How to Add More Value as a Board Member
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In my experience as a CFO who both advises and sits on boards, I have been fortunate to witness some excellent board members “in action”. Being a director is an important responsibility but often board members receive scant education and training for this key role. FLG has hosted two insightful roundtables “Excellence…Read More

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Adding Value Around Investor Relations: The CFO’s Growing Role
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All CFOs play a role in investor relations at varying levels depending on company attributes (private vs. public, startup vs. enterprise). In private companies, and particularly for startups, the CEO and/or Founder might be the primary point person leading these relationships, with the CFO also involved as the point person…Read More

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Outsourcing Finance and Accounting Functions: When, Why, and How?
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Outsourcing business processes continues to be a popular strategy for many companies with an eye toward value optimization through cost reduction, increased efficiency, and capability-finetuning. The advent of cloud-based software and SaaS, BPaaS (business process as a service), and PaaS (platform as a service) technology solutions over the past decade…Read More

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Building a Strong Finance Team: Five Essential Ingredients
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In my over 25 years in finance and public accounting, I have personally led a multitude of talented teams across industry sectors and at startups to enterprise-level companies. In my experience, I find that there are at least five essential ingredients for finance leaders to keep in mind when identifying,…Read More

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