- CFO Talk Transforming Financial Insights - Simplifying Data for Better Decisions with Gianluca Bisceglie
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- This episode of CFO Talk: “Transforming Financial Insights - Simplifying Data for Better Decisions” leverages the background - engineering, tech, and private equity - and expertise of Gianluca Bisceglie to overcome obstacles, like “data obesity”, to turn financial data into action oriented information and better decisions. Decisions that can be career-changing for finance professionals.
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Take Assessment Watch Video- Gustavo’s Corner: AI News for CFOs - #4
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- This edition highlights how the AI landscape is rapidly shifting from experimentation to integrated productivity across major enterprise platforms. Microsoft’s rollouts signal a direct push toward automation and low-code development, making process optimization accessible to non-technical teams. Anthropic’s new Skills and Claude for Excel reinforce a clear move toward embedded, task-specific AI—bringing analytical, presentation, and compliance capabilities directly into tools CFOs already rely on.
- Unveiling the Hidden ROI
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- In the dynamic business world, “ROI” (Return on Investment) has long stood as a symbol of financial success—a fundamental gauge of profitability steering decision-making and strategic planning. Yet, the landscape of ROI is evolving, and its definition is expanding beyond mere monetary returns. Today, savvy businesses recognise that ROI isn’t a monolithic figure but a multi-dimensional metric encompassing financial and non-financial outcomes.
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
