Ten Tech Trends Set to Change the World of Corporate Finance (Part 2)
How should controllers look at the new technologies in their organization? Keenly but cautiously. Many new products will simplify workflows, empower people, and facilitate even more investment in technology, but it pays to ensure that companies aren’t sacrificing...
Ten Tech Trends Set to Change the World of Corporate Finance (Part 1)
AI has entered the mainstream. Finance professionals are hungry for innovation and willing to take on the role of catalyst. An exciting change for everyone in the accounting and corporate finance space (hipster controllers excluded), the embrace of new technology has...
Eight Highlights from the First Annual Contemporary Controller Study
No question, 2020 has been the most chaotic business environments in recent history and roles and responsibilities have changed dramatically for C-Suite executives. With changes flying at you from left and right, all this pivoting might have left you dizzy. In...
Tax Season is Coming: Forgiveness, Denials, and a Lot of Tax Complexity
Tax filing for 2020 will likely be more… interesting than normal. But after the year that was 2020—complete with a pandemic, recession, and election—what else would you expect? For those in the accounting and corporate finance space, added intrigue means added...
Sponsor Roundup: November 2020
As the fastest growing community of controllers, accounting, and corporate finance professionals, the last three quarters have flown by. Dozens of events, hundreds of contributions to our Contemporary Controller study, and thousands of new viewers every month, 2020...
What Will Finance Talent Expect after a Full Return?
At some point, this pandemic, the recessions, and the lockdowns will be a distant memory. Now, despite the recent uptick in cases, companies around the world can start looking at a realistic return to normal. But as much as everyone talked about the new normal, it’s...
Why Forecasting Tech Should be on Your Radar
Controllers are hot on forecasting. With both the controller and the CFO looking to increase their hold on financial planning and analysis in 2021, according to our first annual Contemporary Controller study (free for Controllers Council Members), many see 2021 as a...
Areas for Improvement: Where Are Accounting Robots Finding a Home?
With so many opportunities for improvement and so many places where leaders could focus their automation efforts, why are so many missing the mark? As we’ve discussed in our recent blogs and whitepaper, the role of AI and automation in the corporate finance world is...
Make Accounting Cool Already: The Biggest Danger to the Profession
Do you remember the “I’m a Mac” commercials of the late eighties? Released in the golden age of Apple advertising, the goal was simple: associate PC users with the "unpopular nerd" cliché, while representing Apple Mac users as young, creative, attractive, and lucky....
How Different States Approach Sales Tax Collection (Part 2)
Nexus refers to a state’s ability to collect from companies. A core part of the Wayfair decision, online sellers have needed to react to the 2018 decision quickly, as states began enforcing the law quickly. But 2020 may add more challenges to the way nexus is...
How Different States Approach Sales Tax Collection (Part 1)
Wayfair continues to impact the way online sellers operate. Calculation is a challenge, collection is a challenge, and planning is a challenge. Another challenge? Finding out whether you even need to do so for each state in the first place. Sales tax nexus is...
Delivering on the Promise of Back-Office Automation
Accountants and corporate finance professionals have spent 2020 in a state of transition. Moving from the office to the home office requires leaders to learn how to connect staff, provide real-time information, and overcome the variety of hurdles present in doing so....
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