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- The Tragedy of the CFO Staying in Their Own Lane
- 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Arun Marar
- 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Full Production
- Decoding Working Capital: An Overlooked Factor in M&A Transactions
- For CFO.University Members
- CFO Talk: The CFO Pricing Pyramid with Anne Warren
- CFO Talk: The 8 Superpowers CFOs Use to Scale - with Michelle Kvello
- 3 Myths about Data Quality
- Finance Innovation and Excellence Part IV
- Finance Innovation and Excellence Part III
- Introducing Otto the Audit Bot
- Finance Innovation and Excellence Part II
- Finance Innovation and Excellence Part I
- Unveiling the Hidden ROI
- CFO Talk: Pricing Excellence and the CFO with Lynn Guinn
- CFO Talk: The CFO and Finance Transformation with Vineet Jain
- Prepare to be the best CFO you can be.
- Embracing AI in Finance and Accounting: Balancing Risk and Innovation
- Data Centered KPIs for Operations, Finance, and HR
- 5 Essential Financial KPIs Every Finance Leader Should Track
- Spreadsheets – The Good The Bad And The Ugly
- Perfecting Finance Operations through Recs and Retrieval
- CFO TALK - The Role of Finance in Pricing with Paul Barnhurst
- Automation: A Key Step in Real-Time Data Analysis
- What Type of Variance Analysis Creates the Most Potential for Insights
- Supply Chain Management: Corporate Vision: Part IV – The 6 Key Elements of an Integrated Supply Chain
- Supply Chain Management: Corporate Vision: Part III – Supply Chain Integration and Decision Making
- Supply Chain Management: Corporate Vision: Part II – Supply Chain Management Today
- Supply Chain Management: Corporate Vision: Part I – SCM, VCM and EPM defined
- CFO TALK - The Evolution of the Finance Business Partner - Anders Liu-Lindberg
- CFO TALK - AVM & Enterprise Performance Management with Brian Higgins
- CFO TALK - The Analytics Business Partner - with Jesper Hybholt Sorensen
- Intelligent Finance Operations – How Finance Observability is Shaping the FinOps of Tomorrow
- Decision Science for Improved Business Results January 26, 2023
- The CFO and Sustainable Finance Part IV
- The CFO and Sustainable Finance Part III
- Taming Your Dragon – Solving the Challenges Faced by Today’s CFOs
- The CFO and Sustainable Finance Part II
- For Finance Professionals: Impact = Acumen
- The CFO and Sustainable Finance Part I
- One of the Defining Attributes of a Successful CFO: Finance
- CFO Talk: Finance and the Supply Chain with Bram Desmet
- The CFO’s Fight For and Against Inflation
- The Role of Finance in Pricing
- The Evolution of the Chief Financial Officer
- The Digitization of the Finance Function
- CFO Talk: People Focused Finance with Kevyn Rustici
- Leadership Tops the List
- How Do Consultants Charge for Their Services?
- CFOs can be an Agent for Change in the Supply Chain
- Step up your FP&A game with rolling forecasts
- 4 Steps to Improve Your Business Reporting Process
- It is Possible to do More with Less and Create Greater Value
- 3 Lean Lessons for CFOs
- 2 Keys to Inventory Management - You CAN Be Empty But DON’T Be Late
- How to Jump-Start Improvement
- 4 Vendor Pricing Improvement Strategies
- Beyond Part Price: The Big Picture and Total Cost of Ownership
- 5 Ways Finance & Accounting Make a Difference
- 3 Way Thinking For The Finance Professional And Its Role In Creating Value
- Three Pricing Issues for CFOs to Watch Out For
- The 3 Disciplines You Need To Become A Fantastic Finance Professional
- Pricing and the P&L – Gross Margin, Variable Costs and Overheads
- Pricing – Keep it Simple, Fair While Maximizing CLV
- Pricing: Flat Rates vs. Hourly Rates: Which One Should You Use?
- The Role of the CFO in Pricing
- The ABCs of Rolling Equity: A Story of Chips and Apples
- The State of Finance Transformation
- CFO Talk: Andrew Codd on Leading a Data Analytics Team
- The Importance of Planning and Forecasting in Business Intelligence
- What is the difference between CAPM and WACC?
- Financial Management for Business Exit Strategies
- The Digital CFO Skill Shift – Evolution of the CFO Suite
- Why Finance Transformation Should Start With a Fast and Efficient Financial Close
- Why There Has Never Been a Better Time to Embrace Digital Finance
- CFO Talk: Data Analytics for Finance Leaders with Prashanth Southekal
- The Temperature of Finance 2020
- Closing the Books in a Work from Home Environment.
- What is meaning of a bell curve in a performance appraisal?
- Finding and Maximizing the True Value of Intellectual Property.
- What Is the Difference Between WACC and IRR?
- 5 Ways to Step Up Your Analytics Game
- Sales Analysis: The Incredible Opportunity For Finance!
- 7 Challenges Finance Teams Face with 7 Solutions to Overcome Them
- FP&A Leaders: If You Aren’t Investing in Technology, How is Your Business Being Impacted?
- Little’s Law (LL)
- Jevons Paradox (JP)
- Top Priorities for Senior Financial Officers
- The Data Gap
- A Story of Financial Transformation
- From Average to World Class – Assessing the Journey towards World Class Finance Part IV
- From Average to World Class – The start button, Mindset Part III
- From Average to World Class – Roadmap to Analytics Culture Part II
- From Average to World Class – Next Generation Finance Part I
- Is CFO.University a Fit for Me? - (01:48)
- The Challenge a Consultant Has Building the Team - (01:21)
- Get Help Marketing to Enhance your Growth - (01:46)
- The Importance of Building Your Network and Finding Your Niche - (01:09)
- Professional Development Tool: The CFO Readiness Assessment
- The Roots of CFO.University - (03:39)
Business Planning
- Putting the Information and the Plan Into Action: Execution Stage
- Driving Your Strategy Through Data and Planning
- Preparing A Strategic Plan – Kicking Off Your Planning Process
- Struggling? Here’s What Should Be in Your Plan
- 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Tobias Zwingmann
- CFO Success Series: For Best Results, Business Development Should Be Symmetrical
- Facing Business Challenges? Recover In 3 Steps!
- 7 Reasons to Have a Valuation Done on Your Business
- Supply Chain Management: Corporate Vision: Part IV – The 6 Key Elements of an Integrated Supply Chain
- Supply Chain Management: Corporate Vision: Part III – Supply Chain Integration and Decision Making
- Supply Chain Management: Corporate Vision: Part II – Supply Chain Management Today
- Supply Chain Management: Corporate Vision: Part I – SCM, VCM and EPM defined
- CFO Talk: Finance and the Supply Chain with Bram Desmet
- What Area of the Cash Flow Statement is Top of Mind for You in 2022?
- What Area of the Income Statement is Top of Mind for You in 2022?
- Boost Your Career By Solving This Problem For Your CEO
- Abbreviated Earnings Pro Forma for a PS Firm
- CFOs can be an Agent for Change in the Supply Chain
- Selling to a SPAC. A primer for CFOs.
- The Importance of Planning and Forecasting in Business Intelligence
- CFO Talk: Strategic Cost Control Without Killing Business Initiatives and Operations with Anand Soni
- Is AI the Future for Spreadsheets?
- Nonfinancial Performance Measures – Why They Matter.
- The Planning Trap
- Cash Velocity Calculator
- Short Form AFT (Accounting, Finance, Treasury) Assessment
- Persist or Pivot? 8 Questions to Determine How to Move Your Plan Forward
- Now You Wish You Were Beyond Your Budget
- 3 Reasons Your Budget Is Already Outdated
- Don’t Tell Me, You’re Still Doing Budgets?
- Going Beyond Budgeting? Then Read This!
- Are GPOs the right option for you?
- Are Your Metrics Crippling You?
- Recover $100K Every Year from Your Supplier Spending
- Stop Using Lean to Cut Costs
- Who Should Attend Your Next Budget Meeting?
- The Three-Step Process that Ensures You’re on Track
- The Building Blocks of a Sound Business Plan Start at the Top
- How Any Business – Small to Large – Can Develop A Sound Financial Plan
- Get Your Budget Right (the First Time)
Financial Forecasting
- The Tragedy of the CFO Staying in Their Own Lane
- Building a Dynamic Financial Forecast for Your Business
- The 5 Pillars of Data Visualization
- Transform Your Business with High-Impact Budgeting and Forecasting Processes: A Practical Guide.
- The Importance of Budgeting and Forecasting: How Combining Both Can Drive Business Success
- What Type of Variance Analysis Creates the Most Potential for Insights
- CFO Talk: Analytics Based EPM with Gary Cokins
- Step up your FP&A game with rolling forecasts
- 4 Steps to Improve Your Business Reporting Process
- Be Agile and Responsive: Implement A Rolling Forecast
- The Importance of Planning and Forecasting in Business Intelligence
- CFO Talk: How CFOs Should be Preparing Their Business to Take Full Advantage of Modeling: An Interview with Lance Rubin and Giles Male
- CFO Talk: Modeling Demand Beyond the Simple Financial Model: An Interview with Lance Rubin and Giles Male
- CFO Talk: What Skills Should CFOs be Developing on the Modeling Teams?: An Interview with Lance Rubin and Giles Male
- CFO Talk: How is Modeling Changing and Why Should CFOs Care?: An Interview with Lance Rubin and Giles Male
- CFO Talk: How CFOs are Using Models to Create Value: An Interview with Lance Rubin and Giles Male
- CFO Talk: The CFOs Guide to Financial Modeling/Modeling in a Crisis
- The Data Gap
- Is AI the Future for Spreadsheets?
- Finance Transformation: How Cloud Solutions Can Be A Catalyst For Process Improvement As Well As A Driver Of Business Transformation.
- Modern business planning is now a strategic advantage
- 3 driver-based budgeting tips for CFOs
- Financial Planning and Analysis Leaders are Failing to Deliver Higher Strategic Value
- How do forecasts differ from budgets?
- Always Be Prepared: Your Business Needs a Sensitivity Analysis - Now
- Time Is Of The Essence: Financial Forecasting To Make Better Decisions
Investment Analysis
- CFO Talk: Human Capital and Its impact on Business Valuation - Transcript
- What Every Buyer and Seller Should Know
- When Searching for Merger Candidates - Substitutes and Complements Make All the Difference
- How to Make Your Business Attractive to a Buyer
- CFO Talk: Andrew Codd on Leading a Data Analytics Team
- Selling to a SPAC. A primer for CFOs.
- Can your business grow too fast?
- COVID’s Impact on Private Company Valuations
- Finding and Maximizing the True Value of Intellectual Property.
- Why Should M&A and Private Equity Matter to You? More on Breakfast with PitchBook.
- Breakfast with PitchBook – Recap of 2019 and Predictions for 2020
- Is EBITDA The Silver Bullet of Business Valuation?
- The Value Of A Brand
- In The Shark Tank It’s All About Valuation
- Thinking About Selling Your Company? Here Are 5 Things You Need And 1 You Don’t (Surprisingly)
- What Is My Business Worth? Practical tips for CFOs
- CFOs & Supply Chain Success: Five Steps to Delivering Success with CFO Involvement
- The Data Gap
- “What is the value of our company’s reputation?” – Con’t
- Of Course, Enterprise Value = EBITDA x the Multiple… Uh, So What’s the Multiple?
- Capital Investment Analysis and Request Form
- Grow your business with investments in sales or marketing?
- Actively Managing the Pre-Acquisition Process in a Private Equity Transaction - Part I
- Valuations in Small Business Transitions
- Case Study for Investment Analysis: Plant Expansion
- Someone Wants To Buy Your Business - What To Do And What Not To Do.
- It’s about trust: why you should invest in a Quality of Earnings Report
- M&A 101: The difference between mergers and acquisitions
- M&A 101: What investment bankers do in mergers and acquisitions
- M&A 101: What antitrust law means for mergers and acquisitions
- M&A 101: The role of due diligence in mergers and acquisitions
- Technology Investment Strategies for Business Success
- Some Say LOI’s Aren’t Worth the Paper They’re Printed On. We Disagree.
- What the heck is adjusted EBITDA and why is it so darn important?
- Human Resource Department Return on Investment Model
- Business Valuations Help Owners Grow and Protect Value
- Is Your Resource Allocation Destroying Value?
- How to Ration Capital in an Idea Rich Environment
- Three Key Actions to Successfully Integrating IT in an Acquisition
- Position Yourself for a Profitable Exit When Selling Your Business
- Finding and Maximizing the True Value of Intellectual Property
- Without Change, the M&A Boom Will Stunt Economic Growth
- Planning for a Major Expansion? Here’s What You Need to Know
- A Letter to Our Youngest Daughter - The Value of a Cup of Coffee
