COVID-19 podcasts: What now. What next.

In these podcasts, KPMG advisors address human, financial, and operational issues of concern to business leaders amidst the early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Explore by business function and find a list of all near the end of this page.

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Podcasts for finance leaders

The furious speed with which COVID-19 morphed from health care issue to economic issue has created unprecedented challenges for CFOs around executing financial reports, cost containment, cash management, and forecasting.

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COVID-19 and the virtual close: What Now. What Next.

Ron Walker and Jim Murphy discuss how to execute a virtual close to close the corporate books while no one is in the office.

COVID-19: Capital and cash: What now. What next.

Tom Bibby and Mike Rudolph discuss funding options as well as cost considerations for companies evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on their business.

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COVID-19 and corporate finance: What now. What next.

Mike Rudolph, Ford Phillips, and Keith Updike discuss alternative sources of funding to get through near-term challenges so that you can know long-term success.

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COVID-19 and finance: What now. What next.

Sanjay Sehgal and Caleb Hatcher discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is requiring CFOs to respond quickly to changing workplace and marketplace realities.

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COVID-19 and the virtual close: What Now. What Next.

Ron Walker and Jim Murphy discuss how to execute a virtual close to close the corporate books while no one is in the office.

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COVID-19 and G&A optimization: What now. What next.

Jeff King shares some of the more intelligent and thoughtful ways that general and administrative costs are being managed by progressive companies in response to COVID-19.

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Podcasts for HR leaders

With a sudden switch to large-scale remote working, the HR function must meet the challenge to keep employees connected, engaged and productive as they support critical business operations.

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COVID-19 and remote work: What now. What next.

Matt Campbell and Brock Solano share tips on how to keep employees digitally prepared and actively engaged when working remotely.

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COVID-19 and G&A optimization: What now. What next.

Jeff King shares some of the more intelligent and thoughtful ways that general and administrative costs are being managed by progressive companies in response to COVID-19.

Podcasts for IT leaders

The scale and impact of COVID-19 poses a real threat to business continuity. The IT function has a vital role in enabling operations across the enterprise.

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COVID-19 and the CIO: What Now. What Next.

Denis Berry shares insights on how IT functions can lead with urgently needed speed and agility to address the vulnerabilities that COVID-19 has exposed.

COVID-19 and the impact and opportunity for technology risk teams: What now. What next

Vivek Mehta, Nicole Lauer, and Josh Galvan discuss how technology risk leaders can bring tech risk stability and transformation value to the business.

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COVID-19 and creating a pandemic portal: What now. What next.

Chris Marston and Young Kim share their experience of using ServiceNow technology to assist a federal government agency in establishing a pandemic portal.

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COVID-19 and remote work: What now. What next.

Matt Campbell and Brock Solano share tips on how to keep employees digitally prepared and actively engaged when working remotely.

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COVID-19 and market signals: What now. What next.

Todd Lohr and Bill Nowacki discuss how to find the right data and signals to enable machine learning technologies to achieve accuracy in predictions and help drive better business decisions.

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COVID-19 and G&A optimization: What now. What next.

Jeff King shares some of the more intelligent and thoughtful ways that general and administrative costs are being managed by progressive companies in response to COVID-19.

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Podcasts for supply chain and procurement leaders

The impacts of COVID-19 have stressed supply chains and logistics operations to degrees never expected.

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COVID-19 and supplier segmentation: What now. What next.

Alicia Kuhn and Bob Boll highlight the importance of supplier segmentation, to help ensure that companies are using their limited resources on maintaining relationships with the suppliers that matter the most.

COVID-19 and supply chains: What now. What next.

Brian Higgins explains how the current COVID-19 challenges can be used as a platform to gain deeper understanding of strategic operations and supply chains.

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COVID-19 and resilient supply chains: What now. What next.

Rob Barrett and Tarun Sondhi discuss the hard work required to fix systemic supply chain issues, as exposed by COVID-19.

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COVID-19 and procurement: What now. What next.

Dipan Karumsi and Len Prokopets share ways procurement leaders have helped not only navigate the pandemic’s economic impact, but, at the same time, position for new opportunities as economies begin to rebound.

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COVID-19 and G&A optimization: What now. What next.

Jeff King shares some of the more intelligent and thoughtful ways that general and administrative costs are being managed by progressive companies in response to COVID-19.

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Other podcasts in the series

These discussions are cross-functional or specific to other business operations.

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COVID-19 and rapid response: What now. What next.

Kelle Fontenot, Farah Remtulla, and Clay Gilge discuss ways organizations can stabilize, prioritize, and mobilize to achieve order in the chaos caused by the novel coronavirus.

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COVID-19 and market signals: What now. What next.

Todd Lohr and Bill Nowacki discuss how to find the right data and signals to enable machine learning technologies to achieve accuracy in predictions and help drive better business decisions.

COVID-19 and internal audit: What now. What next.

May 11, 2020

Shruti Shah and Lisa Rawls share ideas for internal audit leaders on the execution of their audit plan and how work will be done during COVID-19.

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COVID-19 and consumer and retail industry: What now. What next.

April 24, 2020

Mark Schmeling discusses diverse challenges in the consumer and retail industry due to COVID-19.

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COVID-19 and developments in fair valuation: What now. What next.

April 29, 2020

Sean McKee, Matt Giordano, and Kim Zavislak discuss things the public investment management market should think about in terms of valuation from a management, board, and regulatory perspective.

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COVID-19 and regulatory developments for mutual funds: What now. What next.

April 29, 2020

John Capone, Matt Giordano, and Mark McKeever, provide an overview of the regulatory developments applicable to registered 1940 Act Funds as a result of COVID-19.

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COVID-19 and the SOX function: What Now. What Next.

April 27, 2020

Sue King shares best-practice examples of the many ways that SOX functions can add value and mitigate risk—especially in times of disruption.

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COVID-19 and G&A optimization: What now. What next.

May 14, 2020

Jeff King shares some of the more intelligent and thoughtful ways that general and administrative costs are being managed by progressive companies in response to COVID-19.

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