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April 20, 2018

Automation in finance: Get your team ready

Thanks to numerous technological advances, many routine accounting and finance tasks are likely to be automated in the near future.

April 12, 2018

How board members can perform oversight of cybersecurity risks

A new tool can help board members understand what questions to ask in their oversight of cybersecurity risk management.

April 11, 2018

How to mix innovation and risk management

Companies that integrate innovation and risk are more advanced in disruptive technologies and more confident in revenue projections, a survey says.

April 9, 2018

How to keep employees in the game

Brandy Amidon, CPA, the CFO at South Carolina marketing and creative agency Brains on Fire, found a way to hold employees’ interest and get them to care more about the organization’s profitability.

April 4, 2018

How audit committees can evaluate lease accounting implementation

A new Center for Audit Quality tool is designed to help audit committees with oversight of this difficult adoption process.

March 20, 2018

Companies see need to manage risks, but they’re slow to act

Linking enterprise risk management practices with strategy remains a challenge for companies, who say risk environment continues to grow in complexity.

March 16, 2018

How audit committees can evaluate non-GAAP measures

A Center for Audit Quality tool provides tips for audit committees to consider about non-GAAP measures as they perform their oversight duties.

March 13, 2018

How internal audit can improve by embracing technology

By embracing new technologies and developing new skills in their own operations, internal auditors can develop a point of view on new risks and deliver value to the organization.

March 8, 2018

U.S. finance executives upbeat in wake of tax changes

While some finance executives wait to commit to changes related to potential tax savings, their optimism shows in revenue and profit projections, a survey shows.

March 1, 2018

How organizations can streamline the month-end close

This process is a time of stress and long hours for employees, despite technological improvements. Here are some best practices to smooth the process.

March 1, 2018

A more effective approach for internal audit

By developing a methodology for collaboration across all three lines of defense, internal audit can make the most of company resources and technology for risk management.

February 13, 2018

Draft guidance applies ERM principles to ESG risk

Recently issued supplemental draft guidance is designed to help organizations apply enterprise risk management (ERM) principles to environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-related risks.

February 9, 2018

What tax reform means for audit committees

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provides many issues for audit committee members to consider in their oversight of financial statements, external auditors and risk management.

February 1, 2018

Georgia-Pacific’s Sobel named COSO chairman

Paul Sobel, the chief audit executive of Georgia-Pacific, replaces Bob Hirth as the chairman of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

February 1, 2018

ERM for a changing world

Make effective use of the updated enterprise risk management framework from the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

January 29, 2018

CPA vanity license plates that will make you smile

We tapped accountants in a dozen states to find out why they chose vanity license plates for their vehicles, which clever words or numbers (or both) they chose, and what kind of responses they’ve received from colleagues and others.

January 23, 2018

More women with CFO titles, but still far behind men

Finance leaders share ways companies can identify a more diverse pool of leadership candidates.

January 22, 2018

How to streamline the accountant hiring process

Technology tools can help perform much of the prerequisite screening before conducting interviews.

January 1, 2018

The risks, and potential rewards, of rotating chief audit executives

Organizations should be wary of assigning a chief audit executive to the role for a short, predetermined time.

January 1, 2018

Lease accounting laggards face serious risks

Organizations need to consider several factors as they implement new FASB rules — and it’s smart to start that work promptly.

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