by Controllers Council | Jun 4, 2024 | Accounting Operations, Corporate Finance, Digital Transformation, Technology
When planning how to organize your corporate finance function, you need to account for digital transformation, or digitalization in your long-term plan. CFOS and Controllers will need to work closely with their IT departments and related staff or outsourced resources....
by Controllers Council | May 24, 2024 | Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions
According to early indicators, 2024 will see an uptick in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity. As a CFO or controller, you play a major role in seeing these events through to their conclusion. However, the completion of a merger is far from the end of the...
by Controllers Council | May 22, 2024 | Accounting Operations, Controller Insights, Corporate Finance
Controllers are the guardians of a company’s financial integrity, tasked with overseeing accounting practices, optimizing financial operations, and ensuring that all reporting is accurate and timely. Here are five key strategies controllers can adopt to enhance...
by Controllers Council | May 21, 2024 | Corporate Finance, Financial Forecasting, Financial Planning
As a controller, you are responsible for optimizing your organization’s financial resilience by taking a proactive approach and maintaining flexibility in volatile market conditions. To do that effectively, you’ll need to leverage predictive analytics technology. For...
by Controllers Council | May 17, 2024 | Corporate Finance
In its early years, decentralized finance (DeFi) was viewed as little more than a passing fad. Few believed it would ever gain enough traction to be treated with genuine legitimacy. Today, DeFi has emerged as a disruptive force in the financial industry. It offers...
by Controllers Council | May 13, 2024 | Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions
A carveout is the partial divestiture of a business unit in which a parent company sells a minority interest of a subsidiary to outside investors, states Investopedia. Carveouts can offer many opportunities for the buyers and sellers that are making a transaction....