Musing on Chief Revenue Officers - do we need them at all?
As a job title, Chief Revenue Officers are trending. But is CRO a needed role? And if so, how is it defined? Are there other ways to oversee revenue growth and accountability?
Financials
Be more Zoom! COVID's 'wake-up call' to business will fuel Subscription Economy growth, says Zuora CEO Tien Tzuo
Larger enterprises are waking up to the need to shift to a subscription business model, argues Tzuo.
'I need to be more agile, more flexible. I need to get to the cloud’ - Workday co-CEO Aneel Bhusri on the post-pandemic CFO imperative
The need for a modernized finance system at the heart of any organization has never been more obvious, says Bhusri.
Nonprofit finance in 2021 - setting the new course in the post-pandemic era
So this is 2021, and what have we learned? Joan Benson shares the highlights from Sage Intacct's latest research and practical findings that apply across profit and nonprofit alike
5 CFO skills that will help finance leaders meet today's new challenges
Events over the past year have put a lens on finance and the need for faster insights and guidance amid change. That means CFOs and finance leaders need a broader set of skills, writes Workday’s Steve Dunne
3 steps every professional services provider should take to stop revenue leakage
Revenue leakage is death by a thousand cuts - Larry Goldberg of FinancialForce has three steps to stem the bleeding and save revenue
Time changes & the impact on ERP, accounting and business practices
While lots of ERP vendors want you to implement a newer version of their product because it has a ‘modern platform’, the business problem(s) to solve may be more time and people focused. Businesses have to be ready to move away from monthly, aggregated data to more precise data, costs and insights. A simple package upgrade barely scratches the surface of the needed changes.
Software AG continues business shift and talks up M&A in Q4 FY2020 results
In a challenging year, FY2020 results show Software AG remains on track with its shift to digital business products and a recurring revenue model
How can finance and HR work better together?
HR must be a strategic change agent by collaborating with finance, writes Paul Burrin of Sage People. But how do departments make the most of that partnership?
Asana posts Q3 results, ponders impact of Adobe on enterprise work management
Asana beats growth expectations in Q3, sees enterprise opportunity ahead as Adobe closes acquisition of its competitor
Finance Month in Brief - November 2020
The second of our two Month in Brief articles turns its attention to finance.
Modernizing a tax-season fixture - Intuit migrates TurboTax to Kubernetes and lives to tell the tale
Intuit's experience migrating TurboTax and related services to Kubernetes in time for the 2020 tax season makes for an excellent use study in cloud infrastructure engineering.
Closing the books remotely amid COVID, best practices emerge
Finance teams are learning how to close the books with a remote workforce. Workday's Philippa Lawrence identifies six steps towards a successful remote close.
