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How Data Science Can Transform Your Business

Why business and finance leaders should partner with data scientists to solve real-world business problems.

Audio Data analytics Foundational

Perspectives on the finance function journey

Perspectives on the Finance Function Journey from the IFAC Professional Accountants in Business (PAIB) Committee provides insights on finance function transformation,...

Report Macroeconomic analysis Advanced

Natural Language Generation: Turning Data into Insights

Going beyond business intelligence dashboards.

Audio Data analytics Foundational

The next frontier in data analytics

​This article discusses why CPAs and organizations need to learn to use advanced technology to predict and achieve outcomes.

Article Practice growth Intermediate

Why the power of data is in the analysis

This article discusses four ways finance can help improve an organization’s approach to harnessing its data:

Article Data analytics Foundational

Five Ways Finance Pros Can Use Data to Unlock Business Opportunities

This blog post presents five suggestions to help your company gain a competitive advantage by becoming a data-centric organization.

Article Data analytics Foundational

Data analytics helps auditors gain deep insight

Technology provides opportunity to test full data sets rather than just samples.

Article Data analytics Foundational

The big data pathway

This infographic shows some of the steps you can take to stay up to date with the developments in this area.

Article Data analytics Foundational

Big Data: Readying Business for the Big Data Revolution

This briefing explores the key competencies organisations need, and the skills management accountants require to harness the power of big data.

Report Data analytics Foundational

From insight to impact - unlocking opportunities in big data: Full report

‘From insight to impact - unlocking opportunities in big data' investigates how leading finance professionals are using data to drive commercial impact.

Report Data strategy and planning Advanced