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

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Digital transformation, one smart step at a time

As pricing pressures tighten margins and technologies like artificial intelligence evolve, finance chiefs are more closely scrutinizing the cost and returns of the tech tools they implement.

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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

Nearly 6 out of 10 workers admit making AI-fueled errors

Many employees using AI at work are “knowingly using it improperly,” according to a KPMG report.

By Alexei Alexis • April 29, 2025

Tariff turmoil could open door for vendor fraud, experts say

The situation is reminiscent of the COVID-19 pandemic, which triggered “urgent vendor sourcing and payment pressures for companies,” a treasury expert said.

By Alexei Alexis • 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

Focus on scalability in tech spending, Blaize CFO says

CFOs facing an uncertain economic environment want to be sure any new solution can work easily with their existing infrastructure — without the need for costly upgrades, Blaize’s Harminder Sehmi said.

By Grace Noto • 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

Inside Walmart’s all-in playbook for generative AI, agentic tools

The company is “throwing the doors wide open” and wants associates to use the technology every day, executives said.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • April 24, 2025

CFO tips for navigating M&A deals amid tariff turmoil

M&A targets need to be valued based on more than just historical financial statements in the current environment, deal lawyers said.

By Alexei Alexis • 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

The key to landing a CFO role? Absolute transparency, says MarginEdge’s finance chief

Mentorship and clear communication with other top leaders were essential factors in allowing Emma Whelan to land her first CFO role, she said.

By Grace Noto • April 22, 2025

Bankrupt 23andMe faces growing questions over data privacy

Interim CEO Joe Selsavage, who also serves as CFO, is in the hot seat as U.S. lawmakers probe data privacy issues related to the company’s bankruptcy proceeding.

By Alexei Alexis • April 22, 2025

No turning back: How disruption is accelerating era of next-gen CFO

“To navigate this new era, finance leaders must rethink their traditional approaches,” writes WNS executive Krishnan Raghunathan.

By Krishnan Raghunathan • April 22, 2025

Tennessee passes legislation revamping CPA licensure rules

A growing number of states are aiming to ease the accounting talent shortage by offering alternative routes to CPA licensure that remove the 150-hour college credit hurdle.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 21, 2025

Cuts to middle management stressing 72% of senior executives: Korn Ferry

Forty-four percent of U.S. employees report that their companies have sliced away managerial levels, Korn Ferry said.

By Jim Tyson • April 18, 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

Work visas favored by big tech CFOs face more scrutiny, attorneys say

As the Trump administration tightens immigration policies, legal experts say lengthier vetting of visa petitions require companies to develop international talent plans up to a year in advance.

By Suman Bhattacharyya • April 18, 2025

Valuations, impairments spark more class actions than revenue recognition

Until last year, revenue recognition had been the most common GAAP violation alleged since Cornerstone first began tracking the class action suits in 2019.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 17, 2025

Trump tariffs add to warehouse automation woes

Some vendors say their customers are already becoming “increasingly concerned” about the tariffs, according to a report by Interact Analysis.

By Alexei Alexis • April 17, 2025

Visual Lease finance exec seeks ‘scalable’ tech

As economic uncertainty and rising costs puts pressure on finance chiefs to make the right choices when it comes to their tech spending, the question of scale is key, Visual Lease’s Kathryn Eskandarian said.

By Grace Noto • April 17, 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