Tesla CFO sells another $1.1M in company shares

The EV maker’s finance chief has offloaded about $6.5 million in shares in 2025, according to company filings.  

By Grace Noto • May 2, 2025

Microsoft capex to grow at slower rate, CFO says

The pullback comes as big tech companies face growing investor scrutiny over their heavy artificial intelligence spending.

By Alexei Alexis • May 1, 2025

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Tarifff headwinds along with the accounting talent shortage and the promises and traps of generative AI, are among the top issues CFOs are grappling with this year.

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House committee votes to scuttle PCAOB, make SEC auditor watchdog

Democrats on the Financial Services Committee condemned efforts to eliminate the PCAOB, quoting Republicans who championed creation of the board in 2002.

By Jim Tyson • May 1, 2025

Tesla CFO equity, stock grant pushes comp to $139M

CFO Vaibhav Taneja was the only named executive to receive an equity grant for 2024, the EV maker said in its annual report.

By Grace Noto • May 1, 2025

ADP treasurer to take CFO seat

Peter Hadley will take the reins from Don McGuire, who has been finance chief since October of 2021.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 30, 2025

Harley-Davidson CEO recommended CFO as successor, shareholder says

Amid a proxy battle, the motor cycle company said three unnamed potential CEO candidates recently failed to gain majority support from its board.

By Grace Noto • April 29, 2025

PCAOB chair ‘deeply troubled’ by GOP proposal to abolish agency

The disruption to inspections of public accounting firms while a new program gets up and running could last years, PCAOB Chair Erica Williams said.

By Alexei Alexis • April 29, 2025

FASB’s draft rules could harm environmental credit markets, EDF says

The FASB is proposing specific accounting standards for carbon offsets and other climate-related credits and obligations, an area where GAAP is now effectively silent.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 29, 2025

Sol de Janeiro taps new CFO amid $1B-plus growth push

Colgate-Palmolive alum Elaine Paik will step into the skincare brand’s top financial seat and will also lead the company’s legal and IT teams. 

By Grace Noto • April 28, 2025

Texas passes CPA law as push to lower licensure barrier gains steam

At least 11 states have recently passed new legislation that removes the 150-hour college credit hurdle to CPA licensure.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 25, 2025

Deloitte shelves Q1 CFO survey amid scrambled economic outlook

The Big Four firm said it is not “at this time” releasing its first quarter CFO Signals report due to changes in the economy since the survey was conducted in February.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 25, 2025

Google pours billions into AI, cyber and infrastructure expansion

The tech giant's cloud profits more than doubled year over year as it invested more than $17 billion, primarily in servers and data centers.

By Matt Ashare • April 25, 2025

Volvo Cars taps new finance chief amid market, tariff uncertainty

The company’s deputy CFO Fredrik Hansson will step into its top financial seat just a month after Håkan Samuelsson rejoined Volvo as its CEO.  

By Grace Noto • April 24, 2025

Tariffs put execs in ‘gray rhino’ risk territory

PwC projects the total annual value of proposed and potential U.S. tariffs levied could jump 13-fold to $989 billion from pre-election levels.

By Suman Bhattacharyya • April 24, 2025

Tesla’s CFO cites tariffs, brand hostility as profits slide

Expected tariffs on the automotive space will have an impact on Tesla’s profitability, CFO Vaibhav Taneja warned Tuesday.

By Grace Noto • April 23, 2025

Lockheed has ‘mechanisms’ to recover tariff impacts, new CFO says

Just days after taking the defense contractor’s CFO seat, Evan Scott said Tuesday that he was “comfortable” with the company’s approach to mitigating tariff impacts.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 22, 2025

Prologis CFO says ‘disconnected world’ requires more warehousing

“Even with the pause in some tariffs or resolution of others, customers simply lack a steady backdrop upon which to plan,” the industrial real estate company’s CFO said. 

By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 18, 2025

Net Power ousts president, CFO amid ongoing cash challenges

The departures come approximately a month after the energy company once again pushed back the launch date for its first commerical-scale power plant and reupped cost estimates for the project.

By Grace Noto • April 16, 2025

Warner Music’s new CFO gets $1M signing bonus

Armin Zerza is taking the financial reins of the entertainment and record-label conglomerate as it has been seeking to cut costs.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 15, 2025

Microsoft confirms AI pullback as tariffs compound pressure

A significant “endeavor at this size and scale requires agility and refinement as we learn and grow with our customers,” Microsoft’s Noelle Walsh said.

By Alexei Alexis • April 15, 2025

Ulta Beauty aims for long-term growth after data, ERP upgrades

The company’s tech investments cleared the way for generative AI. Executives are working to reap the rewards.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • April 14, 2025

Tracking CPA licensure paths: Removing the 150-hour-rule hurdle

State changes to licensing rules are chipping away at a decades-old system that has largely required CPA candidates to complete what effectively amounts to a fifth year of schooling.

By CFO Dive staff • Updated July 15, 2025

FASB sets clock for derivatives rules update

Existing accounting standards have led to “scope creep,” with derivative standards being applied too often, FASB Chair Richard Jones said.  

By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 11, 2025

Tesla CFO sells $957K in stock amid waning sales

The finance chief’s third stock sale in as many months comes as Tesla continues to grapple with declining sales and uncertainty related to the Trump administration’s trade war.  

By Grace Noto • April 9, 2025

Iowa passes CPA licensure legislation

Iowa joins a growing band of states passing new CPA licensure laws aimed at easing the accounting talent shortage.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 8, 2025