This past August, banking services firm Northern Trust Corp. announced that it had freed itself from the government's bailout program. Steve Player speaks with Steve Fradkin of Northern Trust about the intriguing final chapter of his CFO tour of duty.

Many finance professionals want to make changes in their organization but struggle to actually do so. Here is a list of questions to help get the process started.

As companies implement rolling forecasts to steer their organizations, they often also begin the practice of "paying for forecasting accuracy." While some experts advocate this approach, budgeting guru Steve Player calls it "one of the dumbest things management can do." Player explains why in this Big Fat Finance Blog post.

Pay-for-performance compensation is designed to motivate employees, but it actually rewards the managers who successfully negotiate the lowest levels of performance and execution through low budget targets. As a result, the management process drives subpar performance. Here's an alternative approach for setting incentive plan targets.

Philip Peck, Director and Practice Leader for CFO Services at Palladium Group, Inc., discusses the role of Finance in aligning financial and operation plans with strategic goals in this BPM Resource Center podcast.

The 6th Annual BPM Summit brought together some of the business world's foremost practitioners to explore the transformational role of finance in the enterprise. If you missed the live event, you can still enjoy access to the audio and slide shows from the keynote presentations at our on-demand archive.