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Perfecting the Virtual Close
The compiling of financial data and closing of the books by the finance function at the end of each year, quarter, month, or even day is a critical process for organizational…
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APQC’s Blueprint for Success: Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting (Second Edition) ties together the APQC business process taxonomy—Process Classification Framework® (PCF)—…
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Robotic Process Automation & The Finance Function
RPA is a promising technology for finance functions. RPA is a form of server-based process automation that combines process steps with decision models or business rules with…
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Based on APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® financial management and custom benchmarking research, APQC’s Leveraging Emerging Tools and Technologies for Finance series…
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Based on APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® financial management and custom benchmarking data, APQC’s Leveraging Emerging Tools and Technologies for Finance series examines…
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Turning Financial Data into Actionable Insights: Perspectives from Author and SME Dave Paradi
The goal of financial reporting is to help executives and other leaders make better business decisions. Unfortunately, many finance professionals fall short of this goal by…
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Making Sense of Data in Finance
This article summarizes insights from author and forecasting SME Steve Morlidge, Ph.D., based on his new book Present Sense, to discuss fundamental concepts, effective…
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Data Visualization in Accounting
This article shares insights from Danielle Supkis Cheek, a lecturer at Rice University and director in the entrepreneurial advisory services group for the accounting…
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A Primer on Cost Variance Analysis
Cost variance analysis, an analysis of significant differences between budgeted and actual costs and the factors behind these differences, can provide some interesting…
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Developing Impactful Financial Reports
Finance professionals play a critical role in businesses by making sense of financial data and reporting financial results to leadership and other key stakeholders. How can…
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Digital transformation is fundamentally changing the landscape of business, creating new opportunities, business models, customer experiences, and products that were not…
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Although general accounting is a subset of the finance function, improvements to general accounting processes can make a decisive impact on the cost, quality, and efficiency…
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APQC's Blueprint for Success: General Accounting and Reporting can help organizations looking for ways to achieve superior performance. This report overview discusses the key…
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Activity Value Management® (AVM) is a costing and performance management approach that can help finance teams gain a much more accurate and holistic view of the business. In…
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APQC interviewed Liz Feltman, BlackLine Practice Lead at SandPoint Consulting, to discuss how organizations can advance their accounting processes, the ways technology can…
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