Finance leaders can play a key role in helping their companies “commercialise innovation”, according to new research from CIMA and the AICPA.
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The modern finance function partners with the business, requiring fully integrated web-based core systems, analytics, collaboration and mobility.
Software giant Microsoft has appointed 41-year-old Amy Hood as its new CFO.
A former executive at Jigsaw and Kew is suing the upmarket clothing group for discrimination, claiming she was barred from becoming CFO position due to her pregnancy.
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The evolving role of the finance function means that managers need to be more strategic, technologically astute and data-focused as they go about their work.
A study into finance leaders’ attitudes to their company’s data has revealed that one in five are actually assigning a line on the balance sheet for data, assigning a value to it and managing it as
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Chief financial officers want to work more closely with other departments to help improve their company’s performance but poor-quality financial data from IT systems is hindering corporate team
Business leaders increasingly require support from IT if they are to meet their strategic objectives, explains Nigel Taylor from e-commer
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Employers are investing more in finance talent as the demand increases for CFOs and FDs to step up as business partners.
