Articles
FP&A professionals focus on goal achievement, while risk management assesses potential obstacles. Learn why understanding the taxonomy of risk is crucial for FP&A professionals.
11/29/2017
Explore how Allianz Life implemented robotic process automation (RPA) to meet cost reduction targets, providing insights into the benefits of automation within finance departments.
11/28/2017
FP&A professionals discuss the ways that they deliver bad news to senior leadership.
11/21/2017
Retail treasury professionals discussed handling cash during a retail industry roundtable at AFP 2017, sponsored by Fifth Third Bank.
11/20/2017
How are FP&A professionals to know what they don’t know when the very atmosphere seems choked with unknown unknowns?
11/13/2017
Treasury and finance professionals have heard a lot about blockchain in the past several years. But without interoperability, the technology will never truly break through.
10/25/2017
See the innovative solutions of this year's Pinnacle Award finalists. The Pinnacle Awards are sponsored by Wells Fargo.
10/24/2017
Security experts provided attendees of Money 2020 with a glimpse into a different approach to cybersecurity—one that relies on a network of freelance hackers to protect your system rather than a traditional consultancy.
10/23/2017
Is your treasury job at risk of someday being automated? At the AFP 2017 Executive Institute, experts debated whether practitioners’ jobs are truly in danger of being phased out—or if they are simply evolving with the times.
10/18/2017
Emmanuel Caprais, Vice President of Strategic and Financial Planning for ITT, provides some best practices for delivering operational performance reviews.
10/18/2017
Financial professionals gathered for the annual AFP Aware Community Service Day, sponsored by BBVA Compass.
10/16/2017
As AFP 2017 Sunday keynote speaker Mike Rowe explained, his popular show “Dirty Jobs” began with an epiphany that led to a turning point in his career.
10/16/2017
What makes finance shared service centers attractive—a process-driven environment that rewards speed and volume—can create blind spots that fraudsters can exploit.
10/10/2017
One of treasury professionals' biggest concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) is whether it will ultimately make their jobs obsolete.
10/05/2017
The good news is that strategy, data and capabilities exist to solve this problem. Furthermore, the risk management team can make progress towards building alignment immediately.
10/04/2017
Test your FP&A knowledge and see how well you know you key terms with our new interactive quiz.
10/03/2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved the first trading and clearing platform specifically for cryptocurrency-based derivatives.
10/02/2017
To understand what something is worth in financial terms, it is useful to draw a distinction between valuation and pricing of assets.
10/02/2017
There is no easy path to reducing an organization’s carbon footprint. But over the years, some solid best practices have surfaced.
09/28/2017
Treasury departments need to be sure that their treasury management systems suit their needs. That’s why every year, AFP releases its TMS Guide.
09/25/2017
AFP’s latest Executive Guide, underwritten by Thomson Reuters, is designed to support treasury practitioners and their tax colleagues to develop good channels of communication, enabling better decision-making.
09/19/2017
When delivering a presentation to senior leadership, FP&A professionals need to demonstrate executive presence.
09/13/2017
What makes a good “big hairy audacious goal” (BHAG), how does it relate to other planning tools, and what are the dangers if it is used incorrectly?
09/07/2017
An overview of several accounting issues related to XaaS that impact FP&A.
08/29/2017
OpenText has globally transformed its treasury in order to improve efficiency, reduce costs and cut cycle times.
08/25/2017
Dive into the annual budgeting process and explore the importance and relevance of budgets in FP&A.
08/16/2017
SWIFT is providing an interface for The Clearing House (TCH)’s upcoming Real-Time Payments (RTP) system.
08/15/2017
As long as businesses continue to pay by check, fraud will still be a problem—but there are many effective ways of ensuring that your organization does not become a victim.
08/15/2017
FP&A aligns capital sources and uses by maintaining close contact with all parts of the business.
08/10/2017
What’s an application programming interface (API), and why should treasury professionals care?
08/09/2017
Given that ISO 20022 allows significantly more data to be transmitted along with payments, it may be the key to businesses finally letting go of checks.
08/04/2017
Case interviews can be a useful tool to evaluate FP&A job candidates’ aptitude and approach to situations that they may face.
08/01/2017
Kayla Davis, Director of FP&A at ABM, emphasizes the importance of connecting financial planning systems for effective change management.
07/26/2017
The Federal Reserve Faster Payments Task Force has released the second part of its final report on achieving faster payments in the United States by 2020.
07/21/2017
Refreshing FP&A terms consistency amid planning software vendors' webinars and product demos.
07/21/2017
The Federal Reserve Faster Payments Task Force is set to release the second part of its final report on achieving faster payments in the United States.
07/20/2017
Explore the AFP FP&A Maturity Model's business process domain, focusing on streamlining and enhancing business processes in the financial planning and analysis function.
07/19/2017
When perhaps the top check fraud expert in the world says that he’s surprised that it’s still a major problem, there has to be a disconnect somewhere.
07/16/2017
How does one evaluate a treasurer or cash manager? These four questions and explanations should help you assess their effectiveness.
07/14/2017
Speed is at least half of the equation when it comes to corporate agility, and yet is seemingly underrated in its effect on corporate decision-making.
07/10/2017
Connect with your FP&A peers and industry leaders in Austin March 17-19 at the AFP FP&A Forum. Register by January 15 to save $400.