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Top line growth has been the elephant in the room throughout 2023. Four quarters of dialog with hundreds of CFOs and finance executives at The CFO Alliance Roundtables has underscored waning confidence in meeting revenue goals. The Mid-2023 CFO Checkpoint Report (download here) signaled that for many enterprises missing revenue targets was apparent from very early into the year. Now, on the eve of ...

The times. They are . . . changed. As social aspects of cultures have evolved, the nature of work and workplaces have undergone change in lockstep on a parallel track. The speed of change has felt near ballistic. Catalytic events like the COVID pandemic and fears of AI’s cannibalistic potential have simply compounded employee sentiments about work and leadership that have been brewing for years. A ...

The 4th Quarter has always been a misnomer in practical terms for CFOs. The short planning runway for the year ahead makes any Q4, in totality, feel more like New Year's Eve. Certainly not the celebratory side of it but the side that says, “Here’s hoping we’ve got next year planned right.” As CFOs button up the last cycle of puts and takes on their budgets, credit the revelations and experiences ...

To launch The CFO Alliance Q4 2023 Roundtable Series, CFO Alliance founder Nick Araco and First Water Finance CEO Ben Lehrer hosted Ranga Bodla of Oracle NetSuite for an interactive discussion with CFO Alliance members on the state of AI adoption in the finance function. The virtual roundtable event serves as the kickoff for quarterly events held around the country, spurring the dialogue that ...

Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are closely related fields, but they have distinct differences. In accounting and finance: Machine Learning typically involves the use of algorithms that allow systems to learn from data and make predictions or decisions without being explicitly programmed. For accounting and finance, ML can be used for tasks like fraud detection, risk ...

A trove of research studies tracking employee sentiment over the last two years indicates that leaders intending to build and retain talented workforces will face challenges of a higher order well into the future. While organizations are seeing many of the traditional employee-employer-manager issues play out, new employee motivation and satisfaction criteria have emerged. And besides more ...

Expert Insight Series: Optimizing Financing Heading Into 2024 In October, The CFO Alliance welcomed Chris Vargo and Bryan Flory of PNC Bank to its monthly member "Expert Insights Series" event. Hosted by CFO Alliance founder Nick Araco and First Water Finance CEO Ben Lehrer, the group engaged in an interactive discussion highlighting current market trends and a look inside the decision-making ...

The CFO Alliance can help CFOs parse out the buzz from the meaningful substance of AI. Following on from the hot topics discussed during the Quarterly Roundtable Series in 2023 to date, AI will be front and center on the Q4 Roundtable agenda. "AI, Outsource, or Status Quo: Navigating ERP Impact - How AI Applications and New Labor Models Impact Various ERP Systems, Finance Functions, and What CFOs ...

The CFO Alliance has meticulously selected these partners to support you as finance leaders in becoming the value-driven business leaders that you truly are. Our partners exclusively come to us through referrals from our members, ensuring they are regarded as top-tier, providing valuable business advice, and offering our members exclusive pricing options. Our partners are: AchieveNEXT, Eide Bailly ...

When the “next new tech thing” arrives, the world tends to bifurcate into two main camps. Each digs a trench and rationalizes their positions – at least initially. • The first-mover, early adopter camp sees an oncoming bullet-train that they must jump on before they get left behind. • The show-me, borderline-cynical camp dismisses shiny objects and plows forward into their version of conventional ...