Tools for CFOs

A catalog of the finance stack. Vendors described from their own pages, in alphabetical order.

Every list runs A to Z. Facts come from vendors' own pages and SEC filings, dated. No listing is paid for. How a vendor gets in.

Twelve categories of finance software. 109 vendors, read from their own pages.

Grouped by the part of the cycle each serves. Each category keeps its catalog number for good; the numbers are identifiers, not a ranking. 117 product lines in all, each listed A to Z under its category.

Record

  1. 08Revenue recognition and billingSubscription and usage billing, invoicing, and the tools that apply ASC 606 and IFRS 15 to contracts: performance obligations, allocation and revenue schedules.9 vendors
  2. 09ERP and general ledgerThe system of record for the books, midmarket and enterprise: the general ledger, the sub-ledgers and the operational modules built around them.12 vendors

Spend and pay

  1. 03Accounts payable automationInvoice capture, coding and approval routing, matching against purchase orders and receipts, supplier onboarding and the payment run.10 vendors
  2. 05Spend and expense managementCorporate cards, employee expenses, travel and the policies that govern who may spend what, with receipts and coding captured at the moment of spend.9 vendors
  3. 12ProcurementIntake of purchase requests, approvals, sourcing and supplier selection, contracts, purchase orders and supplier onboarding, before an invoice exists.12 vendors

Cash

  1. 04Treasury and cash managementCash positioning across banks, bank connectivity, liquidity forecasting, payments, and the controls around debt, investments and currency risk.9 vendors
  2. 10Accounts receivable and collectionsCredit decisions, invoice delivery, collections, customer payment portals, cash application and the handling of disputes and deductions.11 vendors

Close and report

  1. 01Financial close and consolidationSoftware that runs the month-end and year-end close: the task list, account reconciliations, journal entries, consolidation of entities and the evidence auditors ask for.12 vendors
  2. 11Financial reporting and disclosure managementSoftware that assembles the financial statements, notes and narrative into filed reports, tags them in XBRL and submits them to regulators such as the SEC.7 vendors

Plan

  1. 02FP&A and planningBudgeting, forecasting, scenario modelling and management reporting tools that sit beside the general ledger and model the business ahead of the actuals.11 vendors

Govern

  1. 06TaxIndirect tax calculation on each transaction, income tax provision, compliance filings and e-invoicing across jurisdictions.8 vendors
  2. 07Audit and SOX complianceInternal-control documentation and testing, SOX programmes, internal audit workflow and the exchange of requests and evidence between a company and its auditors.13 vendors