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?
Technology has made auditing and reporting easier, but is Finance getting tripped up by a major bottleneck?
To operate effectively, stay compliant and keep trading partners content, your company needs a best-in-class invoice process.
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 […]
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 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 […]
Finance execs and investors may finally get a little bit of clarity from auditors — but that’s not necessarily good news.
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).
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) intended to improve financial reporting about leasing transactions.
Despite increased workloads and longer hours, accountants are as accurate as ever.
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
Fall is the crunch-time season for unclaimed property reporting and escheatment. The states with approaching deadlines are almost as numerous as the leaves falling this time of year. The majority of them are either October 31 or November 1. In fact, it’s simpler to tell you which states and U.S. territories don’t have an Oct. […]
Though the condition of the economy in 2013 is uncertain, accounting and finance employees can be assured of one thing:
When Finance rolls out a system conversion, the last thing it expects is a months-long fraud investigation!
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