- Stop Fixing Your Processes. Let AI Redesign Them.
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- For years, finance teams heard the same warning: do not automate a broken process. The phrase appeared in consulting reports, ERP playbooks, and countless transformation programs across finance and operations. It became a foundational belief among finance professionals.
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Take Assessment Watch Video- Gustavo’s Corner: AI News for CFOs - #16
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- This edition of Gustavo’s Corner shows how AI is reshaping the technology market from several angles: user behavior, model competition, workplace productivity, content trust, pricing pressure, and economic disruption. DuckDuckGo’s growth suggests that some users are actively looking for AI-free search options, while Anthropic and DeepSeek are intensifying competition around performance and cost. At the same time, OpenAI, Microsoft, and YouTube are responding to the broader consequences of AI adoption, from workforce disruption to productivity redesigns and synthetic media detection.
- Don’t Miss the Danger Signs: How to Monitor Your Risk Controls
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- As advanced as an Internal Control Plan can be, it is not self-sustaining. Independent and/or ongoing evaluations are required to determine if each component is functioning effectively, and to allow deficiencies to be addressed in a timely manner. Monitoring is the process of comparing what you would expect to what actually happens. Within the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) framework, that takes place in three stages:
Governance & Controls – structure and controls.
Transaction Recording – systems, transaction processing and closing the books.
Reporting - efficient, timely and accurate information for decision making and meeting compliance requirements.
Accounting
Business Planning - provide the financial roadmap for the company with supporting analytics.
Financial Forecasting - integrate the company’s current performance relative to budget with the real-time business environment.
Investment Analysis - the framework to analyze new opportunities as they present themselves.
Finance
Cash Management - the discipline to ensure cash is available to operate the business normally.
Funding - Planning for and raising funds to meet the needs of the business.
Risk Management – Identification and mitigation of key business risks.
Treasury
Self-Awareness - Internal.
Team Building - External.
Strategy & Culture – Motivate people to follow you.
Leadership
Four Pillars of Executive Expertise
CFO.University is built around the Four Pillars of CFO Success. These Pillars are supported with Core Competencies. Our framework allows you to master your role as a senior financial officer. The Four Pillars are made up of:
Accounting – Governance & Controls, Transaction Recording and Reporting
Finance – Business Planning, Financial Forecasting and Investment Analysis
Treasury – Cash Management, Funding (Capital Raising) and Risk Management
Leadership – Self Awareness, Team Building and Strategy & Culture
