting departments, despite the 7% increase in accounting jobs predicted to occur from 2020 to 2030. Thanks to the remote and hybrid work environments, finance and accounting professionals can now...
Driving Strategic Value in Finance & Accounting
The work that accountants do is valuable and important, BlackLine’s RVP of Sales Execution-Global Sales Vin Messina told his keynote audience. But not all work has the same value. “I’m here today,” he said, “to help you see that there is a way to optimize your talent...
2022 Corporate Finance Outlook – Panel Discussion
Controllers Council recently held it’s annual outlook panel discussion, the 2022 Corporate Finance Outlook. Panelists included Dan North, Chief Economist at Euler Hermes, North America Division Alliance, and Jerry Clancy, National Tax Practice Lead of Top 20...
Trintech and Planful: Bringing Finance & Accounting Processes Closer Together
Darren Heffernan, President, Mid-Market of Trintech, and Grant Halloran, CEO of Planful, were recently featured on DisrupTV where they discussed the current state of finance and why organizations are investing in technology solutions to bring the finance and...
The Role of the CFO as a Driver of Business Sustainability
International bodies, communities and individuals, are demanding that businesses look beyond profits to environmental and social impacts. Many firms have allied with the United Nations to help achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But businesses are...
Finance Automation Veteran Pens Digital Transformation Roadmap
Startup CFO Glenn Hopper recently published the book Deep Finance: Corporate Finance in the Information Age (Leaders Press, 2021), in which he asserts that cutting edge CFOs should take the lead in their companies’ digital transformations. “The same skills that made...
Best Practices of Successful Financial Controllers
The traditional role of the financial controllers is evolving with socio-political changes and technological advancements that are shaping the finance industry. In today's data-driven economy, financial controllers are expected to do more than crunch numbers. They are...
Financial Controllers: The Hottest Job of the Decade
It might be a bold prediction, but we’ll put it out there. The Controller is going to be the hottest job in the coming decade. Every single skill developed in the past two years in response to the pandemic, financial and labor crises have honed existing and new skills...
How the CPA Examination Is Changing
In 2021, the National Association of State Boards Accountancy (NASBA) and the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) announced a joint effort to remodel the Uniform CPA examination. The effort is fueled by changing technology and the drive for CPAs to adapt to the...
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