Financial Reporting


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    Southwest appoints Breeze Airways alum to CFO chair

    The new CFO joins the budget-friendly airline as it aims to realize $500 million in cost savings while facing inflationary pressures and challenges to its fleet capacity.

    By Feb. 11, 2025
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    Tesla CFO, board members offload millions in stock

    The sales occurred after board members, including Kimbal Musk, agreed to pay a collective $919 million back to the EV maker to settle claims of excessive compensation last month.

    By Feb. 7, 2025
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    CFO best practices in the evolving generative AI era

    As the initial frenzy around the launch of generative artificial intelligence subsides, a new GenAI era appears to be taking shape.

    By CFO Dive staff
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    CFOs prep for tax policy impacts: Grant Thornton

    CFOs are feeling more upbeat about economic prospects following the U.S. election, but still face uncertainty when it comes to tax or regulatory policy shifts.

    By Feb. 6, 2025
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    Alphabet projects $75B in capex as AI push grows: CFO

    Big tech continues to invest heavily in AI even as investors nervously watch for indications that it’s paying off.

    By Feb. 5, 2025
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    Ford Motor taps finance VP as new CFO

    Sherry House will move into the CFO role as planned after joining Ford in June, when she inked a $4.5 million signing bonus as part of her compensation package.  

    By Feb. 5, 2025
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    ADM to slash up to 700 roles as work to fix reporting problems continues

    The agricultural company’s CFO Monish Patolawala said the company is making progress on its effort to “lift” the material weakness related to its financial reporting. 

    By Feb. 4, 2025
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    AI agents may cause some finance jobs to ‘disappear’: Microsoft exec

    Microsoft’s Georg Glantschnig said the software giant envisions every business process being impacted by the emerging technology.

    By Feb. 4, 2025
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    Trump tariff fallout: The first 3 days

    President Donald Trump’s long-anticipated tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China set off a fast-paced chain of events after landing on Saturday.

    By Updated Feb. 3, 2025
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    AT&T’s sale-leaseback unlocks $850M

    By selling properties and leasing them back, companies like AT&T can monetize real estate value and raise capital while retaining the use of the assets.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Jan. 31, 2025
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    Tesla CFO flags risk posed by Trump tariffs

    The electric vehicle executive is the latest finance chief of a major U.S. company to sound the alarm over the president’s tariff plans.

    By Jan. 30, 2025
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    Clorox treasurer tapped as next finance chief

    Clorox’s treasurer will take the financial reins as the company recasts its strategy after recovering from a 2023 cyberattack that hurt 2024 net sales and cost it $49 million.

    By Jan. 30, 2025
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    Trump’s softer-touch SEC may ease CFO regulatory burden

    By slimming the SEC’s budget, headcount and regulatory scope, a new agency chief would fall in step with Trump’s cost-cutting and efficiency campaign.

    By Jan. 30, 2025
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    Victoria’s Secret taps former Joann exec for CFO seat

    The transition comes as the lingerie retailer is pursuing a turnaround under a new CEO following market share declines and other challenges.

    By Jan. 29, 2025
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    Big Four, Apple weigh in on FASB’s proposed software guidance

    While changes were suggested, many of the 32 respondents expressed general support for the broader effort to update the accounting guidance that has been untouched for decades.

    By Jan. 28, 2025
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    State AGs threaten financial institutions over ESG, DEI policies

    Bank of America, BlackRock, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley were all asked about their plans for implementing hiring or supplier diversity goals.

    By Lamar Johnson • Jan. 28, 2025
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    Agentic AI is here. Are CFOs ready?

    It could take a while — perhaps years — before the technology’s full potential is realized, yet C-suites need to prepare now, analysts say.

    By Jan. 24, 2025
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    Trump pulls US from Paris Agreement — again — in packed day one slate

    The president’s executive order freezes all funding related to the 2015 global climate treaty and also rescinds the nation’s International Climate Finance plan.

    By Lamar Johnson • Jan. 21, 2025
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    Trump taps crypto-friendly Mark Uyeda as acting SEC chair

    The appointment likely signals a loosening of the SEC’s cyrptocurrency policy during the second Trump presidency.  

    By Jan. 21, 2025
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    SEC general counsel, chief economist latest to follow Gensler to exit

    The agency’s chief of staff and director of policy are among other leaders who have announced their departures just days ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration.  

    By Jan. 17, 2025
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    FASB declines to tackle new credit risk transfer project

    The U.S. accounting standard setter decided against adding a new project to its priority agenda that would have considered requiring banks to disclose more information about CRTs.

    By Jan. 16, 2025
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    SEC hits ex-pharma CFO with sanction over fraud charges

    The former finance chief is barred under a commission order from serving as an officer of a public company or practicing before the SEC as an accountant.

    By Jan. 16, 2025
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    Dropped PCAOB probe, lawsuit spotlight audit watchdog’s challenges

    While the litigation was dismissed, the PCAOB is expected to face similar pushback from the incoming Trump administration. 

    By Jan. 15, 2025
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    SEC’s chief accountant follows Gensler to exit

    During his tenure at the SEC, Paul Munter didn’t pull any punches when it came to sounding the alarm about controversial accounting issues that concerned him.

    By Jan. 14, 2025
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    Accounting flexibility, governance key to reducing errors: Netgain

    Reducing the barrier to enter into the accounting profession can help ward against accounting errors, Netgain’s Chris Miller said.

    By Jan. 14, 2025
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    Meta joins chorus of DEI rollbacks, cutting roles and programs

    The tech and social media giant ended a number of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives last week, including its supplier diversity program.

    By Lamar Johnson • Jan. 14, 2025