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Guide to Managing Large-Scale Business Projects
It seems like everybody is wearing a lot more hats these days and finance leaders are no exception. Of course, this means that they are finding it increasingly difficult to balance the multitude of resp...
Five Tips for Increasing Your Influence as an Auditor
Written by Ann Butera, president of The Whole Person Project, Inc. By definition, “influence” is the ability to get others to act on your suggesti...
How Can Human Resources Risk Be Managed?
“All of the blame and none of the praise”This was how one Human Resource professional described their job in a forum on tech recruiting recently. Human Resources ...
Is Your Financial Close and Reporting Process Too Manual?
Most organizations continue to invest a significant number of hours every month in a particular set of activities related to calculating, manipulating and validating critical financial reporting data us...
How Does Opportunity Risk Apply to Financial Business Processes?
Opportunity risk occurs whenever there’s a possibility that a better opportunity may become available after having committed to an irreversible decision.We all ex...
What You Need to Integrate Risk in Your Business Planning Process
While strategy-setting defines an enterprise’s overall strategic direction, differentiating capabilities and required infrastructure, a business plan lays out how...
Important Things You Need to Know When Traveling for Audits
Auditors often have the good fortune to go on audit assignments and client meetings throughout the U.S. and in many countries of the world. Some trips are spectac...
Currency Risk: The Purpose and Risk of Money
What Is Money?People may say that “money is the root of all evil,” but is it? It may be best to point out that the original quote is better expressed as, “for the...
Process Alignment Risk Key Performance Indicators Guide
What Is Process Alignment Risk?This is the risk that the business processes within a company may not be appropriately aligned with its corporate strategy, resulti...
How Quick Is Your Financial Close Process?
"Close the books" is a process that a corporation uses to reconcile, consolidate and report financial information on a periodic basis. Each company defines closin...
