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• Uncorking The Working Capital Elixir

  BNET - 2009-04-01

  It's impossible to overstate the depth of disruption in today's financial markets - and its severe impact on access to capital. Rising short-term borrowing rates coupled with tightening credit markets have made the quest for cash a modern-day crusade inside most finance departments. Raising capital through alternate means is sending...

  Tags: Working Capital, Penton Media Inc., Financial Accounting, Personal Finance, Managerial Accounting, Finance

• Leadership Q&A: For Finance, It's All About the Business

  BNET - 2005-12-01

  It is always important for people in finance to have a good understanding of the overall business. This paper presents the findings of an interview with Cathy Ross, senior vice president and CFO of Memphis, Tenn.-based FedEx Express, who excels by focusing on facts, analyzing opportunities, and surrounding herself with...

  Tags: Leadership, Penton Media Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance

• Does BPM Build Shareholder Value?

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  This article highlights that Business Performance Management BPM-enabled companies have a better chance of spotting a potential earnings shortfall while it's still on the horizon, and that forward visibility gives them time to correct the deficiency or at least dilute negative results before the end of the reporting period. But...

  Tags: Shareholder, BPM, Business Performance Management, Compliance, Penton Media Inc., Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Financial Accounting, Software, Data Management, Finance

• The Holy Grail of Sustainable Compliance

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations has become a fixture on corporate to-do lists. The goal of accelerated filers during year two is to make the job as effective and efficient as possible so that ongoing compliance activities become entrenched without devouring human and monetary resources. As companies move into...

  Tags: Holy Grail, Compliance, Penton Media Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

• The Process Improvement Payoff

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  As the compliance team at the giant Columbus, Ohio-based power generator and distributor worked to fulfill the requirements of Sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the finance department noticed an opportunity. The organization's growing focus on internal controls and financial processes afforded the chance to prune the number...

  Tags: Process Improvement, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Penton Media Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Accounting, Regulations, Government, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

• Leadership Q&A: Toppling the Fiefdoms

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  How can finance leaders break up the information silos that block their company's performance? What is meant by a "Fiefdom," and how serious is the problem that word describes? This article presents a conversation; between the Business Finance Editor John Cummings and Robert J. Herbold, author of "The Fiefdom Syndrome:...

  Tags: Penton Media Inc., Leadership, Performance Management, Financial Accounting, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance

• Standardized Data: XBRL's Benefits for BPM Benchmarking

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  Today's economic climate and stringent reporting requirements have sent finance executives' information needs skyrocketing. Investors and regulators are simultaneously demanding greater transparency into the financials and increased shareholder value. Corporate finance should be on the lookout for ways to improve corporate performance, but at the same time must guard the...

  Tags: BPM, Benefit, Penton Media Inc., XBRL, Financial Accounting, Business Process Automation, Enterprise Software, Finance, It Operations, Software

• What Triggers Financial Restatements?

  BNET - 2005-10-01

  Poor documentation of transactions, the wrong accounting treatment, lack of transparency, weak internal controls, and in rare instances fraud can wreak havoc on corporate and personal reputations. The incidence of financial restatements in the United States has soared in the past five years and the trend continues as the post-Sarbanes-Oxley...

  Tags: Restatement, Financial, Penton Media Inc., Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

• The New Finance-Auditor Dynamic

  BNET - 2005-09-01

  The relationship between external auditors and the finance functions of public companies has undergone a sea change since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act three years ago, the accompanying formation of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board PCAOB and the transfer of auditing oversight from management to the board's audit...

  Tags: Audit, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Auditing, Penton Media Inc., External Auditor, Audit Committee, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Accounting, Regulations, Government, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

• Upfront: Sarbanes-Oxley Fails to Slow Fraud

  BNET - 2005-09-01

  CFOs hoping for a continuation of the current dip in directors and officers (D&O) insurance premiums have been keeping their fingers crossed that the tighter regulatory environment of the past years might make accounting fraud less attractive to potential wrongdoers, thereby bringing the number of securities lawsuits tumbling down. The...

  Tags: Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Penton Media Inc., Fraud, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, D&O, Litigation, Insurance, Financial Planning, Regulations, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance