Author: Peter Chisambara
Enterprise Performance
Finance Value Creation Goes Beyond Running the Financial Side of the Business
Advances in technology are helping the finance function reduce operational costs, streamline processes and improve productivity. Thanks to automation, tasks that used to take months to complete are being completed in weeks and those that took weeks to accomplish are getting done in days. For instance, advanced analytics and robotic process automation are shortening the read more
Enterprise Performance
CFOs Beware: Don’t Get Caught Up In the Hype of New Technologies
In one of my articles, Finance Transformation: From Efficiency to Effectiveness, I recommended CFOs to first identify a business problem before investing in a new shiny piece of technology. Today, there is so much talk about digital transformation and the immense potential of new technologies to drive business performance. With a plethora of tools available on the read more
Enterprise Performance
Rethinking The Use of KPIs In The Digital Era
Most companies do not deploy Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) rigorously for review or as drivers of change. This is the overall finding from a recent survey report, Leading With Next Generation Key Performance Indicators, published by MIT Sloan Management Review. The report is biased towards Sales and Marketing functions. Changes in the business environment such read more
The Role of Finance in Pricing Decisions
One of the key financial metrics constantly measured and monitored by the business
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Finance Transformation: From Efficiency to Effectiveness
Transforming finance into an effective function capable of helping business teams execute strategy
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How Effective is Your Budgeting and Forecasting
The only thing right about a forecast is that it’s wrong. This unavoidable
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CFOs and Strategic Decision Making
These days there is an increasing number of articles, reports, podcasts, vblogs, eBooks
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A Practical Approach to Using Artificial Intelligence for CFOs – Part IV
Part IV Getting After It: Take the Next Step and Make Your Investment
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A Practical Approach to Using Artificial Intelligence for CFOs – Part III
Part III Where to Invest in AI, How to Measure the Financial Impact
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