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
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
Most businesses treat finance and Human Capital Management (HCM) as different domains, but this separation creates a lot of problems.
Combining finance and HCM into one system makes it easier to see the whole picture, make changes, and plan for growth.
Read the whitepaper to see eight detailed reasons why bringing...
Published: Mar 16, 2018
The potential of big data is nothing new to marketers. The realisation that ever-increasing amounts of customer generated information can have a massive and positive impact on marketing has now coalesced into the concept of the Single Customer View (SCV) and the vision that marketers can truly understand their customers...
Published: Nov 26, 2012
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
There are still many questions that persist to how digital media is changing our world, evidenced by the fact that increasing digital spend alone is no guarantee of success. The one certainty is that organisations need to stay ahead of the game.
Published: Apr 17, 2013
If you’ve followed the other three blog posts in this series (don’t worry, there won’t be a quiz), you’ll know I’ve discussed the various elements of financial transformation, why transformation hasn’t happened, transaction processing, and the importance of governance, regulation,...
Published: Feb 28, 2018
Like a stack of spreadsheets drifting in the wind, gone are the days of being constrained to an office environment.
Whether you’re a start-up or a seasoned business, in today’s uber-connected economy, your office is essentially wherever you are. Just five years ago, there were 8.7 billion
connected devices...
Published: May 09, 2018
The modern, interconnected business world demands a modern vision of what risk means.
Finance leaders must reckon with risk. And what this means today is very different from what it meant even a year ago. We know that risk is not what it once was—a manageable series of responses based largely on a limited set...
Published: Jun 02, 2017
Que faut-il faire pour développer une croissance rentable ? Les recherches de Chris Zook de Bain & Company révèlent que les entreprises prospères réalisent une croissance durable pour 3 raisons surprenantes.
Dans ce livre blanc, Chris Zook présente les causes de la...
Published: May 22, 2018
If you’ve found yourself sweating in a smoky billiard room, wondering about what role customer data should play in finance—as well as in your company’s long-term strategy—this eBook will help you hone your pool shark skills.
Inside, you’ll find insights about….
How to...
Published: Jun 02, 2017
Financial reporting, whether for internal or public consumption forms the bedrock of the finance function and is often the primary and most visible measure of the finance function’s professional competence and standing.
But new research “The Future of Financial Reporting Survey 2017” by the...
Published: Feb 05, 2018
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