The Ledger
Curated content foranalytical business leaders
CFO Magazine: A CFO Action Plan for 2022
January 6, 2022
“Providing accurate reporting and insightful data, monitoring and managing cash flow, and developing strategic plans for growth (with contingency plans for setbacks) has never been more critical. Now is also the time to revisit organizational and cost structures, identifying opportunities to streamline, cut costs, and protect the business.”
Industry Week: How Manufacturers Will Digitally Transform in 2022
January 5, 2022
“Just like manufacturers that failed to switch from manual to automated processes during the Industrial Revolution found themselves obsolete, so it goes with the digital era. Manufacturers that are not digitally transforming, learning how to network their shop floors and gather data for long term strategic assessments and planning are going to find themselves falling well behind manufacturers that do so.”
SF Magazine: What’s Keeping CFOs Up at Night in 2022?
January 4, 2022
“After the roller-coaster ride of 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, companies around the world are eager for a return to more typical operating conditions.” And here are the concerns that at the top of the list for CFOs in 2022:
- Supply chain disruptions
- Employee retention
- Developing a talent pipeline
- Automation
- Digital transformation
- Leading business transformation
Accounting Today: 3 Steps to Improving Your Accounting Data Analytics Results
December 20, 2021
“Descriptive and diagnostic analytics ranging from inventory availability to variance analysis have been performed since Luca Pacioli created double-entry accounting. Long before user-friendly dashboards existed, we used Excel spreadsheets and charts. And before Excel? We did it by hand.
Thankfully modern accountants can leverage advanced technologies to perform analysis at scale and speed, dramatically increasing the amount of accounting and non-accounting data available to shape our analysis.”
