Three More Metrics to Look at on Your Road to Recovery
The lockdowns roll on, and companies continue to struggle. Vaccines are coming, but those are still yet to be truly open to us all. But hopefully there is a light at the end of the tunnel. In August, we wrote a two-part series on the most important metrics to focus on...
Is SWIFT Inbound Tracking Going to be the Secret Sauce for Multinationals?
Could there be another big time payments evolution in the making? Over the past few months, we’ve put a lot of focus on the payables and receivables processes, but what about the last mile? You can automate and create efficiency for all the processes in the world, but...
Path to IPO: Could Pre-IPO Company Controllers Benefit from a Part Time Chief?
At a growth-stage company, few people are as important as the controller. Each funding round is unique—requiring unique metrics to prove the firm is on the right path. In fact, for many companies, controllers are the first significant corporate finance hire. After...
Has the Coronavirus Given Corporate Finance a Taste for Technology?
Let this sink in: When it comes to choosing technology, 50% of senior finance executives consider themselves enthusiasts or early adopters. This according to Bill.com and CFO Research, feels like a shift from the norm. While corporate finance leaders have become...
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...
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