by Controllers Council | Dec 28, 2020 | Controller Insights, Trends
Countless new members, numerous sponsors, and more than 50,000 sets of eyes on our posts—not a bad haul for the nine-plus months of the Controllers Council’s existence. As we all close out our calendar year, we would today like to take a second to look back at some of...
by Controllers Council | Dec 22, 2020 | Technology, Trends
I’m a huge fan of the CFO and APQC Metric of the Month series. It’s something that satisfies the numbers nerd in me and gives a different perspective on the important things that others find important in the finance world. In fact, it’s something I used in the series...
by Controllers Council | Dec 20, 2020 | Trends
After all the evils of the world escaped Pandora’s Box, one thing remained—hope. And after the year that was 2020, after all the wild changes and challenges it presented, it appears that hope remains, at least according to one recent survey of CFOs and other corporate...
by Controllers Council | Dec 9, 2020 | Technology, Trends
The path to business transformation lies in the digital space. An ongoing and neverending evolution of processes, practices, and technologies, transformation combines a cultural shift with a technological one to streamline and facilitate decisions. “But,” you may be...
by Controllers Council | Dec 2, 2020 | Corporate Finance, Technology, Trends
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...
by Controllers Council | Dec 1, 2020 | Corporate Finance, Technology, Trends
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...