The future role of Finance within the enterprise is still being defined. Are the perspectives of Finance executives and their customers the same as to what it should be? The Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), a new designation powered by CIMA and the AICPA, set out to answer these questions in the first major survey of its type.

You may be entering into business – from a nexus standpoint – with more states than you think. Join us on May 23rd to better understand the latest developments in how states determine nexus and see how it impacts the sales and use tax liability your business is incurring.

Everyone wants a crystal ball to be able to look into the future. For businesses, that desire becomes a necessity because having a vision of the future allows for better and more strategic decision making in the present. Rolling forecasts built on driver-based and project-based planning do just that, creating a framework that supports better decision making. The webinar content will focus on how to define your company's objectives creating a rolling forecast, best practices in analyzing the dynamics of revenues and expenses in your business, and how to access how external conditions impact your company's performance.

Is your company a forward-looking enterprise with tools for quick company-wide budgets and reforecasts? Can you operationalize these new forecasts company-wide both collaboratively and efficiently? In short, can your enterprise “turn on a dime? Or are you old-school, limited to running last month’s reports, slow to communicate and collaborate during shifting economic conditions?

In this webinar, featuring Tim Elton, Director of Expense Management and Human Resources Controller for Sun Life Financial and Craig Schiff, President and CEO of BPM Partners, you’ll learn the secrets of becoming a forward-looking enterprise that leverages tools to manage proactively, and collaboratively during times of economic uncertainty.

This annual web event (formerly the 'Beyond the Hype' series) will provide you with everything you need to know to confidently take the next steps with your performance management initiative. Whether you are still in research mode, have already rolled out a system, or are anywhere in between this webcast will include information that will enable you to maximize your success.

At the end of the session you will be able to:

• Identify specific vendors that are a potential fit for your project
• Understand the latest vendor releases and determine if you should consider upgrading
• Benchmark your own projects or plans against those of your peers
• See how  the cloud, mobile, and Big Data are shaping the future of performance management
• Leverage the 5 Best Practices that are key to the success of every performance management project

In November 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update that would replace all of the existing authoritative accounting guidance on revenue recognition. This proposal would replace guidance that originated in over 200 different standards and interpretations with a single revenue recognition model that would apply to all contracts with customers. The proposed guidance is principles-based, and would include far less detail than currently exists on revenue recognition. This April 19 webinar will highlight the key aspects of the FASB's proposal.

Financial planning done in silos within a static environment which does not allow anticipating and reacting to changes in business conditions puts companies at a competitive disadvantage. Developments in technology have changed the economics upgrading from the world of financial planning done in Excel and similar systems to a system that offers the functionality to unlock the power of delivering the right data at the right time to key decision makers to drive growth and profitability. The webinar content will include an overview of best practices in financial planning, how current and emerging technologies enable the adoption of best practices, and a case from a senior level financial professional who has leveraged technology in transforming the financial planning process at her company to impact top line growth and elevate the role of finance at her company.

Is preparing your annual budget something you and your staff dread? Do you wish there was a way you could automate your financial processes, but believe only big companies can afford such a complex and expensive implementation? Good news: Mid-market companies can enjoy the same benefits of automation as large companies.

Join Paul Barber, CEO of Prophix Software, for an informative and engaging webcast that delves into the details of preparing annual budgets and the brave new world of corporate performance management (CPM).

Enterprise Risk Management may be at a turning point. Many studies show that Boards and senior executives believe it is important and want more information about risk management generally. Other studies show an expectation gap;  stakeholders are not satisfied with progress to date and with the results of existing ERM initiatives. Something has to give.

This webcast will summarize the status of Enterprise Risk Management today with reference to recent studies by COSO and others. The analysis will suggest the basis for a new approach to ERM and provide practical guidance for getting started or re invigorating existing approaches. Part of the secret of successful, sustainable ERM is deciding what to leave out. Focusing ERM resources and implementation strategies on business value drivers and business objectives is critical.

Need to integrate a sales and use tax solution into your existing ERP? On February 29th, listen to experts in sales and use tax automation step you through the process. Please join us for a discussion of the components you need to consider when you select and install a sales and use tax solution for your organization. We will cover components to consider, rapid deployment options, who to get involved in the purchasing process and much more. If you're investigating a sales and use tax solution for your ERP or POS, you can't afford to miss this presentation!

In today’s economic environment, it is imperative for finance leaders to make the right decisions to sustain and grow the financial health of their companies. Metrics driven CPM enables finance executives to do just that – by providing accurate and timely information in such a way that enables decision makers to execute and plan based on the powerful data generated by a corporate performance management business model.

Kelly Battles will share her experience in finance leadership roles and what she has learned on how to be a successful CFO for a SaaS company. She will share her insights regarding the evolving role of finance and the significance of a metrics driven organization. Kelly will provide concrete examples of how a metrics driven CPM model enables finance leaders to use benchmarks to implement best practices within their own finance organizations

Working capital is a major challenge for small and mid-sized companies, but today’s credit markets offer little relief. Find out why a growing number of successful businesses are taking an innovative receivables-based approach to cash flow management. Register for our exclusive webinar today!

Join us and learn:

• Why a new, market-based approach to selling receivables is more flexible and affordable than older methods such as factoring.
• How one company took control of working capital – and achieved remarkable growth – by selling receivables in an online marketplace.
• How to get affordable financing for your company without personal guarantees, all-asset liens, customer notification or binding contracts.

Featured presenter Kayle Neely, President and Owner of the EZ Payroll & Staffing Group of Companies, will explain how online receivables financing allows his company to fund operations and growth initiatives without the constraints of other short-term financing options. Don’t miss this chance to learn about an emerging "best practice" in business finance. Register now!

With today's stringent controls on reporting timeliness and accuracy and increased internal demands for meaningful financial information you are probably looking for a process that not only meets external reporting requirements but also feeds in the executive decision making process. In this webinar we will be discussing the Top 8 Best Practices for Consolidation and Reporting and how you can gain visibility and structure for quicker financial close results.

Financial planning done in silos within a static environment which does not allow anticipating and reacting to changes in business conditions puts companies at a competitive disadvantage. Developments in technology have changed the economics upgrading from the world of financial planning done in Excel and similar systems to a system that offers the functionality to unlock the power of delivering the right data at the right time to key decision makers to drive growth and profitability. The webinar content will include an overview of best practices in financial planning, how current and emerging technologies enable the adoption of best practices, and a case from a senior level financial professional that has leveraged technology in transforming the financial planning process at his company to impact top line growth and elevate the role of finance at his company.

Budgeting and planning is a key concern for many CFOs. Budget Time can last up to 6 months for some companies, negating any possibility of frequent re-forecasting. Worse still, mistakes are made and undiscovered, creating inaccuracies in financial reporting. What this process needs is a complete re-thinking and re-execution to make it better, faster, and more accurate and accountable. Join us to learn best practices including how to anticipate or react to change quickly, and weather adverse market conditions by modeling and planning for them.

Our world is clearly in transition to new paradigms that require new approaches to managing for success. Finance can only remain relevant by transforming as well. What it takes to succeed today is harnessing the knowledge and creativity of the entire organization, especially those that work at the intersection between the company and its customers. But how do you empower your employees and adapt to change without losing control?

In this webinar, featuring Business Finance planning and forecasting guru Steve Player, you’ll see how the office of Finance can use new approaches and new ways of thinking to transform performance management systems and drive enhanced productivity, performance and profitability throughout an organization.

Part of The Finance and the Cloud Webcast Series

The cloud has fundamentally altered the cost structure for technology. Companies no longer need to worry about dedicated, perishable resources like computing power, bandwidth, storage and software when they can get what they need, when they need it, from the cloud.

Join Business Finance budgeting planning and forecasting guru Steve Player as he examines how innovative organizations are finding new, lower costs ways to conduct business. Also joining the discussion is Marvin Newell, a partner with Everest Group, who will examine how the cloud improves both the economics of IT spending as well as non-economic factors such as speed and flexibility.

This session will focus on how finance decision support activities are using cloud computing to support rapid, low cost management analysis and actions. This is speeding both implementations and dramatically expanding usage. Learn how software as a service is helping organizations to move beyond transaction processing and bring greater value to business managers across the enterprise.

Recent research by APQC has found that a majority of large companies are currently planning or executing financial process improvement programs. They vary in terms of size of investment, urgency, and focus. But they share a common desire: to make finance more efficient and, at the same time, more effective.

Why this surge? CFOs know that legacy financial processes and systems are not adequate to address coming regulatory burdens and business managers’ growing needs for stronger analytical support from finance.

In this webinar, Mary Driscoll, Senior Research Fellow at APQC, along with Gary Callaghan and Ryan Senter from Protiviti, will examine the critical success factors in finance transformation.

At a time when corporate tax and accounting departments are caught between shrinking staff and ever-tightening budgets, it’s getting harder than ever to initiate a tax provision project and see it through to completion. Opportunities for derailment and competing business priorities lurk around every corner, whether they’re anticipated or catch you by surprise.

In this final chapter of CCH’s tax accounting series, “Four Steps to Tax Provision Success,” you will be see how organizations can review current provision projects, eliminate obstacles and keep plans on track for success.

Finance departments continue to be undermined by many of the same problems: budgets are not aligned with strategy, financial reporting processes are slow and complex, and key business information is not available quickly enough to decision-makers.

The use of corporate performance management systems is considered a best practice in addressing these issues. In this webinar, you will learn how companies can quickly expand beyond historic data gathering and traditional analysis to incorporate more thorough understanding of what factors truly drives performance.