Advisory

The vast majority of U.S. companies are transforming their businesses, yet nearly one-quarter fail to realize the optimal value of their initiatives. Underestimating the significance of the operating model was identified as the greatest barrier to success

A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

With workflow management tools, the system facilitates information exchange between a corporation’s trade team and their logistics, compliance, finance, and strategic planning departments.

While 73 percent of executives feel outside risks are on the rise, companies are generally not meeting these increased risks with improved risk management. Only 12 percent of responding companies demonstrated qualities that marked them as true risk ...

A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

More than twice as many U.S. adults cited having enough money for a comfortable retirement (28 percent) and providing their children a debt-free education (23 percent) as the best indicator of financial success than did owning a home.

This widespread dissatisfaction could be due to the fact that nearly 70 percent of finance leaders use a “last year plus percentage” budgeting technique, which is based on prior year figures plus a percentage to take into account planned business growth.

CFOs were asked, "In your opinion, how attractive is a career in consulting to senior-level accounting and finance executives?" Their responses: