Cyber Incidents Are Business Events, Not Just IT Problems For many organizations, a cyber incident is still treated as a technical disruption—an IT matter to be resolved as quickly as possible so operations can return to normal. In reality, cyber incidents are business events with financial, legal, regulatory, and reputational consequences. The moment an organization...
Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are accelerating a profound reshaping of leadership inside the finance function. What began as a push for faster closes and cleaner reconciliations has evolved into a broader redistribution of responsibilities at the top of the organization. The modern CFO is increasingly strategic and externally visible, while the chief accounting officer...
When Minutes Matter, Process Matters More In a cyber incident, speed is essential—but discipline is decisive. Organizations often react to breaches with urgency, yet without a structured approach they risk contaminating evidence, misidentifying root cause, and making decisions that complicate regulatory reporting or litigation later. Digital forensics exists to bring order to disorder. It is...
Most entrepreneurs believe loan terms are fixed: the bank offers what it offers, and the borrower either accepts or walks away. In reality, many loan terms are negotiable—especially when the borrower can reduce lender risk and reduce lender workload. Lenders do not negotiate terms because a borrower asks. They negotiate because a borrower demonstrates a...
Many borrowers approach collateral as an unfortunate hurdle—something lenders demand when they do not trust the business. In reality, collateral and credit enhancements are not only about distrust; they are tools lenders use to structure risk so they can approve deals that would otherwise be declined or downsized. A strong business can still be a...
Most audits do not fail because the finance team lacks competence. They fail because issues are escalated too late. In Jamaica and across the wider Caribbean, audit timelines often slip in the final stretch—not because fieldwork is incomplete, but because one or two unresolved topics become “blockers” at the partner review stage. By then, the...
In many organizations, audit season becomes stressful for a familiar reason: the financial statements may be close to ready, but the tax and compliance position is not. The audit team then identifies gaps—unreconciled tax balances, uncertain exposures, missing filings, inconsistent statutory schedules—and those gaps trigger late adjustments, disclosure revisions, and urgent coordination with tax advisors....
1. Why Strategy Must Come Before Ratios Most readers approach financial statements from the inside out.They start with the income statement, scan revenue and profit, look at a few ratios, and then form a view. At Dawgen Global, we deliberately work the other way around. Before we touch a spreadsheet, we ask a different question:...
When a group company in Jamaica pays a dividend to its foreign parent, or a subsidiary in Barbados pays interest on a loan, the tax story does not end with corporate income tax.A second layer of tax often appears at the border: withholding tax (WHT). For Caribbean and wider Latin America and the Caribbean...
In almost every part of the world, one rule of aviation economics quietly holds true: the moment your journey crosses a border, the tax bill jumps. Two flights may be similar in distance and aircraft type, but if one is domestic and the other is international, the passenger on the international leg will usually pay...
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