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The Silent Costs of a Traditional Financial Close (and Why It’s Time To Modernize)

FloQast

And solutions that are easy to implement help businesses mitigate the cost of traditional close processes and enhance performance. Automation can reduce the time to close by 26 % or more. This increases the time it takes to close and adds more pressure to workloads during this process. Take SOX as one example.

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Building on a Strong Foundation: How FloQast Compliance Management Supports A.K.A. Brands’ Compliance Function

FloQast

Revolutionizing Accounting Processes FloQast’s influence stretched beyond SOX compliance, positively impacting a.k.a Brands’ accounting procedures. With FloQast’s close management capabilities in place, the finance team optimized their close process and achieved greater efficiency.

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The 90 Day Road to Successful CFO

The Finance Weekly

Ask yourself the following questions to put your new finance function to the test and optimize it: What is the quality of your closing process? What is the reporting process like? It's an excellent tool for processing and synthesizing small collections of data, but its limitations are unavoidable.

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Four Techniques Companies Use To Advance In Today’s New Economic Environment

The Finance Weekly

Determine who is the owner of each business procedure. Assign owners to each business process in IT, finance, operations, and other areas to ensure that everyone is working toward the same goal. So, how can businesses take advantage of automation to speed up the financial close? Think through the “extended” process.

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Driving Efficiency: Oregon Tool’s Transformation with FloQast

FloQast

Results Achieved: Improved compliance with real-time management of control procedures. Reduced administrative burdens, leading to streamlined processes. By integrating Compliance Management into our Close Management process, we ensure that control procedures are followed in real time.

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Ultimate Month-End Close Checklist for Accuracy and Efficiency

FloQast

In every accounting department I’ve been a part of, a crucial period rolls around at the end of each month: the month-end Close. The month-end close process is the culmination of a month’s worth of financial transactions, when all hands are on deck to ensure the company’s financial records are accurate and up-to-date.

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MineralTree, Sage Team For Automatic Invoice Matching

PYMNTS

As companies grow and look to better manage their spend, the use of purchase orders becomes standard operating procedure, especially in industries such as manufacturing, retail, and healthcare,” said Elle Kowal , chief product officer at MineralTree.