ARTICLES - Finance


	The Challenges of Moving to a Big-Data Mindset 04/30/13 - “Big data” is everyone’s favorite buzzword today — from the office parks of Silicon Valley to the hallways of corporate America. And indeed, the emergence of a slew of new types of data about customers promises to revolutionize how companies do... Read more...
	Seamless’s Finance Chief Takes on a Peer-to-Peer Strategy 04/29/13 - As vice president of finance at Seamless, which helps companies manage their corporate food expenses, Ted Pastva has a pulse on the habits of his peers. They have invested in Seamless services to gain better visibility into how much their entire company spends for... Read more...
	CFO Minute: Top News Week Ending April 26 04/29/13 - Surviving Boston Bombing Suspect Interrogated, Investigation Continues After the tragic bombing that struck the Boston Marathon on April 15, an intensive FBI investigation, a violent car chase and one day of unprecedented urban and suburban lockdown in the Boston... Read more...
	Executive Optimism Up Slightly in Q1 2013 04/25/13 - The first quarter of 2013 experienced several major hurdles. The United States economy started off the new year in a continued strive toward full recovery. Fiscal cliff uncertainty and shaky markets abroad didn't provide a very comforting environment, and analysts... Read more...
	Measuring the Performance of Your Team 04/25/13 - The finance department is a key cog to the organization, and ensuring it's as functional as possible requires the type of analysis that extends beyond spreadsheets. This work involves monitoring employees, tracking their progress (either through casual observation... Read more...
	A CFO on the Go: Which Apps Are at His Fingertips 04/25/13 - Patrick Renna exemplifies the modern CFO in his usage of mobile business apps, tapping away on his tablet as if it were a tiny ERP system, which in a way it is. Young, skilled in operations and strategy as much as finance, and extremely tech-savvy, Renna is a... Read more...
	Retaining the Firm's Most Talented Employees 04/24/13 - CFOs who delegate a lot of time and resources to recruiting top talent hate to see the investment wasted when employees leave their positions for other jobs. That is why many firms are trying to accommodate their best employees and provide incentives for staying... Read more...
	Are Employee Engagement Surveys Really Worthwhile? 04/23/13 - Many CFOs want to know how their employees are feeling in their positions at the workplace, but they go about it in different ways. Conducting quarterly interviews, setting up less formal meetings or having group open forums are all solutions that staff... Read more...
	CFOs Sitting on Their Own Boards: The Benefits and Risks 04/23/13 - Years ago, it wasn't uncommon for a CFO to fill a seat on the company board. Lately, however, the practice of appointing sitting finance executives to board positions has declined drastically. According to a Wall Street Journal article that examined a... Read more...
	CFOs Challenged by Growth-Risk Balance 04/22/13 - Risk is a powerful, complicated four-letter word. No doubt, it’s the topic of much debate in the C-suite and board room. “The biggest business challenge of the 21st century is how to exploit opportunity while managing downside risk. It’s easily said... Read more...
	CFOs Can Make Telecommuting Policies Work 04/21/13 - Marissa Mayer's requirement that all Yahoo employees must report to work has triggered other executives to question whether they should take another look at their telecommuting policy. Is Telecommuting Actually Beneficial? According to a new survey by the Korn/... Read more...
	CFOs Considering Adding Temporary Staff 04/21/13 - Many CFOs want to expand their businesses, but economic uncertainty has prevented them from launching investment-heavy growth strategies. This is why temporary and contract employees have become so popular in recent years. CFOs are able to bring in these types... Read more...
	Evaluate Opportunities to Outsource Finance, Accounting For Global Initiatives 04/19/13 - Companies are recovering from the economic recession quickly and making strides to pick up with expansion projects where they left off prior to the 2008 crash. With greater access to capital, collaborative technology and improved consumer confidence, many markets are... Read more...
	Are Employers Offering All Workers Severance Packages? 04/18/13 - The economy's persistent shakiness has kept severance package policies on the minds of executives. The BenchmarkPro 2011 survey revealed 60.5 percent of businesses now provide employee benefits to departing workers, indicating that severance pay is a... Read more...
	One Year Later, Is the JOBS Act Smoothing the IPO Path? 04/18/13 - This month marks the one-year anniversary of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, a piece of legislation that was passed unusually quickly by Congress in hopes of helping more young companies get the capital they need to grow. While different provisions apply to... Read more...