3 steps keep Finance out of a reporting bottleneck
Technology has made auditing and reporting easier, but is Finance getting tripped up by a major bottleneck?
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3 top invoice process challenges Finance can tackle today
To operate effectively, stay compliant and keep trading partners content, your company needs a best-in-class invoice process.
5 qualities every internal auditor needs – does yours have them?
It’s a mission-critical function in every company: the internal auditor. And whether you have a dedicated position or tap general finance staffers to do the review, you want to make sure you have the right person for the job. Heads up: That definition is changing. Many of your peers are looking for different skills these […]
6 new finance benchmarks help you keep pace
In grade school you may have been told “never mind what your neighbor is doing,” but smart finance pros know that keeping an eye on what their peers are doing is smart business.
Abiomed Appoints Robert L. Bowen as Chief Financial Officer
Abiomed Appoints Robert L. Bowen as Chief Financial Officer DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD), a leading provider of heart recovery products providing circulatory support to acute heart failure patients, announced today the appointment of Robert L. Bowen as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bowen brings more than 20 years of domestic and […]
Auditors get clearer, but mistakes won't go unnoticed
Finance execs and investors may finally get a little bit of clarity from auditors — but that’s not necessarily good news.
Auditors scrutinized by regulators when companies face fraud allegations
When financial fraud allegations arise at a public company, the firm that audits the financial statements of that company will often draw the attention of one or more of three very formidable entities: the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).
FASB issues new guidance on lease accounting
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) intended to improve financial reporting about leasing transactions.
Firms making fewest accounting mistakes since ’01: Are you keeping pace?
Despite increased workloads and longer hours, accountants are as accurate as ever.
Hall of Shame: 5 biggest math blunders
You’d think passing Math 101 would be a requirement to help run a major organization. That may not be the case once you take a gander at some of these gigantic math gaffes.
How to measure the true cost of paper checks in Accounts Payable
CFOs everywhere are looking for Accounts Payable (AP) to take on a more strategic role. However, in order to make this happen, finance pros need to find a way to take many of the repetitive, non-value-added tasks off AP’s plate. In this guest post, Brent Meyers, the vice president of national sales for Nvoicepay, explains just […]
How’d she do it? Small-biz finance exec steals $34 million
15-year veteran of the accounting department, served as VP of Finance … all while embezzling more than half the small company’s pre-tax profits! It can happen.
Monitoring your firm’s energy spend: It’s worth the time and effort
By obtaining better intelligence on energy consumption spending, CFOs can deliver a multitude of benefits to finance, and the business at large, writes guest poster Sanjoy Malik.
Now’s a great time to be working in finance and accounting
Though the condition of the economy in 2013 is uncertain, accounting and finance employees can be assured of one thing:
One firm’s accounting software conversion horror story: What went wrong
When Finance rolls out a system conversion, the last thing it expects is a months-long fraud investigation!
PCAOB gives guidance to audit committees on inspections
If your audit committee could use some guidance when it comes to inspections from audit firms and getting information about your inspection, you’re in luck.
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