Planning and budgeting are vital to smart, fact-based business decision-making, but many finance teams are mired in timeconsuming, inefficient processes, using basic tools that deliver questionable results.
For midmarket organizations experiencing or aiming for high growth, inadequate planning and budgeting processes...
Published: Apr 03, 2019
Going global: Overcoming new challenges in new territories.
Once a business has experienced success at home and begun to build a loyal customer base there, international expansion is often seen as the logical next step.
But international expansion comes with some very specific challenges, and...
Published: Apr 03, 2019
Bringing finance closer to the rest of the business is an enticing prospect. But enabling accountants to serve as advocates for other departments is much more than just a relocation task.
This latest NetSuite guide helps finance leaders in a growing business discuss business partnering: the whys and the hows.
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Published: Apr 03, 2019
Managing your company’s financials is the backbone of your business and is vital to the long-term health and viability of your company. Yet attention to your bottom line often takes a back seat during times of increasing revenues and growth. To continue applying the necessary financial rigor to support rapid growth,...
Published: Apr 03, 2019
Businesses are busy growing right now, and they’re more optimistic than they’ve been in the past 35 years, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). Job creation, expansion plans and increased compensation all hit record high levels in October 2018.
If your company isn’t...
Published: Apr 03, 2019
The modern CFO needs to keep up with change—also known as becoming a “strategic business partner”—while still delivering on core accountabilities. But sometimes, it’s tough to focus on becoming a strategic business partner while still doing all this other stuff.
CFOs can cope by creating...
Published: Apr 03, 2019
The pressure on companies to accelerate their processes to keep pace with the increasing speed of business is constant. Falling behind on the technology curve is a disadvantageous position to be in, especially as new technologies proliferate. Cloud technology is a prime example of this, and as Aberdeen research has shown,...
Published: Apr 23, 2019
What kind of information does an organization’s employees need in order to perform their jobs to the best of their ability? Generally speaking, executives and managers are looking to gather strategic information, analyze it, temper it with their own knowledge, and then make what are often wide-reaching decisions....
Published: Apr 23, 2019
"Activate your fans, don’t just collect them like baseball cards.” Are you empowering your consumers through social media?
The following articles will help pinpoint areas of success, while highlighting trends in how social selling is evolving and tips to ensure you go along the right path to benefit...
Published: Feb 11, 2016
Are you a finance leader looking to get on track with digitisation? With insight from over 650 global finance leaders, this report examines the top priorities for financial transformation and provides a valuable road map for successfully redefining the finance function. Download the report now.
Published: Apr 24, 2019
One of the top challenges facing sales as a profession is a lack of standard terminology. Common terms such as “close rate” and “preferred supplier” can have numerous definitions. How you ensure sales process consistency across teams, across divisions, and ultimately against other organisations...
Published: Feb 11, 2016
For HR professionals, the need to be flexible in the face of change is constant. From budget constraints to the latest data security protocols and increasing regulatory compliance demands, there’s a lot to keep up with. Juggling so many competing priorities can make it difficult to know where you should spend your...
Published: Feb 09, 2016
If you’ve ever sat through a meeting and felt it was an utter waste of your time, this guide is for you.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s a quick catch-up with a colleague or a regular team get-together: a meeting should be an organised gathering of the right people to serve a...
Published: Sep 07, 2016
In some kinds of more traditional businesses the finance department tends to swallow as much data as is thrown at it but only outputs small, measured and curated amounts of insights periodically: “Here’s revenue vs target in the last quarter”.
These are undoubtedly essential for proper business management,...
Published: Aug 30, 2018