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AP Listicle: Best-in-Class AP Operations Benefit the CFO in Six Ways

By John Yuva July 21, 2026Best Practices, Process

Chief financial officers continue to face some of the most significant challenges in decades, particularly in accounts payable (AP). With the primary goals to maintain cash flow and strengthen supplier…

The CFO and Finance Leadership (Track 3)

By Andrew Bartolini May 18, 2020Best Practices, Events, Process, Research, Solution Providers, Technology

(Publisher’s note: Our challenge to each reader is to pick and view one great CFO / CPO / Leadership session today. If you do, we bet you can’t just stop…

How CFOs Can Build and Nurture Alliances with CPOs

By Andrew Bartolini November 25, 2019Best Practices, Process

In 2019, the duties of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) continue to expand, straddling the traditional areas of financial stewardship and the more progressive areas of strategic and business leadership,…

Uncertain Times Ahead Call for an Improved CFO – CPO Partnership

By Andrew Bartolini October 7, 2019Best Practices

One never really knows what the coming business environment will hold. We are in the midst or quite possibly at the tail end of one of the longest market expansions…

From the Archives: CPO & CFO: Building a More Perfect Union

By Andrew Bartolini July 24, 2019Best Practices, Process

Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to readers of our network of sites, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and events. To…

The CFO: From CPA to CEO (in-Waiting)

By Andrew Bartolini July 19, 2019Process

From the earliest of entrepreneurs to the largest of today’s global corporations, significant time and resources have been invested in the development of financial management expertise and capabilities – an…

Five Ways to Improve the CPO-CFO Relationship

By Andrew Bartolini February 28, 2018Best Practices, Process

Heightened volatility and increased business risk have combined with tight and uncertain credit markets to ensure that having cash and maintaining direct access to it will remain a priority of…

Featured Article: The State of Accounts Payable 2017 (New Video)

By Andrew Bartolini July 13, 2017Best Practices, Research, Technology

With today’s article, we are excited to announce the publication of Ardent Partners’ latest AP research report, “The State of ePayables 2017: The Convergence of Cash, Suppliers, and Cash”, which…

Beyond the Numbers – The Modern CFO’s Agenda: Upcoming Webinar (June 20)

By Philip Bartolini June 19, 2017Best Practices, Events, Technology

Join us on Tuesday, June 20 at 2pm ET, for a complimentary webinar presentation entitled “Beyond the Numbers: The Modern CFO’s Agenda” The role of the modern Chief Financial Officer…

Why Should CFOs Care About Contingent Workforce Management?

By Christopher J Dwyer January 22, 2015Best Practices

The modern-day Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has his or her hands in a mix of contemporary processes, capabilities and initiatives. For years, the analyst the team at Ardent Partners has…