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A survey highlights cyberrisk as the top concern among financial professionals, emphasizing the importance of robust cybersecurity measures.
02/04/2020
Nonfinancial companies must determine which transactions the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) standard will affect—whether as lenders or borrowers.
02/04/2020
FinNext 2020 will feature a look at Nucor's multi-phase journey for deploying a robust enterprise performance management (EPM) platform.
01/30/2020
When crafting policies, one of the biggest challenges that treasury teams face is trying to determine how much needs to be ironed out at the start.
01/28/2020
The current era of digital finance requires human and artificial intelligence to work hand-in-hand to achieve better analytical results.
01/28/2020
In fourth quarter 2019, U.S. businesses built cash and short-term investment holdings at a rapid pace, according to the AFP Corporate Cash Indicators®, (CCI) .
01/28/2020
Explore the importance of good timing in various aspects of life, as highlighted by bestselling author Daniel Pink in his keynote at FinNext 2020.
01/21/2020
The 2019 AFP Project Investment Decisions Survey reveals that corporate finance is shortening the timeframe and decision criteria of analysis, but calculating the hurdle rate remains unchanged.
01/21/2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) has incredible potential to improve many processes within treasury and finance, but it has yet to catch on.
01/21/2020
FinNext 2020 speaker Geetanjali Tandon, Finance Director for Bayer Crop Science, discusses her career as an FP&A professional, and FP&A’s role in an organization’s strategy.
01/07/2020
Alongside considering faster payments’ impact, companies may want to start taking initial implementation steps.
01/07/2020
In order for any corporate to successfully pursue its strategic objectives, it must be sufficiently funded. This requires implementing a strong funding strategy.
01/07/2020
Aurora Gregory provides five best practices you can use to ensure that your AFP 2020 session proposal is conference-ready.
12/13/2019
The prospect of adopting real-time payments is alluring. However, many treasury departments are still on the fence due to several key issues.
12/13/2019
Explore the numerous treasury use cases for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) and their potential for enhancing financial operations.
11/22/2019
FP&A leadership needs to make the investment to create a business-partnering organization that is designed to succeed.
11/19/2019
Acquisition financing can be one of the most challenging aspects of treasury’s role—but it is also one of the most rewarding.
11/19/2019
Energy producers typically get paid more than 30 days after supplying electricity. Blockchain technology can change that.
11/12/2019
Life experiences provide unique opportunities for finance professionals to improve their financial analysis skills.
11/12/2019
For FP&A to interact and contribute to the company, its systems and data need to interact as well. Any new system must be successfully integrated into current processes.
11/05/2019
During Monday’s AFP 2019 FP&A Roundtable on M&A, there was no discussion of modeling economic benefits and strategic rationale. Instead, four themes came through clearly.
10/22/2019
Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts opened AFP 2019 with a powerful message of perseverance.
10/21/2019
Robotic process automation (RPA) is ideal for treasury and finance, in that it can streamline many repetitive, manual processes.
10/15/2019
Introducing a roadmap that provides a way to act upon your view of a digitally enabled finance organization, along the parameters of people, process and technology.
10/11/2019
The new FP&A guide focuses on the planning and reporting system, which is foundational to FP&A’s mission of supporting business decisions.
09/24/2019
The process for creating a rolling forecast takes practice and sufficient time to complete. By utilizing eight key steps, companies can build rolling forecasts more effectively.
09/20/2019
How should FP&A organizations measure their effectiveness, and what does an effective measurement system look like for an FP&A team or department?
09/16/2019
Check usage continues to decline for B2B transactions, falling to an all-time low of 42 percent, according to the 2019 AFP Electronic Payments Survey, underwritten by J.P. Morgan.
09/10/2019
Receivables are the lifeblood of a company. A comprehensive receivables risk assessment is incomplete without three key elements.
08/19/2019
It may be difficult for treasury to shed old, manual practices in favor of utilizing its TMS to its full potential. But doing so can result in huge benefits.
08/15/2019
AFP 2019 speaker Mike Powers of Abt Associates Inc., explains why FP&A is the lever that the CFO office has to drive change and help manage the business.
08/13/2019
Stay updated on the Federal Reserve's efforts to develop a real-time payment and settlement service, known as the FedNow℠ Service, and learn how corporate treasurers can provide input.
08/06/2019
Gain insights from Fareed Zakaria of CNN Worldwide as he discusses the political risks of today and their historical parallels in a conversation with AFP at AFP 2019.
08/05/2019
Learn about the transformation of finance departments into strategic advisors and the shift from spreadsheets to modern business planning.
07/31/2019
Evaluate the pros and cons of transitioning from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), as explained by Jennifer Earyes from Navient.
07/23/2019
Discover the common practices employed by highly effective FP&A teams to provide forward-looking analyses and reporting that drive business results.
07/23/2019
David Gold of Royal Dutch Shell discusses his organization’s decision to move high-level FP&A analyses to shared service centers.
07/16/2019
Many treasury professionals miss out on a lot of the functionality that their treasury systems offer because they tend to have a narrow focus during implementation.
07/15/2019
Learn how FP&A teams can enhance their business partnering skills and build collaborative relationships through trust and effective communication.
06/25/2019
There is a mismatch between formal education and the role of the FP&A professional. As a result, FP&A as a whole has become increasingly difficult to define.
06/25/2019