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Companies love setting aggressive month-end close targets. Five days. Four days. Three days. Sometimes there is a legitimate business reason for the deadline. But other times, when you ask why the company needs to close that quickly, the answer is something like: "Best in class is X days." Or: "Our PE consultants told us we should be closing in X days." That's when I like to ask a different question: When does the business actually need the financial information? Start With t

As I work to build my AI skills, I keep thinking back to what happened when email and the internet first started becoming part of everyday business. Yes, I am old enough to remember both. At the time, I was one of the younger people in the office. I approached these new tools with excitement. I picked them up quickly and often found myself showing supervisors and managers how to use them and, more importantly, how to use them better. For about 15 years, I made much of my livi

After 30+ years in business, I’ve learned a few things. I’ve had the opportunity to look at business from a lot of different seats: CPA, Controller, CFO, consultant, business owner, employee, and a Kellogg MBA with a focus on Marketing and Operations. Here are 5 lessons that have stuck with me throughout my career: 1. Financial statements tell you WHAT happened. Operations tells you WHY. Understanding the financial statements is important. But if you don't understand the oper

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