Best Practices in Revenue Reporting CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
Financial Executive Benchmarking Survey, Revenue Reporting Edition

 The Rise of Alternative Investments CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
Ten Things to Consider When Selecting a Fund of Funds Manager
Deanna McMahon, MullinTBG, Robert Ryan, MullinTBG, John Chon, MullinTBG

 A Financial Risk Management Primer CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
The financial risk management process is complex, requiring a keen understanding of one's exposure, the valuation of derivative securities, applicable accounting regulations and the internal controls necessary to ensure risk management activities are effectively performed.
David W. Stowe, Strategic Treasurer

 A New Way to Achieve Internal Control of Your Revenue CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
Softrax provides enterprise billing and revenue management solutions that fundamentally change the way companies manage, analyze, report and forecast revenue.

 An Overview of Trade Credit Insurance CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
Companies would be wise to protect themselves against commercial and political risks beyond their control.

 CASE STUDY: Blythe J. McGarvie CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
A Personal Perspective on Business Performance Management
Blythe J. McGarvie, Leadership for International Finance LLC

 Elevating Finance to the Strategic Level CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
Corporate financial management strengthens planning and risk management.

 Helping Companies Minimize Risk and Expand Sales CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
Euler Hermes ACI is North America’s oldest and largest provider of trade credit insurance, protecting more than $150 billion in U.S. trade transactions annually. The company is the U.S. subsidiary of the Euler Hermes Group, which monitors more than 43 million companies and has offices in 49 countries and on six continents.

 Measuring the Effectiveness and Performance of Your Program CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
Identifying business objectives is the first step in determining whether a GRC program is succeeding in its mission.
Scott L. Mitchell, Open Compliance & Ethics Group (OCEG )

 Strategies for Assessing Risk CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
After defining categories of risk, the next step is to assess the entire spectrum of risk that could impact the organization.
BearingPoint

 Trends in Governance, Risk and Compliance CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
Organizations are increasingly motivated to formalize a federated GRC process.
Forrester Research

 Turning IT Services Change From a Minefield to a Gold Mine CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
Knowledge is power for CFOs weighing the risks and rewards of high-impact IT services deals.
Alex Veytsel, RampRate

 Using Enterprise Risk Management to Evaluate Acquisitions and New Ventures CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
Companies must take a systematic, structured approach to assessing business situations that may introduce new risks or alter existing ones.
David Ingram, S&P

 Weighing the Options for Funding Nonqualified Benefits CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
Assessing the characteristics of potential informal funding assets can help identify which best meet a company’s overall objectives.

 What's Troubling Finance? CFO Project Volume 3, July 31, 2007
The CFO function needs to anticipate and accommodate new rules and regulations - not just react to them - for greater corporate success and personal job satisfaction.
Eric Keller, Movaris, Inc.

 Avaya Business Continuity Practice--Helping Workers Compensation Fund Take Emergency Preparedness to New Levels CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
Created in 1917 by the Utah legislature to provide wage loss benefits for work-related illness or disability, WCF has evolved over the years to a private ownership structure with Board of Directors comprised of policyholders. In an industry marked by high levels of competition and regulatory oversight, providers face a straightforward--but challenging--financial mandate. With an unyielding requirement that incoming policy premiums fund the outgoing cost of claims, a carrier's sustained success depends on superior business practices--an area where Workers Compensation Fund excels.

 Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
TD Canada Trust’s approach to managing the profitability of products and distribution channels
Adel Mamhikoff, Accenture, Tony DeStefano, TD Canada Trust Finance

 Risk Is Not a Four-Letter Word CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
Effective risk management is integral to successful corporate governance. New expert systems and knowledge-based systems can help manage both people and processes to move organizations toward regulatory compliance.
Ian Baker, riskHive

 The Consumer Revolution over Privacy Protection CFO Project Volume 2, October 01, 2003
Ventana Research urges technology vendors in the CRM, customer intelligence, and customer analytics niches to outline development strategies for their customers and aggressively articulate assumptions about the privacy framework that customer-facing organizations are expected to have in place.
Jack Hafeli, Ventana Research