Glenn Hafler

For CFOs, Changing the Stripes on the Zebra is a Must!

It is often said that you can’t change the stripes on a zebra and to some extent that is true.  But for CFOs striving to become strategic partners to the organization, the stripes need to be changed. For over 10 years, I and other Finance Transformation consultants have presented models describing the typical evolution of finance organizations from the role of custodian of corporate assets to that of a strategic partner.  While these discussions were typically met with nodding heads, it begs ...

Finance: Adding Value in International Expansions

"Handling Clients’ International Expansion" was written by myself and Joseph Riccie, a director with Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP and was published in the September/October 2009 issue of the New Jersey CPA, the magazine of the New Jersey Society of CPAs. Often, Finance's role in expansion is limited to tax planning and in some cases, Finance isn't involved in the process until key decisions have been made.  In this article, we examined various areas where the Finance can, and should, be pr...