97 articles by Perry D. Wiggins

• What control violations reveal about cyber risk: Metric of the Month

  Jan. 7, 2026

• Hidden delays that slow payments and strain cash flow: Metric of the Month

  Dec. 3, 2025

• Managing cost per employee during labor market shifts: Metric of the Month

  Nov. 5, 2025

• 4 steps to ERP consolidation: Metric of the Month

  Oct. 1, 2025

• 5 strategies for a faster year-end close: Metric of the Month

  Sept. 3, 2025

• 3 ways to reduce AP process costs: Metric of the Month

  Aug. 6, 2025

• Finding the right mix of preventive and detective controls: Metric of the Month

  July 9, 2025

• 4 strategies for faster financial forecasting: Metric of the Month

  June 11, 2025

• How to realize a higher return on invested capital: Metric of the Month

  May 7, 2025

• Minimizing invoice errors in capital projects: Metric of the Month

  April 9, 2025

• Boosting efficiency in accounts receivable processing: Metric of the Month

  March 5, 2025

• Percentage of error-free disbursements: Metric of the Month

  Feb. 5, 2025

• The cost of financial management: Metric of the Month

  Jan. 8, 2025

• How many finance employees should your organization have? Metric of the Month

  Dec. 11, 2024

• Steps for improving sales forecast accuracy: Metric of the Month

  Nov. 6, 2024

• Tactics to increase journal entry automation for optimal efficiency: Metric of the Month

  Oct. 9, 2024

• How long is too long to reconcile the general ledger? Metric of the Month

  Sept. 4, 2024

• Measuring financial forecasting efficiency: Metric of the Month

  Aug. 7, 2024

• How to measure productivity with revenue per employee: Metric of the Month

  July 10, 2024

• Days sales outstanding: A critical lever for managing cash flow: Metric of the Month

  June 5, 2024

• Manage days payable outstanding to improve cash flow: Metric of the Month

  May 8, 2024

• Finance Team Collaboration Drives Lower Process Costs: Metric of the Month

  April 3, 2024

• 3 CFO Strategies for Getting Paid Faster: Metric of the Month

  March 6, 2024

• 3 CFO Strategies for Better Annual Reporting Performance: Metric of the Month

  Feb. 7, 2024

• 3 Ways to Optimize the Cost of Financial Reporting: Metric of the Month

  Jan. 3, 2024

• Manage Financial Policy and Procedures Cost Effectively: Metric of the Month

  Dec. 6, 2023

• Eliminate Billing Adjustment Bottlenecks: Metric of the Month

  Nov. 15, 2023

• 3 Steps to Improve Accounts Payable Performance: Metric of the Month

  Oct. 4, 2023

• The Metric of the Month series

  Sept. 6, 2023

• 4 Tips for a Faster and More Effective Budgeting Process: Metric of the Month

  Sept. 6, 2023

• Why a Smaller IT Headcount is Not Necessarily Better: Metric of the Month

  Aug. 2, 2023

• 3 Ways to Accelerate Travel Expense Approval and Reimbursement: Metric of the Month

  July 5, 2023

• 3 Ways to Control Uncollectible Balances: Metric of the Month

  June 7, 2023

• Is Your Chart of Accounts Too Long? Metric of the Month

  May 3, 2023

• How Many Learning Days Should You Offer Employees? Metric of the Month

  April 5, 2023

• Number of Finance FTEs Benchmarks AR Efficiency: Metric of the Month

  March 1, 2023

• 5 Ways to Speed Up the Year-End Close: Metric of the Month

  Feb. 8, 2023

• Cycle Time for Short-Term Cash Forecasting: Metric of the Month

  Jan. 3, 2023

• How Much Does It Cost to Process an Invoice? Metric of the Month

  Dec. 7, 2022

• Too Many ERP Systems Are a Bad Thing: Metric of the Month

  Nov. 2, 2022

• How Much Revenue Should Each Employee Generate? Metric of the Month

  Oct. 5, 2022

• Top Performers Automate 40% of Primary Controls: Metric of the Month

  Sept. 7, 2022

• Top Organizations Record Accounts Payable Cycle Time in 2.8 Days: Metric of the Month

  Aug. 3, 2022

• Best Organizations Report Consolidated Financials in 4 Days: Metric of the Month

  July 6, 2022

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

  June 1, 2022

• Metric of the Month: The Right Mix of New and Long-Serving Employees

  May 5, 2022

• Metric of the Month: The Cost of a Shared Services Center

  April 4, 2022

• Metric of the Month: Return On Invested Capital

  March 2, 2022

• Prevent Customers from Going Delinquent

  Feb. 2, 2022

• Do You Spend Enough Time Assessing Strategic Risks?

  Jan. 26, 2022

• How to Lower Total Payroll Costs: Metric of the Month

  Dec. 6, 2021

• Cycle Time to Complete the Annual Budget: Metric of the Month

  Nov. 1, 2021

• Metric of the Month: Average Tenure of FP&A Employees

  Oct. 4, 2021

• How Many of Your Primary Controls Are Preventive?

  Sept. 1, 2021

• Metric of the Month: How Far Off Is Your Sales Forecast?

  Aug. 3, 2021

• Metric of the Month: Personnel Cost of Finance

  July 6, 2021

• Assessing Cyber Risk: Metric of the Month

  June 1, 2021

• Metric of the Month: Total Cost to Process T&E Reimbursements

  May 3, 2021

• Total Cost to Manage Taxes: Metric of the Month

  April 1, 2021

• Metric of the Month: Invoices Billed to Customers With Credit Terms

  March 1, 2021

• Metric of the Month: Avoiding Payroll Bottlenecks

  Feb. 1, 2021

• Producing Management Reports Faster: Metric of the Month

  Jan. 4, 2021

• Metric of the Month: Time Allocation in Finance

  Dec. 7, 2020

• Metric of the Month: Number of FTEs Performing the Order-to-Cash Process

  Nov. 3, 2020

• Metric of the Month: What is the Ideal Number of Budget Iterations?

  Oct. 1, 2020

• Metric of the Month: Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time

  Sept. 2, 2020

• Metric of the Month: Uncollectable Balances as a Percentage of Revenue

  Aug. 4, 2020

• Metric of the Month: Total Cost to Reward and Retain Employees

  July 1, 2020

• Short-Term Cash-Flow Forecasting: Metric of the Month

  June 2, 2020

• Metric of the Month: Days Sales Outstanding

  May 4, 2020

• Increase DPO, If You Can: Metric of the Month

  April 1, 2020

• Metric of the Month: Detect and Prevent Duplicate or Erroneous Payments

  March 3, 2020

• Metric of the Month: Total Cost to Manage and Process Collections

  Feb. 4, 2020

• Total Cost to Perform the Finance Function: Metric of the Month

  Jan. 2, 2020

• Metric of the Month: Days to Perform a Site-Level Annual Close

  Dec. 3, 2019

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

  Nov. 4, 2019

• Metric of the Month: Return on Invested Capital

  Oct. 1, 2019

• Metric of the Month: Days Cash on Hand

  Sept. 3, 2019

• Metric of the Month: How Quickly Businesses Adapt to New Risks

  Aug. 6, 2019

• Metric of the Month: Total Cost to ‘Manage Taxes’

  July 9, 2019

• Metric of the Month: Total Cost of Budgeting and Forecasting

  June 3, 2019

• Metric of the Month: Formal Succession Planning Lacking

  May 1, 2019

• Metric of the Month: Percentage of Approved Capital Projects Considered Within or On Budget

  April 1, 2019

• Metric of the Month: Number of Accounts in the Chart of Accounts

  March 4, 2019

• Metric of the Month: Establishing the Daily Cash Position

  Feb. 4, 2019

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

  Jan. 8, 2019

• Metric of the Month: Business Entity Revenue Per Employee

  Dec. 5, 2018

• Metric of the Month: Automated Primary Controls

  Nov. 5, 2018

• Metric of the Month: Cycle Time to Prepare the Financial Forecast

  Oct. 8, 2018

• Metric of the Month: Learning Days Per Employee

  Sept. 10, 2018

• Metric of the Month: Number of Budget Versions

  Aug. 6, 2018

• Metric of the Month: Uncollectible Balances

  July 5, 2018

• The Real Cost of Invoicing: Metric of the Month

  June 6, 2018

• Metric of the Month: Days Sales Outstanding Measures Efficiency

  May 9, 2018

• Metric of the Month: Shared Services

  April 2, 2018

• Metric of the Month: Cycle Time for Monthly Close

  March 5, 2018

• Metric of the Month: Accounts Payable Cost

  Feb. 5, 2018