Finance Team Best Practice Articles and Chapter Extracts

Links to some Finance Team Best Practice Published Articles

How finance teams can help their organisation get future-ready

Business Analytics IBM 2015 (48 mins)

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The 6-10 mistakes corporate accountants make

How to avoid the top 20 mistakes – part 2. (4 mins)

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The free accounts payable system

Why your organisation needs a ‘purchase card’. ACCA (4 mins)

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Ready or not?

How the finance team can help their organisation get future-ready. ICAEW 2014 (4 mins)

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The 11-15 Mistakes Corporate Accountants Make

How to avoid the top 20 mistakes – part 3. (4 mins)

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Convert your monthly reporting
to a decision-based tool

NZICA 2006

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HOW TO GET IT APPROXIMATELY RIGHT, Not precisely wrong

An annual plan is wrong as soon as the ink is dried. ICAEW 2014 (8 mins)

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The 16-20 Mistakes Corporate Accountants Make

How to avoid the top 20 mistakes – part 4. (4 mins)

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Fast month-end reporting

Month-end reporting is not the time for spring cleaning, it is a time for arriving at a true
and fair view quickly. part 1 ACCA 2014

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In Good Company

David offers the blueprint for building a top-notch finance operation. ICAEW 2016 (7 mins)

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rapid month-end reporting

How to complete your month-end reporting within 3 working days. ICAEW 2015 (12 mins)

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Limit the time spent on Board reporting

ICAEW 2009

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The first 5 mistakes corporate accountants make

How to avoid the top 20 mistakes – part 1. (4 mins)

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Moving out of the Dark Ages

Paperless Accounts payable processes. ACCA 2015 (4 mins)

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Putting-Finance of the Map

Marketing the finance team. ICAEW 2011

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Quick month-end reporting

NZICA 2005

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Links to some Chapter extracts from Financial Controller and CFO’s Toolkit

Chapter 3 on rapid month-end reporting 

Chapter 16 on quarterly rolling forecasting 

Chapter 2 on leading and selling change.