Another appointment announced today saw CFO Jeff Clarke take on the role of chief operating officer - a new position on the CA board. Ranieri spoke of the need to introduce greater "discipline and integrity" into the post-Kumar CA, while refusing...
As for who is responsible for implementing governance within a company, CEOs and CFOs take the lead, with 28 per cent each. In the UK, 38 per cent of businesses put the onus on risk management directors, while in the US 80 per cent of firms make...
Along with experts such as Blythe McGarvie, president of consulting group Leadership for International Finance, and Angelo Messina, CFO of manufacturing giant Carrier, the business leaders outlined the challenges of being a top-ranking finance...
Financial services is one sector that appears to be leading the way with SOA adoption. The proof of any new technology adoption is in tangible benefits to the business and in one area we have reduced speed to market from a weekly lead time to a...
Successful organisations budget against 50 or less line items - rather than trying to reflect the full chart of accounts in their budgeting system - and have employees who understand the importance of adhering to the agreed budgets.
In addition, SAP's 'Duet' with Microsoft also promises to tie NetWeaver BI and analytic data to the Microsoft Office desktop, within the comfort zone of most business users today. But whilst Microsoft may indeed increase the awareness of BI tools...