Finance and treasury

Leading on finance at the Royal Ballet

The Royal Ballet’s administrative director, Heather Baxter, describes the company’s complex multi-season budgeting process, Brexit impacts, and more.

Ethics in action: ‘Just make something up!’

The modern workplace can be an ethical minefield. This monthly column helps you tackle the thorny, but very real, challenges that management accountants face in the workplace.

Evolving while bracing for a second wave

Some finance departments are using the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to ramp up resiliency efforts.

Pandemic performance strategies for finance leaders

Finance leaders add pandemic-specific strategies to crisis-tested performance drivers as they chart paths through the uncertainty.

Positive outlook for financial services work in Europe

McKinsey report highlights highly skilled accountants as one of the fastest-growing roles within the EU’s finance sector.

Inside Thai conglomerate CP Foods’ finance function

Voravit Janthanakul, an executive vice-president of Thai agroindustrial and food conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Foods, shares how he balances data insights and instinct to solve problems.

Finance speaks up in the COVID-19 crisis

One finance executive shares how focus and communication were key to navigating the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

How to answer a common question about a new business

The minimum profit method can provide decision-making tools to nonfinancial managers and investors.

Global CFO survey highlights strategies to rebuild revenue streams

The latest in a recurring PwC survey showed a shift in CFOs’ focus from managing workforce poductivity losses in earlier months of the pandemic to ways to move forward and thrive.

Finance steps up during the COVID-19 crisis

A restaurant chain controller and vice-president shares how the pandemic has changed finance’s role in the organisation.

Crisis basics: Managing cash

Monitoring and measuring “problem” areas and then acting on the data are key to managing cash flow amid the current economic crisis.

Finance basics to beat the coronavirus

For pharma giant GSK’s CFO, getting the finance basics right, supporting team members, and ensuring cash to run the business make up the toolkit to combat COVID-19.

P&G Nigeria CFO: Steering Africa’s business recovery

Finance teams need to consider macroeconomic vulnerabilities and consumers’ lower purchasing power in planning for recovery.

The road ahead: 7 points for pandemic aftermath

Here’s how some finance professionals are starting to move their organisations into a post-COVID-19 world.

MESANA finance leaders’ COVID-19 crisis insights

CIMA panel members in the Middle East and South Asia share ideas and actions underway in response to the impacts of the coronavirus.

How a five-star hotel is finding new customers during coronavirus

For Janet Yan, FCMA, CGMA, finance director of New World Wuhan Hotel, lost business means it’s time to get creative.

How CFOs can create a COVID-19 crisis war room

Ankur Agrawal, McKinsey partner and co-author of "The CFO's Role in Helping Companies Navigate the Coronavirus Crisis", offers tips and insights on how CFOs can most successfully steer their organisations through the crisis.

A playbook to manage cash in a crisis

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing businesses worldwide to tightly manage their cash. Here are five critical steps to tackle liquidity stress in a crisis.

Measures to help UK listed companies raise equity

The UK Financial Conduct Authority issued policies to ease the rules on share issues and general meeting requirements under its Listing Rules.

Finance’s crisis role in managing supply chain risk

Taking steps to assess, protect, and where appropriate reconfigure supply chains can help minimise disruption from the spread of the coronavirus.

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