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Published: Jun 20, 2019
Did you know 35% of CFOs report they have little involvement or are barely involved in commercial decision-making? How effective is your business partnering?
FSN Publishing surveyed more than 660 global finance executives on their approach to business partnering. Read the report to see how you compare.
Published: Nov 13, 2019
Data wrangling is the process of cleaning and unifying messy and complex data sets for easy access and analysis.
With the amount of data and data sources rapidly growing and expanding, it is getting more and more essential for the large amounts of available data to be organized for analysis.
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Published: Nov 29, 2017
Over half of British businesses wait 60 days to receive money after sending an invoice to a customer or client.
We know you don’t want to be worrying about financial challenges like getting paid on time when you could be winning new clients and customers and growing your business. And, here’s the thing:...
Published: May 31, 2018
Many people are involved in the invoice process (not just AP!) and it can be hard to keep the ball rolling when there is confusion over who does what. Creating a policy for managing, storing and processing supplier invoices can ensure everyone is on the same page. That means your people spend less time on admin and your...
Published: Aug 31, 2017
When it comes to expenses, VAT, compliance and HMRC guidelines, it is not always clear what best-practice is or even what the rules truly mean...
Over the last few years, HMRC has become more focused on assisting businesses of all sizes to comply with HMRCpolicies and implement good governance when it comes to finances...
Published: Jan 07, 2016
Global economic growth forecasts have been revised downwards almost every year since the financial crisis, with a lack of growth engines, fiscally hampered governments, and the preceding overinvestment all playing a part in establishing this pattern. Despite the sluggish growth environment, global corporate failure rates...
Published: Jun 02, 2017
Fintech startups have led a wave of innovation in the financial sector in recent years. New companies, built on modern technologies, have quickly captured market share from older, more established businesses.
As investment in fintech startups continues to rise, competition is also increasing as companies expand into...
Published: May 31, 2019
As part of our efforts to follow the evolving finance technology landscape, we recently conducted a new survey asking finance teams and leaders which ERP and EPM cloud tools they’re using and which they’re planning to use.
We also asked about the benefits and motivations behind their decisions. We questioned...
Published: Sep 05, 2018
If technology is complicating your business, it can also simplify it.
That’s why businesses of all types and sizes have recognised that traditional accounting software and legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions are no longer adequate to keep up in today’s business world—much less tomorrow’s....
Published: Feb 12, 2018
Since the referendum in June 2016, the UK has been plunged into uncertainty. Uncertainty covered almost every aspect of UK life, from employment, holidays, farming and passports, there have been limited answers to what leaving the EU and post-Brexit Britain will look like.
While commentary and debate have been offered...
Published: May 04, 2017
A recent Sage report, surveying 3,000 small and medium businesses worldwide, revealed that an average of 120 working days per year are spent on administration.
Of the various types of administrative tasks, the biggest cost driver was found to be accounting, representing over 20% of administration time. It needn’t...
Published: May 09, 2018
Remember what life was like in the mid-1980s? Some of our more seasoned readers likely do. Just in case, here’s a quick flashback: The most popular movies were “Top Gun,” “Platoon,” and “Crocodile Dundee.” The Bangles, Culture Club, and The Pet Shop Boys topped the music charts....
Published: Feb 28, 2018
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) is extending its reach beyond the CFO’s office to automate five critical aspects across the modern enterprise: strategy, plans, budgets, performance, and forecasts.
If you’re ready to get more from your EPM investment, download IDC’s white paper, “Connecting...
Published: Jun 07, 2017