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Transforming Lease Accounting with Better Software

Posted by Robert Kugel on 22 August 2013

Because of its impact on the Office of Finance, I’ve written in the past aboutthe proposed timeline and IT implications of the convergence of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). While the bottom-line differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS are likely to be minimal for most businesses, some aspects of the convergence...

Topics: GRC, Office of Finance, control, error, IFRS, Business Performance, Financial Performance, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), CFO, Financial Performance Management, GAAP

The Spreadsheet and the Whale

Posted by Robert Kugel on 29 January 2013

Banking giant JP Morgan raised eyebrows in 2012 when it revealed that it had lost a substantial amount of money because of poorly conceived trades it had made for its own account. The losses raised questions about the adequacy of its internal controls, and broader questions about the need for regulations to reduce systemic risk to the banking system. At the heart of the matter were the...

Topics: Sales, Sales Performance, GRC, Office of Finance, error, Operational Performance, Business Analytics, Business Collaboration, Business Intelligence, Business Performance, Financial Performance, Information Management, Data, controls