Analytics

Analytics

Modern Analytics Can Drive Downturn Preparedness

CFOs can use today's analytic trending and predictive insights capabilities to better anticipate cash flow and market volatility.

Jeff Silverman, Grant Thornton
December 12, 2019
Analytics

Three Steps to Make CFOs Champions of the Data Revolution

A CFO empowered with data is able to put positive pressure on all areas of the business, in a much more proactive way than has been possible until now.
Benchmarking

Metric of the Month: Cycle Time To Perform a Financial Evaluation of New Products

Leading companies bring finance into the new product or service design process early for faster and more forward-looking financial evaluation.
Strategy

The Two Faces of Private Equity

Host Analytics' CFO makes a case for private equity, recalibrates the software company's business focus, and sets a six-point agenda for his finance team.
Technology

Transformation Requires a Scientific Approach

AI, machine learning, and other new technology must replace subjective rules of thumb and one-size-fits-all programs for business transformation to succeed.
Big Data

Execs Cop to Data Dysfunction

Two-thirds of corporate leaders prefer to rely on others for accessing and using data from their own tools.
Regulation

SOX Compliance Doesn’t Get Easier With Time

Despite ongoing expectations to the contrary, complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act remains a moving target for companies.
Artificial Intelligence

8 Trends Are Putting AI Into Clearer View

Companies are gaining confidence that their use of artificial intelligence is starting to pay off: KPMG study.
Analytics

Five Ways CFOs Can Use AI — Today

While AI is often overhyped, there are a number of practical applications that are available to finance chiefs.
Analytics

Salesforce to Buy Tableau in $15B Analytics Move

The acquisition combines Tableau's tools for understanding data with Salesforce's solutions for understanding customers.
Analytics

Amid Data Deluge, Judgment Still Makes the Difference

No matter how much data is fed to machine learning and predictive analytics tools, the key is deciding which outputs are useful and how to act on them.
Analytics

Business Intelligence: A Life Hack for Today’s CFO

BI can rescue finance executives from the large, incoherent data populations and disparate systems that make diagnosing underperformance almost impossible.
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