RPA Archives - CFO

Fixing Invoice Errors Shouldn’t Take a Week: Metric of the Month

Working Capital

Fixing Invoice Errors Shouldn’t Take a Week: Metric of the Month

Invoicing mistakes waste time and lead to delays in customer payments.

By Perry D. Wiggins | June 1, 2022

A Small Business CFO’s Practical Approach to New Technologies

A Small Business CFO’s Practical Approach to New Technologies

CFOs can add discipline to the technology selection process and set the “tone at the top’” by demonstrating a willingness to upskill.

By Steve McNally | August 9, 2021

You’ve Decided to Adopt RPA. Now What?

You’ve Decided to Adopt RPA. Now What?

Here’s a breakdown of automation hierarchies and what CFOs should know about them.

By Lauren Muskett | April 29, 2021

How to Prevent RPA from Messing With Internal Controls

How to Prevent RPA from Messing With Internal Controls

Accountability and governance throughout the RPA lifecycle are essential for mitigating fraud and maintaining effective controls.

By Vincent Ryan | March 23, 2020

CFOs See Tech Grabbing Larger Share of a Shrinking Budget

CFOs See Tech Grabbing Larger Share of a Shrinking Budget

"Management expectations in the coming year may outstrip finance’s resources," said The Hackett Group.

By Vincent Ryan | February 24, 2020

Will Automation Cause Finance Job Losses After All?

Will Automation Cause Finance Job Losses After All?

Seventy percent of what finance does today can be automated, and "some jobs are just going to go away," says intelligent automation expert Lee Coulter.

By David McCann | November 22, 2019

Finance Avoids RPA for Financial Reporting

Finance Avoids RPA for Financial Reporting

Finance departments are reluctant to remove humans from the financial reporting progress, but Gartner says that misses opportunities for efficiencies.

By David McCann | October 2, 2019

It’s Unanimous: Firms that ‘Know’ Bots Will Expand Their Usage

It’s Unanimous: Firms that ‘Know’ Bots Will Expand Their Usage

Automation is sweeping across the corporate landscape, with many companies expecting to use RPA in most or all of their functions within two years.

By David McCann | May 2, 2019

Customer Takes Over Vendor’s Finance Operation

Customer Takes Over Vendor’s Finance Operation

The new finance chief at RPA firm UiPath, Marie Myers, was an enthusiastic user of robotic software in her previous job as global controller at HP.

By David McCann | March 27, 2019

Metric of the Month: Finance FTEs Per $1B in Revenue

Metric of the Month: Finance FTEs Per $1B in Revenue

More finance organizations are finding that it’s better to have a smaller, highly strategic team than an army of workers focused on transactional activity.

By CPA and Perry D. Wiggins | January 8, 2019

Special Report: The New Digital Workforce

Workforce Management

Special Report: The New Digital Workforce

Robotic process automation emerges from the back office to take on core finance tasks.

By David McCann | September 28, 2018

RPA: Seeing is Believing

RPA: Seeing is Believing

Principal Financial finds early success piloting RPA in treasury and tax.

By David McCann | September 28, 2018

Robotics Is Going Mainstream in Finance

Robotics Is Going Mainstream in Finance

More than 4 in 10 companies have an enterprise-wide automation strategy in place, with finance leading the way, a survey shows.

By David McCann | May 31, 2018

Tech Priorities for CFOs: Data Management, Analytics, RPA

Tech Priorities for CFOs: Data Management, Analytics, RPA

"Without data integrity, finance cannot trust the outcomes of analytics solutions, no matter how sophisticated," says The Hackett Group.

By Vincent Ryan | March 26, 2018

CFOs Should Help Lead Workforce Transformation

Robotic Process Automation

CFOs Should Help Lead Workforce Transformation

Converging trends are pushing companies to consider new workforce models, and CFOs should not stay on the sidelines while HR figures it out.

By Sandy Cockrell III and Erica Volini | September 8, 2017