17 reasons you need women managers on your finance team
If at least some of the people leading your accounting and finance teams aren’t women, you’re missing a major opportunity.
If at least some of the people leading your accounting and finance teams aren’t women, you’re missing a major opportunity.
If you’re looking for a few good Finance pros to beef up your ranks, you aren’t alone. Nearly two-thirds of businesses plan to add new positions to their rosters in the first half of 2022 – and hiring Finance staffers is a top priority. This data comes from Robert Half, which surveyed over 2,300 senior […]
If you’re like a lot of companies, your most recent audits of productivity and process efficiency may have shown signs that your Finance staffers are under increased pressure to handle more tasks in less time – and with fewer resources – as you set goals for higher company revenues. Besides automating A/P, A/R, payroll and […]
No matter how many hours you put in, a CFO’s to-do list can feel never-ending. That makes time management an essential skill.
You and your team know firsthand just how stressful year-end can be overall. And with lingering anxiety from the pandemic, it may be harder for your people this year. Try three proven strategies to make year-end as trouble-free as possible. These tactics come straight from other Finance pros who’ve been in the same situation. End-of-year […]
Too many add-ons in an increasingly digital work environment can become overwhelming for some employees, leading to tech overload. A survey by contextual mobility management solution company TRUCE Software found: Almost a quarter (23.9%) of workers are concerned that they always need to be connected 7% are concerned about needing to learn new systems or […]
Conflict can happen in all corners of the workplace – even in Finance. Tension can occur between co-workers for a variety of reasons, such as clashing work styles. Then, there are disagreements that can arise between workers and supervisors because they have different perspectives on policies or how a job should be performed. While it’s […]
Your A/P staffers are experts at managing your organization’s payments. However, their work also makes the company vulnerable to business email compromise attacks, which are getting harder to detect. In fact, there were nearly 20,000 reported incidents of business email compromise scams in 2021 – with adjusted losses at nearly $2.4 billion, according to the […]
Cooler temperatures and falling leaves are signs that the countdown to year-end is on for your Finance team. The transition from thinking about vacation getaways to tax filing deadlines will happen slower for some. But if you start noticing a drop in productivity or a dip in enthusiasm from your people, it may be time […]
It’s up to A/P to double-check vendor contract terms to make sure everyone’s sticking to them, as well as to handle the renegotiation of contracts. In order to be able to easily access contract documents, and not waste time hunting down misplaced pages or sections, strong contract organization is essential. Digital, secure, trackable vendor contracts […]
Business email compromise scams are still a costly force to be reckoned with. And your Finance team can’t afford to let its guard down. For example, First Citizens Community Bank, which has locations in Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania, recently issued a press release warning its business customers about a new rising wave of email […]
It’ll cost more in 2023 if you don’t display the required workplace posters. To complicate matters, electronic postings may be allowed, or even required. Back before the rise of remote and hybrid workforces, the Department of Labor (DOL) released guidance on electronic postings. That was Field Assistance Bulletin 2019-3. Making a digital poster available in […]
With a plethora of critical data at its disposal, your finance department is in a great position to benchmark its operations.
As CFO, you know your relationships with important trading partners can have a huge impact on your business’s success.
The impact of continuing business disruptions related to COVID, the war in Ukraine and inflation have demonstrated that traditional budgeting and forecasting processes that can’t handle rapid changes are actually harmful to the bottom line. According to the experts at Gartner, making quick-fix moves such as delaying hiring, cutting marketing spend and freezing T&E may […]
IRS would like you and your finance team to bump “Create more secure passwords” to the top of your priority list for 2020. The Taxman recently released new advice in honor of National Tax Security Awareness Week. And it has some very specific guidelines when it comes to passwords. Here’s what IRS expects of you […]
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