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The business world has seen an upward trajectory when it comes to outsourcing finance; following in the camber of the greater global trends around outsourcing. The past decade has seen a growing number of businesses embrace the outsourcing model as a way of attending to non-core functions. This year has been...
Expanding into Africa. Everyone talks about it but very few know how to do it and have been brave enough to tackle the challenge. Companies based in South Africa and Internationally, realise that Africa is the next frontier when it comes to expanding into relatively untapped markets. It all sounds simple...
Dividends Tax is a tax charged at 15% on shareholders when dividends are paid to them, and, under normal circumstances, is withheld from their dividend payment by a withholding agent (either the company paying the dividend or, where a regulated intermediary is involved, by the latter). Dividends Tax applies to any dividend...
If you heard there is one single reason that eight out of ten businesses fail, what would you guess it to be? If your answer was “inadequate cash flow”, you’d be right. Managing and anticipating your cash levels is crucial to the success and longevity of your business. If you thought...
Appointing an interim CFO  It’s an almost uncontested truth that the position of Chief Financial Officer is one of the most important titles in any company. The CFO literally holds the purse strings of the entire operation. He or she helps develop the strategy that will steer the business and...
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, writer Every business, including the one you work for or may have started, began with a dream. Someone, somewhere had an idea they thought was so good that...
Finding and hiring a financial director should be a simple exercise for most Chief Executive Officers. Traditionally you would place an ad on LinkedIn, engage the services of a placement agency or approach trusted individuals and ask for recommended individuals. Whilst all of these methods may sometimes work with differing...
Ever considered outsourcing finance functions in your company? You are part of a growing number of business leaders moving in that direction. According to a study conducted by US-based research company Ovum, the number of finance and accounting projects worth more than 1 million dollars has increased over the past...
Financial forecasting is sometimes described as more art than science. In some ways it is attempting the impossible – projecting your business’s success and failures; the threats it will face and how exactly these will affect your bottom line. It’s a given that your projections will never be completely accurate,...
