CFO Talk: Data-Driven Decisions: Unlocking the Power of Analytics in FP&A Part 1 of 2

If you thought the wildest thing to happen to a finance department was a spreadsheet with color-coded tabs, think again. On the latest episode of CFO Talk: Data-Driven Decisions: Unlocking the Power of Analytics in FP&A” host Steve Rosvold and guests Brian Lapidus (Director of FP&A Practice at AFP) and Prashanth Southekal (Founder, DBP Institute) embark on a lively expedition into the jungle of digital transformation in finance.

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Don’t Miss the Danger Signs: How to Monitor Your Risk Controls

As advanced as an Internal Control Plan can be, it is not self-sustaining. Independent and/or ongoing evaluations are required to determine if each component is functioning effectively, and to allow deficiencies to be addressed in a timely manner.

Monitoring is the process of comparing what you would expect to what actually happens. Within the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) framework, that takes place in three stages:

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CFO Talk Transforming Financial Insights - Simplifying Data for Better Decisions with Gianluca Bisceglie

This episode of CFO Talk: “Transforming Financial Insights - Simplifying Data for Better Decisions” leverages the background - engineering, tech, and private equity - and expertise of Gianluca Bisceglie to overcome obstacles, like “data obesity”, to turn financial data into action oriented information and better decisions. Decisions that can be career-changing for finance professionals.

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