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Could anyone please give me a source for me to know about centralized P&L pricing?
For example, in a company comprising of many subsidiaries, should they centralize depreciation cost at parent? Thanks!
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Are personal ethics a good job performance forecasting tool?
FEI just published "CFOs, CEOs That Like to Cheat On Ashley Madison Like to Cheat Investors: Study". The article states in its first paragraph: “[Our] findings suggest a lack of dichotomy between personal and professional life, and cut against the common view that ethics are predominantly situation…
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Invoicing A Customer Before You Deliver The Goods
I have a customer that is wanting me to bill them for material we have not shipped them yet because they want to get the invoice in this months budget. The last company I worked for had a stringent training for SOX and I was always told never issue an invoice before goods are received by the custom…
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Billing Tool/CPQ recommendation for subscription/usage-based model needed
Hi, I am researching currently diverse billing/CPQ tools for a subscription/usage based billing model. We are using Salesforce as CRM system and customized it in the past to be able to invoice with Salesforce. The current method is not scaling and I want to implement a new tool while doing a Salesf…
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America's 10 Best Corporate Citizens
Corporate Responsibility Magazine's just released its 2016 best. They use the Russell 1000 as the basis to rank their "best". Do you a) think that it's fair only to rank the 1000 largest corporations? b) that winning, losing or being removed from the list it means anything to their customers? c) ho…
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EBITDA adjustment related to FX
When calculating normalized EBITDA for bank covenants or valuation, do you exclude FX gains or losses? Situation: US corporate sells in Mexico and Canada and sales and receivables are denominated in local currency. Receivables are later settled in local currency. But when monthly financial stateme…
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Anyone used Mineral Tree for AP automation?
We don't have that many invoice payments, but am looking at ways to shorten the AP process. Has anyone used Mineral Tree for AP automation? What has your experience been?
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Intercompany loans without charging interest expense
I am working for a privately held company that has recently acquired a couple of subsidiaries internationally. We currently need to provide an intercompany loans to two of the subs (located in Germany and Taiwan). The subs are wholly owned by the parent. In loaning the funds intercompany ("p…
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How can you measure the success of a merger or acquisition?
From a financial/managerial/structural point of view, what is the best way to measure the effectiveness and success of an acquisition?
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Do you make copies of vendor checks for the files?
We use a three-part check. Two parts go to the vendor, check, one stub, and the second stub we keep. There is not a lot of information on the stub so during my career I have the accounts payable department make a copy of the full check and then attach the copy to the invoice for filing. This way an…
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Recommend a good intensive for M&A?
Would anyone be able to suggest a good Mergers &Acquisition course? Interested in attending one that covers both the operational considerations (assuming payrolls, international hiccups, etc.) as well as pricing and evaluating the deal. An ideal format would be a 1 to 3 day intensive. Many than…
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Partnership + Return of Capital Question
I'm looking at a partnership agreement where each limited partner has invested a set dollar amount and specifies a 90%/10% split in profits between investor/partnership management until the profit for each limited partner reaches their investment amount. Afterwards, the split is 50/50. My question …
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Accounting treatment regarding warrants
If a company issued shares and warrants. it received X amount for both securities. What is the accounting treatment? fair value pro rata? fair value to shares and plug number for the warrants? I would appreciate if you also refer me to the standard. And if warrants include an anti-dilution provisio…
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Creative Team Building
Team building exercises are a great way to build a cohesive team. What are some activities you have tried that have been successful in your organization? Any that were not worthwhile?
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Any best practices/recommendations for Financial Model naming conventions?
Looking for some recommendations on how folks name their financial models. Goal is to be able to easily tell: - What month of most recent closed actuals model includes - Forecast version (assume linked to outside file) - Description of scenario Thanks in advance
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Should you adjust Advisor shares for delay in strike price?
We plan to finally issue option grants to Advisors for our startup. A few of the Advisors signed agreements several years ago before we did a 409A. Our valuation is much higher now, as is the strike price. Is it common to true-up the Advisor shares and if so, what is a fair way to calculate this?
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How do you know when it is time to kill your start-up?
It's a hard decison. What are some best/creative ways to proceed?
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How to treat the deferred IPO cost if the company is not planning to go IPO soon?
Hi, my company was planning to go IPO last year, but got delayed and now we don't have a definite schedule on the IPO date. We have IPO reserve for about $4M booked to deferred cost account, how do we write off this balance? what is the accounting treatment for this deferred cost? thanks!
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Best solution for expense reporting for small company (20 employees)?
We are currently looking at Expensify or Concur - trying to determine if the benefits outweigh the costs. Really a question of the accountants time (and staff time) vs. the automated solution. Have you found that time is saved using these solutions? Any best practices to share?
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What are your expense report deadlines?
I am curious as to when other companies require their sales team and employees turn in expense reports. Currently, we prefer them weekly, but our only policy is that expenses more than 30 days old may not get reimbursed. This creates an inconsistent process in which we are getting some individual's…
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Bikini Luxe debate - As management, where do you stand?
There seems to be a great debate going on at LinkedIn. And believe it or not, LinkedIn the company doesn't seem to be in the middle of it....yet. The CEO of a clothing line, called Bikini Luxe is using LinkedIn to market her line of clothing. The photo's are of women in, yes you guessed it, Bikini'…
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Best Budgeting and Reporting Software: Best Options to Upgrade from Excel?
We are in the process of evaluating and deciding on which Budgeting and Software solution to use to replace our current process of managing our Budget via a large Spreadsheet. I've looked around and utilized this forum to gain greater insight on the options that are out there. I would like to have …
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