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Data focus pushes finance professionals to continuously learn
Data is increasingly gaining in importance to understand and predict the business, particularly in retail industries. To keep up, finance professionals should learn continuously.How to unlock the creative talent within your finance team
A new study reveals that creativity can be developed and sustained in the most unexpected places.CFO’s advice: Learn auditing, young finance professional
Even in this era of rapid technological change, foundational accounting skills are still among the most important career advantages for finance professionals, according to one CFO.Sustainability reporting harmony boosted by SASB-IIRC merger
The merger of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and the International Integrated Reporting Council continues a global movement toward harmony in corporate reporting of sustainability and environmental, social and governance issues.FRC extends COVID-19 lease accounting relief
The Financial Reporting Council set out amendments to FRS 102 and FRS 105 relating to COVID-19-related rent concessions in the UK and Ireland.See the strategic big picture while managing complexity
A finance executive at Yelp shares why he’s passionate about career development, what he considers his top professional challenge, and more in this Q&A.Unilever Poland finance director: Fluid skillsets are key in 2021
Finance professionals need to adapt their skillsets to the market quickly, according to Unilever Poland AS finance director Magdalena Wereda-Kolasińska, FCMA, CGMA.What is a global minimum tax and what will it mean?
Finance ministers for the G7 reached an agreement on Saturday supporting a global minimum tax rate of at least 15%. Here’s how it would work and what might happen next.Modern farming: Coronavirus outbreak spurs high-tech greenhouse boom in China
China has moved to shorten its vegetable supply chains by using tech-enabled greenhouse complexes built in megacity outskirts.Rising optimism outweighs concerns about labour shortages, inflation
US finance decision-makers are mainly positive for the coming year for their businesses and the domestic economy, according to a quarterly survey.Pharma CFO zeros in on managing risk and dealing with uncertainty
To influence tomorrow’s business decisions, finance talent must have a broad set of skills to manage risk and deal with uncertainty, the CFO of J&J’s pharma research-and-development unit suggests.Carbon pricing gains traction, but not enough to hit climate goal
The latest World Bank report shows more than a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions are now covered by carbon pricing schemes. Accountants may have new tasks related to carbon trading.Global company tax could bring EU multi-billion-euro windfall
An independent report said the US-proposed minimum global effective tax rate of 15% would bring in an additional €50 billion of tax for the EU.Business transformation: capturing 6 components to make informed decisions
Starting with the end in mind and using a storyboard provides a framework for companies to make informed decisions throughout the change journey.IASB seeks views on proposed management commentary framework
The board’s framework aims to bring together in one place information for investors to assess companies’ long-term prospects.Ways to reimagine the way we work in the digital age
The pandemic accelerated digitisation, but it also spotlighted the importance of human strengths such as creativity and adaptability. Here are ways to further support those strengths in the workforce.Sea change: Global freight ramps up digitisation
Disruptions to global supply chains including the Suez blockage have accelerated digitisation of freight tracking on startup-developed platforms.Workforce engagement: FRC provides guidance for companies
Research for the UK Financial Reporting Council advises integrated, regular, and structured employee engagement, with a focus on substance rather than process.Highlighting chart data in Excel
A series approach can produce conditional formatting that changes dynamically.
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