Automation is coming!
In the coming decades, sophisticated robots, computer programs and other forms of automated technology will eliminate many jobs in many fields, and…
Comments on Union Budget 2019
Today’s budget was expected to set the tone for Modi government 2.0’ vision and long-term systematic growth plan to stabilize and take forward…
White-collar crimes: CFO as protector and trustee of the organisation
An area that has widely come into limelight recently is the white collar crimes that needs attention of the new age CFO. As finance leaders are at…
CFO’s role in Driving customer Centricity
Customers form the core of existence and Growth of any Business. The real focus on customer service called "Customer care" ushered in India with the…
Recruiting Real Talent Using Artificial Intelligence
Written by Rajiv Maheshwari, CEO, Anand and Anand, based on his experience of creating a tool for recruiting using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and…
What does a CFO bring to start-ups and why is it important?
At one point, Uber was the epitome of how start-ups can clock up disruptive and exponential growth. At the very next moment, the smooth sail appeared…
Tips to monitor your financial performance
Paying attention to these numbers pays off Keeping up with all of the day-to-day demands of operating a business can cause owners to lose sight of…
Optimizing Payment Gateways Costs in Ecommerce Startups
One of the major head of expense which typically escapes scrutiny by Executive Leadership in E Commerce organizations is the “Payment Gateway…
What CFOs can take forward from 2018 and what they should focus in 2019
In the year 2018 we saw businesses come back on a steady keel after the volatility of GST implementation and the aftermath of demonetisation of the…
Tech trends that are fast disrupting the traditional finance landscape
Recently, I read about Dubai announcing its plan to be “the world’s first Blockchain-powered government”, with a plan to be 100% on blockchain…
The large reconstruction of India’s supply chain and logistics business
Supply chain is considered the backbone of any consumer goods company, given the fact that companies have to manage large volumes and reach the…
Understanding of Bill To/Ship To in Car Leasing- Place of Supply
PLACE OF SUPPLY – GST GST is a destination based tax, for example: the goods or services will be taxed at the place where they are consumed and not…
How Mergers and Acquisitions Enabled Comviva to Charter a Global Course
To say that the past two decades have been eventful for our business would be an understatement. And why not? From providing communication solutions…
Invisible Finance
The changing role of the CFO is a never changing topic for the past many years. So, I thought I could also follow the well-trodden path…
CFO: To be and how to be
Over half of my working-career I have been a CFO, graduated to a CEO role about half-a-decade ago. When I was not a finance chief, I wondered if…
In 2019: Can we expect a better governed Corporate World?
2018 was some sort of a watershed year for governance in the world of business. Some of the best known corporate executives and well-known companies…
Executive Dialogue: CFO Engage- Pankaj Vasani Executive President & Group CFO, South Asia of Publicis Groupe
FACT FILE Joined Publicis Groupe: in early 2018 Core Finance team size: 100+ Education: Chartered Accountant (India), Associate Certified Public…
CFO is needed more in a startup than in a large organization
Most of the founders and CEOs of startups don’t believe in the need for a CFO and the general thought process is to take support if need be during…
How can the CFO improve the finance team’s role and optimize its business impact?
A successful company is one which can add value to its various stakeholders. This requires the company to perform better than the current economic…
AR – Way ahead for Banking Sector
Augmented Reality (AR) is getting a lot of attraction these days. Even a person who knows little of AR is using it one form or another. The best…
How Leadership Would Manage Crisis
Introduction “In case of Nestle now taking steps to protect the reputation of the Brand Maggie in the Indian market. How does leadership expected…
Financial Risk in Corporate Treasury
Introduction Treasury is a place where entire cash of the Company sits, this can be compared with a fresh lake of water serving the needs of the…
Evolution of CFO Role in E-commerce Sector
Introduction In todays’ evolving world the role of a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is changing dynamically. Its orientation is becoming futuristic…
Diversity or Equality Series : How to increase women in leadership?
Quick summary for those who missed my previous article in this Diversity or Equality series. We spoke of the important quality women need to build…
Diversity or Equality – What’s the Path Forward?
Gender Diversity and Inclusion are hot topics that are being discussed in HR War rooms and even in board rooms today. What are we doing to increase…
Shaken not Stirred
This dialogues from the Bond thriller, best describes the hard-pressing reality for the Finance leadership in todays world. Conventional Reporting is…
“Govt must not look at angel tax as just another source of income from businesses”
Angel tax has been buzzing in the startup arena of late. More than 2,000 startups have been handed over angel tax notices, according to Indian…
Empowering sales team is good, over- empowering not so much. Strike the right balance!
Off late senior management has been focusing on empowering the sales team, but they generally tend to find a right balance. This has been a…
Negotiation
After 20 years of working and being rated as one of the best negotiator by my corporate, I still contemplate, is negotiation an art or science? Is it…
M&A Talent retention and recruitment
It was announced by the H'able Finance Minister and rightly so that the Indian economy is the only progressive economy amongst the BRIC nation.…
Failure of Corporate Governance: Pointing Fingers, will it resolve Governance Issues?
In the recent past, several reputed corporate houses in India (I prefer not to mention individual names) reported governance challenges. We went…
Role of the CFO as a Corporate Governance, Transparency and Social Responsibility Leader
In an uncertain business environment, the pervasiveness of interdependency among companies is very much evident. The role of the management has…
Talent Management
"Talent Management "……. the moment we think of Talent management it takes us to the entire life cycle of an employee, this is one responsibility…
Governance, Risk & Compliance with Technology
The emerging role of CFOs have put them on the forefront of Governance, Risk & compliance. There are no disagreements on the subject that with…