Finance & Operations
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The role of finance and operation executives is evolving to keep pace with the changing demands of customers and technology. Our finance and operations collection compiles global perspectives to help leaders become a forward-thinking, strategic partner to the business.
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Podcast | Accelerate: Assessing CFO and Finance Leader Priorities for the Coming Year – with Kerry Buchar and Chris Wright
The volume of CFO priorities has increased for years. In the past 12 months, the intensity of these urgencies also spiked, forcing finance leaders to...
Podcast | Achieving Digital Maturity in Finance – with Chelsea Black and Kizzy Gift
In this episode, we discuss digital maturity in finance. Or more specifically, how more finance organisations are employing ERP systems, moving to...
Finance Transformation Expertise Supports Strategic Initiatives
The client was undergoing a strategic finance transformation initiative to globally align technology, policy, and procedures. As part of this...
Business Planning & Analysis Is the Next Generation of Financial Planning
As finance leaders collaborate with their business partners to adjust plans in the face of economic headwinds, they should take a moment to reflect on...
Enabling Technologies
The Director’s Playbook for Generative AI
The big picture: So much has been written about generative AI (GenAI), it seems like a constant buzz inspiring both wonder and fear. But the value...
PCAOB Issues Staff Update and Preview of 2022 Inspection Observations
Discover PCAOB's 2022 Inspection Observations & tech-auditing trends. Crucial insights for SEC registrants & audit committees. Read the full...
Technical Debt and Innovation – the CFO’s Perspective
Organisations today spend an average of 30% of their IT budgets and invest a fifth of their IT human resources on technical debt management. This...
Podcast | Select and Implement the Right Tech Tool for Your Finance Group – with Shelly Kalladanthyil and Nick McKeehan
One of the most significant decisions a CFO faces is selecting the right technology or tool to help them run the finance organisation and deliver...
ESG
A New Reality for CFOs – ESG is the Top Priority
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and measurement rate as the top priority for CFOs, other finance leaders and their teams for the...
Podcast | ESG and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging – with Andaye Hill-Espinoza and Alfredo Mendez
A core component of the ESG programme in any organisation is diversity, equity and inclusion. Different organisations take different approaches to DEI...
Regulations and Demand for Accountability Set the Tone for the Future of ESG Disclosures
In recent years, increasing pressures from a variety of stakeholders have combined to drive companies toward more sustainable practices in their...
COSO Issues Supplemental Guidance on Internal Control Over Sustainability Reporting
The Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has released supplemental guidance on how to effectively apply the 2013...
Workforce Transformation
Take a New Approach to Succession Planning and Leadership Development
Delivering results — and the 60-hour-a-week grind fests that doing so demanded — often sufficed for “leadership development.” Not anymore.What’s at...
Organisational Culture Is a Competitive Advantage
1 big thing: Where are the culture strategies?
Consider this: If culture eats strategy for breakfast, why do some organisations continue to respond...
Talent, Culture and the Future of Work – The Defining Business Challenges of the Next Decade
When assessing the top risk issues organisations will face this year as well as over the next decade, one key theme stands out: People and culture are...
Talent Strategies Demand a New Normal
People and culture sit atop the list of key risk concerns of board members and executives worldwide looking out over the next 12 months as well as...
Supply Chain
Manufacturer Optimises Supply Chain Analytics With Azure Machine Learning
Global Manufacturer optimizes supply chain analytics with Microsoft Azure Machine Learning significantly improving its ability to adapt to rapid...
Procurement Transformation Fuels Supply Chain Resilience
Discover how procurement transformation fuels supply chain resilience. Learn the key steps to adapt procurement practices for a post-pandemic world.
Beyond the Buzzword: Making Supply Chain Agility a Reality
Supply chain agility is a strategic urgency and should be backed by formalised tools and processes.The big picture: A persistent focus on cost impedes...
Podcast | Procurement as a Service: Bringing Together Talent and Skills – with Chris Monk and Holly Lindstrom
In the wake of a world-changing pandemic and amid current uncertainties in the global economy, organisations have made, and are making, some...
