Data breach: safeguarding financial services
Roughly 306.4 billion emails were sent and received each day in 2020, and with the figure expected to rise to…
04 Jan 2021
Revenue management: a new perspective and framework
In a recent IMA Statement on Management Accounting (SMA), Revenue Management Fundamentals, leading researchers sought to factor revenue management into a model that tends to focus primarily on cost management.The…
04 Jan 2021
Maintaining compliance in a Covid-affected auditing process
The end of the year means it is time for the financial audit. However, this year teams will be struggling with multiple changes as a result of Covid-19, writes David…
21 Dec 2020
21 Dec 2020
HMRC set to recognise personal circumstances as tax deadline looms
Following nearly seven months of consultation, HMRC has issued an updated version of its customer charter, which sets out new promises and expectations for how the department will behave. It…
21 Dec 2020
14 Dec 2020
The CFO of the future: nine skill sets for today and beyond
Automation has moved the finance function closer to business strategy and decision-making, as basic ‘number-crunching’ is left to software. This has, in turn, altered the CFO’s role. Another key development…
14 Dec 2020
07 Dec 2020
Attracting the top Generation Z finance talent
Covid-19 has clearly thrown many plans – including hiring – into flux. However, downturns also highlight the importance of great talent, writes Sage People director Hannah WrightAs organisations continue to…
07 Dec 2020
02 Dec 2020
Financial fraud: desperate times can lead to desperate measures
Common intuition about human behaviour in desperate times is confirmed by research which shows that levels of fraud typically increase during economic crises or downturns, including fraud committed by companies’…
02 Dec 2020