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To find business areas ripe for disruption, examine assumptions about your processes, your prices or your products, innovation expert Luke Williams said in a speech Monday to the AICPA’s governing body.
As the quantity of data available to companies grows, skills such as business intelligence and data mining are increasingly essential parts of a finance professional’s toolkit. But getting the most out of business analytics requires much more than technical know-how.
Companies using integrated reports say they have seen improvements in decision-making, collaboration by board members, and understanding of risks and opportunities. Research by the IIRC also shows most organisations in its pilot programme think the reporting helps educate investors.
Executives feel more comfortable using their intuition or the advice of others instead of using data to make a big decision, according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit and PwC. Companies that are highly data-driven report improvement in making critical business decisions.
In the coming years, the world of work will be shaped by employees’ desire for autonomy and flexibility, which may sound the death knell for traditional models of employment and office spaces, according to a PwC report.
The expansion of finance professionals’ roles in an increasingly complex business environment has created the need for more skills development. Find out what new duties finance is taking on — and how accountants can prepare to succeed in those duties.
Corporate treasurers are taking on increasingly strategic roles as organisations manage high cash reserves in the aftermath of the financial crisis, according to a new report.
Candidates from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the American Institute of CPAs will soon be required to pass the same, strategic case study exam to earn the CGMA designation.
Finance professionals are increasingly expected to be business advisers. To fulfil this expectation, they must develop business acumen, which manifests itself in the ability to make faster, more confident strategic decisions.
The CGMA Competency Framework gives employers a guide for benchmarking finance competencies and provides finance professionals a way to assess the skills required for current and future roles.
Businesses with female senior management exhibit stronger financial performance, research indicates. So what’s stopping so many companies from realising the value of having women at the helm?
Providing consumers with a seamless shopping experience across a variety of channels gives retailers a golden opportunity to differentiate their brand, but technical, operational and organisational barriers have prevented many from achieving this goal, posing a threat to their long-term sustainability.
Members of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) will have access to a broad portfolio of specialised information through the AICPA Information Management and Technology Assurance Section and its Forensic and Valuation Services Section.
CIMA’s 2015 Professional Qualification Syllabus reflects changes in the role of the finance function, to include Big Data, shared services and sustainability, among others. Starting in January, all candidates for the CGMA designation will be required to pass a strategic case study exam rooted in the syllabus.
A survey of procurement professionals by Deloitte highlights the changing role of the CPO. In addition to the cost reduction focus of recent years, supporting new products and market development are firmly on the agenda for 2014.
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the American Institute of CPAs released a draft framework of global principles designed to help CFOs and boards benchmark and improve their management accounting practices.
Although financial return crowdfunding does not pose systemic risks to the world economy yet, it does create problems for investor protection that need to be addressed, according to a new report.
Technological advances provide big opportunities for business transformation, according to a new global survey of CEOs. Evaluating Big Data risks and using innovation strategies can help businesses capitalise on these opportunities.
