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Cash & Treasury Management Best Practices: A Comprehensive Guide for Finance Executives

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Effective cash and treasury management stands as a cornerstone of corporate financial health. For finance executives, optimising these functions can significantly impact an organisation's liquidity, risk management, and overall financial performance.

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Blog Topics: Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Financial Accounting Management Software

Treasury Management in the Era of Digital Currencies

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As digital currencies move from niche to mainstream finance, treasury teams face new opportunities and challenges. Beyond traditional tasks like managing liquidity and optimizing cash flow, treasurers must now consider these emerging assets. To succeed, they need to understand digital currencies and their impact on treasury operations.

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Blog Topics: Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Financial Accounting Management Software

What to Look for in a Treasury Management Solution

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Choosing the right software solution can make your treasury department run like a well-oiled machine. With countless options available, how do you find the perfect fit for your business? This article explores the key features and considerations when selecting a treasury management solution. 

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Blog Topics: Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Financial Accounting Management Software

Hybrid Cloud Strategy Implementation: A Practical Guide for CIOs

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This guide shows you how to build a hybrid cloud system. It follows up on our previous article about companies moving away from the cloud. A hybrid approach lets you use both cloud and local systems together. This gives you flexibility and keeps you secure. It also helps you follow regulations. However, you need to plan carefully to make all your IT systems work together.

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Blog Topics: Technology trends, Cloud Computing

Long-term Financial Planning: How to Stay At Least 2 Steps Ahead

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Anyone who plays chess knows a good player is not just thinking about their next move - they are planning several moves ahead. That is exactly what long-term financial planning is all about. It's not just about keeping the lights on today; it's about making sure your business is thriving three, five, or even ten years down the road.

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Blog Topics: Financial consolidation, planning and reporting

Looking Beyond the Fiscal Year: How to Transition to Strategic Budgeting

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An increasing number of businesses are looking beyond the fiscal year when it comes to budgeting, instead opting for strategic budgeting for good reasons. This article will explore these reasons and, more importantly, how your business can transition from traditional annual budgeting to strategic budgeting.

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Blog Topics: Financial consolidation, planning and reporting

Hotel Budgeting: Tips to Stay in Control

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It must be high time for budgeting at your business, which is why you are reading this article. Feeling overwhelmed? But seriously, why can’t companies just minimise spending and cut back on all unnecessary expenses? Who needs pizza days anyway? 

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Blog Topics: Hospitality solutions, Financial consolidation, planning and reporting

How to Conduct a PESTLE Analysis: A Practical Guide

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One of the direst mistakes you can make when it comes to strategic planning and forecasting is to overlook external factors. One tool you can use for this is PESTLE analysis. In today’s article, we will explain everything you need to know about conducting a PESTLE analysis.

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Blog Topics: Planning and Budgeting, Financial consolidation, planning and reporting

How Autogrill VFS F&B Streamlines Operations with SunSystems Cloud

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Autogrill VFS F&B, a leading player in the food and beverage industry in Vietnam, faced challenges with its legacy accounting system, Infor SunSystems 6.3, stemming from an incompatibility issue. The incompatibility limited the finance team's ability to integrate and streamline processes. 

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Blog Topics: Financial Accounting Management Software, Cloud Computing, Infor SunSystems, Digital Transformation

Why Finance Professionals Only Have 5 Years to Reinvent Themselves & How to Do It

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Let's face it: the days of finance professionals focusing on retrospective activities - bookkeeping, financial reporting, and compliance - are numbered. If you work in finance and you're still spending most of your time crunching numbers and preparing reports, you might want to sit down for this: you've got about five years to completely reinvent yourself. 

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Blog Topics: Financial consolidation, planning and reporting, Technology trends

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