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December 2021 issue

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Interview

From films to fighting hunger

As CFO of Action Against Hunger Canada in Toronto, Sharon Barnes-Simmonds’s journey in finance stretches across two continents and is driven by the desire to make an impact

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December 2021 issue

In this issue…

Editor’s picks for the December edition

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In business

El Salvadorian businesses have begun accepting Bitcoin payments, including multinationals like Starbucks

Digital and technology

El Salvador embraces Bitcoin

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Audit and assurance

Audit committees unprepared

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Drive and leadership

The view from Dobromir Dikov FCCA

Founder of Magnimetrics and director of corporate development, HALO Diagnostics, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

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Audit and assurance

Climate risk disclosure on the rise

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All In business

In practice

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Sustainability

Big Four’s divergent fee paths

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Audit and assurance

The View From Sarmad Ali Khan FCCA

Audit Manager, Armanino LLP, San Francisco Bay Area, US

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Ethics

The view from Hashim Aliyev FCCA

Country managing partner, UHY LLC, Baku, Azerbaijan

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Audit and assurance

Pushing for smarter auditing

The IAASB’s work continues apace despite the pandemic, with chair Tom Seidenstein now focused firmly on the future

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All In practice

Public sector

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December 2021 issue

Pandemic’s PFM lessons for government

A global ACCA survey reveals that all governments have work to do to improve their public financial management systems

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All Public sector

Technical

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Audit and assurance

Where accounting gets creative

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Audit and assurance

Technical update

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Sustainability

Sustainability standards take shape

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All Technical

Comment

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Future of the profession

Bang ACCA’s drum

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All comment

Interviews

December 2021 issue

Sustainable outlook

Alexander Ashby FCCA, head of markets in group treasury at Tesco, is as likely to be negotiating renewable energy deals as monitoring cashflow

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December 2021 issue

Green ambition

CIMB chairman Datuk Mohd Nasir Ahmad FCCA believes that the Malaysian banking group is well placed to become a leader in sustainability

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December 2021 issue

Determination meets inspiration

Seeing an accountant in action fired the dreams of a super-competitive eight-year-old Babajide Ibironke, now CFO of Nigerian energy supplier Viathan Group

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December 2021 issue

From films to fighting hunger

As CFO of Action Against Hunger Canada in Toronto, Sharon Barnes-Simmonds’s journey in finance stretches across two continents and is driven by the desire to make an impact

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Alexander Ashby FCCA, head of markets in group treasury at Tesco, is as likely to be negotiating renewable energy deals as monitoring cashflow

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Careers

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Digital and technology

Specialise in: fintech startups

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Work and wellbeing

Manage self-criticism

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Work and wellbeing

All Zoomed out

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All Careers

ACCA news

Council highlights

Highlights of ACCA’s recent Council meeting and AGM

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116th ACCA AGM

Minutes of the AGM, held online on 18 November 2021, chaired by president Mark Millar with 408 members present

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Professional skills

Congratulations

The new ACCA members listed here achieved membership in Europe and the Americas in the past month and can now all proudly display the ACCA letters after their names

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Professional skills

Poll: your communication tools

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All ACCA news

CPD

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Work and wellbeing

Manage self-criticism

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Sustainability

Sustainability standards take shape

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All CPD