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Four Faces of the CFO - Steward

Accounting, control, risk management and asset preservation are the province of the Steward. The Steward must ensure company compliance with financial reporting and control requirements. Information quality and control rationalization are top-of-mind issues for the Steward.

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Protect and preserve the assets of the organization

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Resources:

Tick, Tick, Tick: How to Spot Finance Timebombs Before They Explode
This Boardroom Briefing article describes five signs that indicate the finance organization may be in over its head, along with some practical advice on how to address the problem.

Finance Transformation: Building a Risk Intelligent Finance Function
CFOs are being forced to rethink their roles and transform the organization's finance function. Learn ways companies and top financial executives can successfully manage competing priorities and risks threatening their organizations

The Center for Corporate Governance
This Web site provides the latest research and information on leading governance practices for directors and board committees

SOX Optimization: Improving Compliance Efficiency & Effectiveness
This paper addresses the dilemma of how to improve controls while simultaneously reducing unnecessary costs – without jeopardizing compliance

Creating the Wholly Sustainable Enterprise
A practical guide to driving shareholder value through enterprise sustainability

IQ Matters: Senior Finance and IT Executives Seek To Boost Information Quality
A report by CFO Research Services and Deloitte Consulting LLP

Getting Your House in Order: Meeting the Challenges of International Tax Compliance
A Deloitte Insights podcast

Chateau 109: Accounting for Income Taxes – FAS 109
The right blend of managing global income tax provision processes and international tax planning

Audit Committee Brief
Quarterly newsletter focusing on regulatory, technical and professional developments in corporate governance and accounting. A must for CFOs

Sarbanes-Oxley Resources
A collection of articles and tools

The SEC’s Roundtable on Implementation of Internal Control Reporting Provisions
Highlights and perspectives

Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
10 threats to compliance

Accounting for Income Taxes – FAS 109

FASB Statement No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment: A Roadmap to Applying the Fair Value Guidance to Share-Based Payment Awards – Second Edition

Heads Up: FSP Emphasizes Entity Design in Accounting Under Interpretation 46(R)

Enterprise Risk Assessment
A guide to risk in the organization for the C-suite and the boardroom

Enterprise Risk Management
Content Library

The Risk Intelligent Enterprise
ERM done right

Breathing Lessions (How CFOs can thrive under pressure)
Our seventh book in the Straight Talk Series is dedicated to the CFO who, more than ever, faces mounting pressures for performance and accountability – and whose turnover rate has never been higher. Learn more.

Case Studies:
Finance Transformation in Financial Services: Back on Track
At one time forced to restate its financials, a large U.S. company underwent a large-scale transformation to improve alignment, set effective controls, and implement self-evaluation processes.

Finance Transformation in Pharmaceuticals: When the Party's Over
Existing finance operations at a leading pharmaceutical company challenged performance improvement.

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Federal Financial Management Solutions Center 
The Deloitte Federal Financial Management Solutions Center provides innovative, practical solutions for the Federal Chief Financial Officers' (CFO) most pressing financial management and financial transformation challenges.


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