For companies with fiscal years beginning in January, summer often marks the beginning of the long, inefficient and hassle-inducing ritual known as “annual budgeting.” CFOs and finance teams know this ritual all too well. It […] Continuous Not Annual Budgeting Improves Accuracy […]
Acquirers in 2012 allocated a smaller percentage of their purchase prices to goodwill. But goodwill dwarfed any other kind of intangible. How much of the purchase price of a transaction acquirers allocate to goodwill and Purchase Price Allocation to Goodwill Drops […]
Management teams are often driven by external hype to embrace the latest fad rolled out by the management consulting industry as the ultimate solution “that will revolutionise the way you do business”. Unfortunately (or possibly The Return of Open Book Management […]
by John Donald, Lecturer, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University Many management decisions are based on cost information, so an understanding of the various types of costs and how they can be used Cost Concepts, Categories and Flows […]
Thanks are due to ICMA member Andrew Stephens, a senior executive manager at one of Australia’s largest companies, for this fascinating case study of an internship and mentoring program he designed with his company HR Managing Management Control from the Get – Go […]
For every salesman storytelling is easy and this is what makes them good at selling. Similarly, a CFO also attracts investors by telling good stories. Most of business firms spend more on public relations and CFOs Lure Investors with Compelling Stories […]
Information technology has changed everything in this world. The role and façade of Chief Finance Officer (CFO) has also gone under a revolutionary transformation with the advent of computer, the internet and visual tools. It Digital Revolution has Changed CFOs Face […]