Every financial professional understands that the numbers matter a great deal when it comes to reporting financial results. Accuracy, consistency, and timeliness are important. Those same professionals also know that there’s substantive meaning behind those numbers and that it’s important to tell the stories that lend additional depth and context to the raw financial statements.
In many organizations, transfer pricing adjustments are like a lot of other last-minute activities. They seem to be ignored throughout most of the annual cycle. Then, they suddenly take on a great importance at year-end. That leaves the tax team scrambling to address an entire year’s worth of transactions. It also leads to interdepartmental friction in many cases. If transfer pricing is changed retroactively for the entire year, that can have far-reaching implications.
Banks and financial institutions are highly regulated, where any noncompliance with strict rules and regulations can lead to heavy fines. Add to that skyrocketing customer expectations and it’s easy to see why finance is so competitive. Success in this environment requires accountability, coupled with process efficiency and the ability to optimize for continuous improvement. How do you get there? Process mining in finance is quickly becoming integral to success.
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Finance teams are taking on new challenges and responsibilities in light of the uncertain economic climate that surfaced in the wake of the global pandemic, supply chain disruptions, price inflation, and the wholesale workforce exodus known as the “Great Resignation.” Now more than ever, organizational leadership is looking to the Office of the CFO to be a strategic partner in building an overall business strategy.
As the strategic role of finance teams continues to evolve, the Office of the CFO faces many new responsibilities. Resource allocation, however, does not always grow in tandem with those responsibilities, leading to scalability challenges for finance teams tasked with doing more with fewer resources.
We all want better business cash flow and we want it yesterday. You can’t plan for emergencies, geopolitics, or sudden problems that you have no control over. But you can mitigate risks of business cash flow problems by having the right tools at your side. Business cash flow planning can get you out of a jam and save your company. Take a look at our ultimate guide to business cash flow planning highlighting.
