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www.AFPonline.org AFP Exchange I 1 CONTENTS 34 AFP Research Results from the inaugural FP&A Benchmarking Survey AFP Research Department 38 Corporate Finance Making multi-participant budgeting work Joanne Brunn 42 Treasury Management Money fund reform is here. Is your TMS ready? Thomas C. Knight, CCM 45 Corporate Finance Keys to improving T&E compliance Robert Neveu NOVEMBER 2016 VOLUME 36 NUMBER 9 48 Global Treasury & Finance A smarter way to global cash visibility Staff Writers 50 Payments Instant payments and blockchain: bedfellow or opposites? Pankaj Gindodia 53 Payments How one firm overhauled its fraud security Deborah Peace 56 Payments How merchants are maximizing armored transport pickup Elley Frost 60 FP&A Best practices for forecasting amid fast growth Tom Russell 64 FP&A Running FP&A at a private equity-owned firm is no easy task Nilly Essaides 68 FP&A Certification The latest class of Certified Corporate FP&A Professionals
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www.AFPonline.org AFP Exchange I 1
CONTENTS
34 AFP ResearchResults from the inaugural FP&A Benchmarking SurveyAFP Research Department
38 Corporate FinanceMaking multi-participant budgeting workJoanne Brunn
42 Treasury ManagementMoney fund reform is here. Is your TMS ready?Thomas C. Knight, CCM
45 Corporate FinanceKeys to improving T&E compliance Robert Neveu
NOVEMBER 2016VOLUME 36 NUMBER 9
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48Global Treasury & FinanceA smarter way to global cash visibility Staff Writers
50 PaymentsInstant payments and blockchain: bedfellow or opposites?Pankaj Gindodia
53 PaymentsHow one firm overhauled its fraud securityDeborah Peace
56 PaymentsHow merchants are maximizing armored transport pickupElley Frost
60 FP&ABest practices for forecasting amid fast growthTom Russell
64 FP&ARunning FP&A at a private equity-owned firm is no easy taskNilly Essaides
68 FP&A Certification The latest class of Certified Corporate FP&A Professionals
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2016 AFP Benchmarking Survey: FP&A, a Function in Transition
COLUMNS NOVEMBER 2016
4 From the President & CEO Jim Kaitz
10 Current Events Treasury departments mull shared service centers John Hintze
14 FP&A Foresights Introducing AFP’s FP&A maturity model Nilly Essaides
20 Treasury Essentials How do you create a reliable cash forecasting process? Ankur Bhandari
24 Risk Column What does the high-volatility era mean for CFOs? Mark O’Toole
28 FP&A Foresights How FP&A can cope when a crisis strikes Nilly Essaides
32 Payments Essentials What does faster ACH mean for businesses? Rick Burke
70 Highest Ranks CFO, VP and other executive appointments
72 The Bottom Line Wait Till Next Year Ira Apfel
