According to the Gartner View from the Board of Directors 2021 survey, 69% of board members want to accelerate digital...

Ira Winkler, chief information security officer with Skyline Technology Solutions in the US, recommends that CFOs consider ransomware prevention as...

Gartner predicts that 90% of large organizations globally will adopt Robotic process automation (RPA) in some form by 2022 and...

Gartner forecasts that global spending on security and risk management will exceed US$150 billion in 2021 adding cloud adoption and...

It is anticipated that the next decade’s finance's focus will be towards achieving even higher levels of effectiveness.

S&P Global noted $100 million of US M&A deals were terminated in 2020 because of COVID-19. Aris Wong cautions this...

Transformation will require an ecosystem of technologies, skills, and experiences to help the business meet its stated goals cost-effectively.

“The best-of-breed solution, like Esker’s, gives you a platform to allow AR and AP specialists to perform their jobs more...

Kim Yeoh, CFO for Sun Life Asia, explains that the role of the CFO is no longer just about accounting....

The CFO’s role remains unchanged. He or she will be involved in the financial aspects of any M&A activity, whether...

This Oracle NetSuite guide offers clear benefits to investing in financial management software earlier than might feel necessary.

This whitepaper offers a different perspective on how to deliver on that uniqueness businesses want to convey by internalising the...

Automation will give finance leaders deep insight into all their financial transactions which they currently cannot achieve especially where paper-based...

FutureCFO spoke to two CFOs on how women finance professionals are coping with the changes brought about by the COVID-19...

Proper tax management can lead to lower effective tax rates, better business decision-making, and greater accuracy in financial reporting.

A CFO cares about the data centre on several accounts: multi-year financial investment, compliance, operational efficiency, and impact to customers.

The pandemic has exposed gaps in the policies, the processes, the technologies that finance and accounting rely on. Technology and...

A FutureCFO-Workday roundtable discussed the rising value of data in the CFO organization, the humanization of the role, and how...

With an estimated U$17 Trillion marine-specific cross-border value of goods being traded, Incomlend CEO, Morgan Terigi, is confident there is...

CFOs recognise of the role of digital to redefine and transform finance, and the imperative to use the opportunity to...

Mark Velthuis, president for Asia-Pacific and Japan at Jedox, shares his observation to elevate planning & analysis beyond finance to...

A recent FutureCFO C-Engage vRoundtable examined the role of digitalization in addressing these challenges and gaps. Co-hosed by Kyriba, the...

IT vendors should not limit their discussions to the CIO because it is a technology project. CFOs have a say...

2021 is here. It is a new year presenting new opportunities. It is also likely that challenges from 2020 are...

We are winding down the year 2020. With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, the outlook while still grim remains hopeful...

In this episode of PodChats for FutureCFO, David Upton, Jedox's Director of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances APAC, shares his views...

Accounting is the language of business. So said Warren Buffet, billionaire, philanthropist, investor and business tycoon. He acknowledged having taken...

It has been nine months since a virus has been labelled COVID-19 and measures to stop the spread of the...

As finance undergoes adopts technologies like cloud, automation, machine learning, artificial intelligence, Terry Smagh, senior vice president & general manager,...

Before the COVID-19 outbreak, many finance functions across a range of organisations and sectors were already transforming or evaluating their...

Unlike a typical financial downturn, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic has been far more difficult to predict. The virus continues...

Finance is filled with numerous repetitive tasks (such as copying and pasting variables across spreadsheets), generating countless reports, and offering...

COVID-19 has raised the importance of having cost clarity and cash visibility. This paper offers some tips on how to...

The SAP Concur 2020 survey, Finance in the New World of Work, revealed gaps in organisations’ expense management, business travel,...

To describe the CFO’s role as a strategic advisory to the executive leadership and the Board is to oversimplify what...

Technology has become an important influence and enabler of business – no matter the size and industry. The challenge for...

We are already in the midst of a talent war. Spurred by changing market dynamics, adoption of automation, low-cost outsourcing...

In times of crisis, cash is king. IBM's Tony Lee discusses capital optimization as an everyday strategy that finance must...

Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz compared the CEO’s role of “owning the ground” versus the CFO’s role of “owning the map”,...

During the M&A process, it is always more about people than numbers. It is of the utmost importance to connect...

Writing about career prospects for 2020 seems out of place at a time when professionals are worried about their jobs...

Karthik Natarajan, regional CFO for P&G's AMA region shares his perspective on digital transformation, the evolving role of the CFO,...

Singapore is performing well with over four-in-five companies (83.2%) producing a form of integrated bottom-line, TBL report. However, much still...

As finance undergoes its own transformation and adopts technologies like cloud, automation, machine learning, and collaboration because of WFH, we...

The truth is talent is parity. The reality is that female CFOs outperform their male counterparts because they are held...

Data management failures have drawn regulatory and public scrutiny, leading to increased regulatory burdens and pressure on organisations and their...

The Robert Half report, Finance 2020 Closer than you think, paints a conundrum for those pursuing a career in finance....

“It’s not a backroom role anymore. It’s to drive confidence, attract capital, and put capital to best use. The new...

Grab and GO-JEK reinventing on-demand mobility to go beyond rides-haring for sustained profitability

CIOs concede that technology is mind-numbingly rapid and is coining new phrases. Your real concern lives elsewhere.

Spreadsheets have been around since 1969. Perhaps it is time to make way for new technology like AI or automation....

Underutilized shared services means 29% more service disruptions and 19% more customer complaints