5 Critical Skills to be an Effective Modern Accountants
To succeed as a modern accountant, a vastly different set of skills are required than just number crunching and reporting. Moreover, with technological advancements like machine learning, artificial intelligence and blockchain, things are likely to change even more dramatically in the next decade as the world continues to evolve. In a 2012 benchmark study of […]
Sustainability: How CFOs Can Drive ESG Initiatives
Today’s corporate landscape is witnessing a significant shift in perspective as businesses increasingly acknowledge the importance of sustainability, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors. ESG takes a comprehensive approach to assessing a company’s impact on the environment, society, and governance practices. It includes various aspects such as carbon emissions, labour standards, diversity, and […]
Strategic Finance Business Partnering
The role of a modern finance professional is more than sending reports to other stakeholders or crunching numbers. The business team expect finance professionals to take active participation in the management of the business. Soft skills have become a must-have for finance business partners. How does Finance participate in the business, what skills do we need? […]
Professional Growth and Ethics At Workplace for Young People
Most often, people use terminologies or phrases like professionalism, ethical behaviour (or unethical behaviour) etc., at home, in schools, at workplaces and professional settings or forums. But what do we mean by ethics and professionalism, in general? What comes to our mind when these terms are mentioned? Many of us will agree that ethics generally […]
Coordinating the Fight Against Financial Crimes
Financial crime ranges from basic theft or fraud committed by ill-intentioned individuals to large-scale operations masterminded by organized criminals with a foot on every continent. These serious criminal activities impact social and economic situations and are often closely linked to violent crime and even terrorism. Gambia Finance Leadership Forum organises a webinar on fighting financial […]
Becoming a Successful Finance Professional – Webinar
In their 2012 benchmark study of finance effectiveness, PWC observed that firms are shifting effort away from transaction processing towards decision support. This survey result means that the capabilities required of finance experts are evolving and many traditional career paths which started with accounting and routine financial reporting are no longer an option. Companies want […]
Coronavirus and CFO – 5 Things We Should Do
CFOs around the world are concern that coronavirus pandemic will have a significant impact on their businesses, potentially reducing this year’s revenues and profit, as reported by a recent PWC survey. Without a doubt, we are in a challenging moment and the pandemic will affect every company. Therefore, it is important for finance managers and […]
Notes – ACCA Africa Members Convention – Evolution
With over 800 delegates from 38 countries, the ACCA Africa Members Convention may be the biggest gathering of accountants in the continent. Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda was the host of the 2019 convention between 09th to 11th December 2019. The convention was jam-packed with multiple plenaries and breakout sessions relating to the evaluation of […]
