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To quote a very old phrase, it’s a brand-new world out there, and the financial options that will effectively impact management decisions have more variations than ever before — new financial products, new technology, risk management options, government regulations, global economic challenges, and more. All this requires that the financial executive keep constantly learning and growing in awareness of the nuances of all the financial tools available to a business today. Continue Reading

The process can be made faster and easier by performing pre-close activities throughout the year in the run-up to the annual close. Continue Reading

On Friday, FASB issued two new Accounting Standards Updates (ASU) that delay many of the effective dates for new standards on leases, hedging, current expected credit losses (CECL), and long-duration insurance contracts. Continue Reading

New threats such as spear phishing, ransomware, data breaches, and identity theft represent key threats to organizations which should be part of your internal control structure. Continue Reading

This week's topic: How often should we evaluate an employee's performance? Continue Reading

Developing and demonstrating strategic thinking skills are very different challenges. Continue Reading

To increase profit, most CFOs focus on cutting cost. Learning how to avoid pricing mistakes could be a far more effective path to improving the bottom line. Continue Reading

Quite naturally, many organizations over-rate the quality of their enterprise and corporate performance management (EPM/CPM) practices and systems. In reality they lack comprehensiveness and integration. Continue Reading

With experts predicting that the next recession will begin in 2020 or 2021, CPA firms would be wise to prepare for an economic downturn. A key risk management technique is to provide good client service and communications that help clients better understand and reduce their exposures to fraud. Continue Reading

The very first question most people ask about blockchain is “What is it?” I like to reply with the answer “The digitization of trust and truth.” Continue Reading