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Continuous Control Monitoring
Continuous Control Monitoring – An Essential Tool for CFOs in a Post Pandemic World
All organisations are subject to financial fraud risk and in any given year where it is estimated that about 5 percent of an organisation’s revenue maybe lost to insider fraud. Even though fraud might seem unlikely, business managers need to realise it’s not an impossible event and the pandemic will…
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Advance Analytics
The Future of Data Analytics in Finance
The advancement of data analytics is changing the corporate landscape. This change has made its way into every department of a company, including finance. Today, analytics can help transform products and services to better serve customers and enable employees towards more purposeful work. Analytics can also enable organisations to anticipate…
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Modern Finance
Building the Workforce of the Future in Finance
The finance function is undergoing a rapid transformation. From being the official record-keeper of organisations, finance has evolved to become a strategic partner. The major reason for this is the rapid advancement of technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, resulting in a new digital workforce era. These technologies…
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Advance Analytics
Data Analytics for Business Leaders
The explosion of big data has opened several opportunities for businesses to succeed. Organisations now have access to advanced computing power for the analysis of large quantities of data. There has been an emergence of powerful and cost-effective analytical tools that enable applications to scale up while mashing data from…
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How Finance Teams Are Using RPA
Finance and operations make up a core part of any organisation’s daily activities. These activities are highly manual and demand a great deal of focus and energy to process correctly. Handling information from paper or scanned documents can be very stressful and costly to execute. CFOs are being asked to…
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Modern Finance
Top Trends That Are Shaping the Modern Finance Function
The world of finance is changing. A new generation of employees, dynamic shifts in technology and the rise of big data is forcing organisations to rethink their competitive strategies. Among all this, the finance function is possibly facing the biggest era of transformation in its history. Here’s a look at the…
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Is your modern finance function ready for advanced analytics?
Today, advanced analytics is the cornerstone of business strategy. Technology advancements and the proliferation of data are dramatically reshaping the role of the finance function. Big data adoption reached 53 percent in 2017, up from 17 percent in 2015, with financial services leading as early adopters. Companies can no longer…
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3 Practical Areas in Which CFOs are Using Data Analytics Tools to Drive Financial Performance
The advent of data analytics tools has led to a massive shift in the traditional roles of CFOs from record keeping to becoming strategic leaders within organisations. CFOs must seize this opportunity and use it to elevate financial performance of organisations. Failing to do so will make them miss out…
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