A sound financial plan is the vehilce which clearly states strategic business objectives in financial terms. A well-prepared budget forms the foundation for decision-making throughout the fiscal year.
However it is the forecast which allows the business to adjust future expectations based on recent...
Published: Oct 14, 2019
Business agility is now a determining factor for success in today’s data-driven, fast-paced world. To think fast and move first, companies must embrace a new model or risk being left behind. Plan to Win reflects the collected experience and wisdom gained from working with thousands of companies, the insights of CFOs...
Published: Oct 14, 2019
As the top guns of finance, CFOs are chartered with piloting their organizations to new heights, successfully anticipating and navigating turbulent economic times. Yet, as the pace of business accelerates, many CFOs report they are feeling a need…a need for more speed.
77% of CFOs admit that major business...
Published: Oct 14, 2019
As modern CFOs move beyond accounting to become business performance leaders, the awareness of missed opportunities caused by static planning processes has escalated. CFOs who fail to guide their companies with active planning processes are seeing negative impacts on their organizations’ ability to capture profit...
Published: Oct 14, 2019
‘Number crunching’ has become just a single thread of the growing number of qualities that FDs need to possess. The role of the FD has taken on many different angles encompassing a variety of roles and responsibilities in addition to their standard day to day activities. We are seeing a new breed of proactive,...
Published: Jan 30, 2013
The cloud has opened up a world of possibilities; from the way we access our photos and music, to new ways of doing business and communicating. Today, over four in five UK organisations have formally adopted at least one cloud service. In order to offer an explanation about what cloud or cloud computing is, we first...
Published: Feb 18, 2016
In today’s demanding regulatory environment, effective compliance risk management is a smart – indeed, and essential – business investment. At the same time, no company wants to spend more time, effort, or money on compliance than it “needs” to. How can leaders determine the company’s...
Published: Nov 01, 2013
The trends shaping the future of work are exciting and inspiring. The always-connected, social-savvy, app-happy, smartphone-dependent, experienced millennial workforce is here today, and it is driving the future of the workplace. Successful business leaders educate themselves about these trends, embrace them, and bring...
Published: Jul 01, 2015
A cloud-based system for finance frees your finance team to do more than manage controls and transactions. But choosing a system that supports your goals today and into the future, while helping your finance team act strategically, can be difficult.
Read the whitepaper to learn what to look for when evaluating a cloud-based...
Published: Jan 23, 2018
With Millennials expected to account for 75% of the workforce by 20301, it’s critical that distributors are prepared to succeed with this generation. As the most technologically adept generation in history, your strategies and tactics will need to change to be successful.
Download a copy of this checklist to...
Published: Jun 08, 2017
Streamlining your payroll processes can save you hours every month. Read this useful guide to find out how to make sure your payroll is working in the best way for you.
Published: Jul 05, 2014
It’s easy to see why businesses are so effusive about the cloud. The scalability, immediacy, and accessibility of the cloud removes many of the barriers to enterprise deployment, enabling businesses to distribute ERP capability wherever it is needed and engage with larger populations of users, which in turn drives...
Published: Feb 25, 2016
The maker movement is the term used to describe the growing number of companies that are making products, from food to fashion, homewares and gifts/accessories, using specialist kit and requiring dedicated space and support.
This brief report, looks at the key requirements of what is a sector...
Published: May 11, 2016
How does your business manage travel, expense and invoice processes today? Do you have total visibility into this spend? We asked 500 UK finance leaders from businesses of all sizes about their employee spend management practices. The research revealed that despite some process improvements, there are still a number of...
Published: Nov 01, 2017