Financial Closing and Reporting: Keeping Up with Change

April 7, 2014
Hosted by Bonnie D. Graham

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Closing the books and creating financial reports are nothing new. But with the accelerating pace of business, Finance now must deliver faster, more reliable and visible results, all with full regulatory compliance. Is this keeping your CFO awake at night? The experts speak. Wendy Reinitz, Performance Analytics: “There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there." (Indira Gandhi). Gabe Zubizarreta, Silicon Valley Accountants: “According to Peter Drucker, ‘If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it,” but I add that if you can’t see it or measure it, then you can’t manage it!” Elizabeth Milne, SAP: “A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.” (Stephen Covey). Join us for Financial Closing and Reporting: Keeping Up with Change.

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Bonnie D. Graham

Bonnie D. Graham produced and hosted her first live talk radio show in 1998 on AM1240–WGBB, Long Island, NY’s oldest terrestrial radio station. A few years later, she moved from terrestrial to Internet radio with her author interview show, “Up Close and Personal.” In 2011, working at the enterprise software leader SAP, she developed the concept for a weekly live global business thought leadership roundtable series on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel – and launched “Coffee Break with Game-Changers” on October 5, 2011. Over the next nine years, Bonnie D. created, produced and hosted 46 additional SAP series on the Business Channel, attracting millions of listeners around the world. Since becoming an independent broadcaster in 2019, she has developed and hosted live radio and podcast series on the Business Channel for eight additional organizations, as well as her own weekly series, “Read My Lips: Cool Conversations with Creatives with akaRadioRed,” on the Empowerment Channel. In 2023, her live-streaming “Technology Revolution: The Future of Now” series was ranked No. 6 on FeedSpot’s Top 70 Technology Podcasts to Listen to in 2023. What powers Bonnie D.’s passion for radio? She “loves speaking with smart people!”

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