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The Role of the CFO has Changed. What Does This Mean for Companies?

Planview

Building on our previous discussion about Chris’s journey , this post focuses on the traits that define successful CFOs and how they can navigate the complexities of modern finance. I read the Wall Street Journal daily, watch CNBC, read books, and listen to podcasts.

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What is Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Apptivo

The Finance and accounting module. The Finance and accounting module helps businesses understand the current financial status and the future outlook. Close the books efficiently. When most of the organization’s data resides in the ERP system, it provides an accurate report across businesses of the organization.

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How to Start a Business: A Complete Guide for Startup Entrepreneurs

Hubspot Sales

In order to build a successful company, you’ll need to create and fine-tune a business plan, assess your finances, complete all the legal paperwork, pick your partners, choose the best tools and systems to help you get your marketing and sales off the ground … and a whole lot more. Pros: They make seeking venture financing easy.

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A Beginner's Guide to General Ledgers

Hubspot Sales

In this blog post, you'll learn about how businesses document and measure finances using a general ledger, and how the general ledger helps businesses track financial health and growth over time. General Ledger (Accounting). If the business has more liabilities than assets, it can have negative equity. General Ledger vs. Trial Balance.

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Agency mergers and acquisitions, with Mark Sainthill

Account Management Skills

He’s worked in house for agencies and as a consultant to agency owners, and has acted both from a buyer and a seller side in corporate finance transactions. Before I dive into the questions about M&A, you said that you were commercial finance at WPP and worked with a lot of account managers. So big welcome, Mark.

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How to grow your independent agency, with Agencynomics co-author Peter Hoole

Account Management Skills

Don’t forget to grab a copy of the book ‘ Agencynomics ’. Drop me an email at jenny@accountmanagementskills.com or book a discovery call with me , and we can see if it’s a good fit for you or your agency. Peter shares so many tips and lots of value during this interview. Transcript: Jenny 00:03. Peter 00:29. Jenny 01:22.

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Accounting 101: The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Basics

Hubspot Sales

You could keep your own books with a spreadsheet (like Excel or Google Sheets ). A balance sheet will also show you your business’s retained earnings , which is the amount of profit that you’ve reinvested in your business (rather than being distributed to shareholders). Now, let’s talk about how you can do your bookkeeping.

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