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43% of finance employees negotiate before taking job
Employees in a tight labor market often require non-monetary perks, a Robert Half survey found, and more than two in five lost interest in a position when the company wouldn't negotiate benefits.
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Ekos hires new CFO after $8M funding round
Incoming CFO Chris Rosbrook told CFO Dive how he looks to leverage his broad experience to help a craft food software startup grow.
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Teva Pharmaceutical names new CFO
Flex finance executive Eli Kalif will be CFO of the biopharma company starting next month.
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Annual customer value called most important for recurring-revenue companies
A company's success is tied to a mix of new business and growth in annual recurring revenue, a veteran CFO says.
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Understated income tax expense at center of Mattel accounting error
The company is revising its 2018 10-K and has acknowledged material weakness in its internal controls.
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Papa John's CFO to step down in 2020
Joe Smith has been at Papa John's for nearly 20 years, and has been CFO since 2017. He will stay in the role until the company finds a replacement.
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What do you look for in a CFO?
Tom Kolder, president of recruiting firm Crist|Kolder Associates, told CFO Dive his clients value CFOs with "really strong operational DNA."
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How zero-based budgeting improves operations
Switching away from traditional budgeting is neither cheap nor easy, but it makes for more efficient, better-aligned spending.
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Under Armour accounting reportedly under SEC scrutiny
Investigators are learning whether the athletic wear giant smoothed out its revenue over quarters to improve its financial appearance, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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Better employee experience means higher returns, study finds
Investing in employee experience can sharply improve company performance in metrics like return on assets, a new Willis Towers Watson study found.
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Shareholder proxy adviser sues SEC for treating it like a solicitor
Institutional Shareholder Services slammed the SEC for changing its policy on proxy advisers in a way it says will hurt investors.
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Japan-based Nissan appoints American CFO
Stephen Ma is one of several executives tapped to join Nissan's C-suite following a tumultuous year for the Japanese automaker.
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Nonfinance metric helped CFO diagnose strategic error
Fast churn rate showed that the software was too complex for small organizations, SaaS executive says.
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CFOs best positioned to move into CEO role, CEO says
By adapting to the continually shifting and growing demands of highly digitized finance departments, CFOs have gathered necessary skills to become CEOs with distinction.
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Deep DiveWhat industry gets wrong about cyber insurance
Despite common perception, recovery from a cyber event — such as paying a ransom — cannot be decided by a carrier.
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Audit quality improves when former partners sit on audit committee
When an affiliated partner serves on the audit committee, its financial reporting quality objectives align with the audit firm, an academic analysis found.
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Q&AWhich KPIs are worth tracking?
Srinivas Pothireddy, vice president at Apps Associates, told CFO Dive which metrics to analyze and which to ignore for meeting today's digitized demands.
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Scenario planning key to overcoming macro events, CFO says
Host Analytics CFO Dan Fletcher names the 2008 global meltdown as the time when CFOs began taking a forward-looking approach to their strategic insights.
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Fed lowers short-term rate a quarter point
The move is characterized as an insurance policy against global developments and continued weak business investment in the U.S.
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SponsoredDriving financial success with zero loss thinking
Zero loss thinking examines all company processes and identifies and prioritizes them as opportunities to generate the greatest gains.
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Hand menial tasks to bots to reach ROI in 2 years, Infosys exec says
By freeing up your staff to work on higher-level strategic initiatives, you reduce the cost measurably within the office of the CFO, Infosys Consulting Senior Partner Alex Collevecchio tells CFO Dive.
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Investment in socially conscious companies outpacing market
Whether they're obeying a mandate or following principle, the largest global asset managers are pouring money into companies that mix business with a mission.
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Finance chiefs demand digital transformation to show its value
As executives grapple with a possible recession, readjusting and slashing technology budgets is not the way to endure, analysts say.
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Consumer products giant Henkel promotes CFO to CEO, prompting criticism
Some analysts see Carsten Knobel, a 25-year veteran of the company, as lacking the external perspective an outside hire would bring.
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Moving to subscription pricing? Prepare investors for a short-term revenue drop
Following a successful transition, subscription models tend to bring in more long-term revenue.
