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CFOs with a data-savvy eye improve compliance

Handing over the reins of compliance programs to finance executives can curb risks, according to the Institute of Management Accountants.

By Elizabeth Flood • Nov. 1, 2022

Earnings roundup: Chip shortages, supply chain challenges worry auto CFOs

Supply chain challenges, material shortages and rising costs are leading automakers to reduce sales expectations following lukewarm quarterly results.

By Grace Noto • Nov. 1, 2022

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To stay competitive many CFOs are focused on balancing AI’s risks and opportunities while also adjusting to fast-changing tariff policies and labor markets.

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Dentsply probe finds former CFO violated ethics code

Dentsply’s internal North America probe didn't find evidence of intentional wrongdoing or fraud but did find some former senior managers violated the company’s code of ethics.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Nov. 1, 2022

CFO stressors: Agonizing over layoffs

As a growing number of economists forecast a downturn, finance chiefs are wrestling with if or when to make the hard, emotionally-charged call to cut jobs.

By Grace Noto • Oct. 31, 2022

Musk buys Twitter, swiftly fires CEO, CFO

By Friday morning, Ned Segal's Twitter account bio was updated, describing him as the "former CFO and [a] current fan of @Twitter.”

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Oct. 27, 2022

McDonald’s serves up 10% U.S. price hike, CFO says

McDonald’s price increases come as businesses across industries are fine-tuning strategies for offsetting inflation without alienating customers.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Oct. 27, 2022

Tipalti CFO’s tactics for winning, keeping workers

Tipalti CFO Sarah Spoja advises CFOs to up engagement with their own financial departments in order to deal with hiring and retention woes.

By Elizabeth Flood • Oct. 27, 2022

Warren wants regulators to answer for crypto ‘revolving door’

Five Democrats wrote the SEC, CFTC, CFPB, OCC, FDIC, Fed and Treasury to see how the agencies’ policies keep employees who jump to crypto lobbying roles from exerting undue influence.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • Oct. 27, 2022

Keurig Dr. Pepper taps new CFO

Sudhanshu Priyadarshi was appointed CFO after his predecessor moved up to the CEO post.

By Elizabeth Flood • Oct. 26, 2022

How to zero in on metrics that matter

Businesses need to think creatively when it come to choosing how they gauge success in today’s uncertain economy. 

By Elizabeth Flood • Oct. 25, 2022

HSBC ousts CFO, picks successor from within

Newly named CFO Georges Elhedery was formerly the bank’s co-CEO of global banking and markets. He returned from a six-month sabbatical in September.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • Oct. 25, 2022

Veteran CFO takes FightCamp finance helm

CFOs at smaller companies have more freedom to focus on driving growth than their counterparts at larger businesses, according to FightCamp’s Heidi Crane.

By Elizabeth Flood • Oct. 24, 2022

CFO stressors: Sounding the alarm after suicide

Gustavo Arnal’s death has led to new conversations around C-suite mental healthcare and the rising pressures challenging even the most battle-tested finance leaders.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Oct. 24, 2022

Small businesses mull hiring freeze

Many small businesses are pausing hiring or considering a hiring freeze, and most anticipate a recession within the next six months. 

By Grace Noto • Oct. 21, 2022

35% of retail execs to clear inventory: study

Over one-third of executives surveyed said their companies are deeply discounting or taking other measures to get rid of excess inventory.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Oct. 21, 2022

Baker Hughes appoints CFO, warns on inflation

The Houston-based oil services giant snapped up Nancy Buese from Newmont Mining, naming her as their new chief financial officer. 

By Elizabeth Flood • Oct. 20, 2022

3 ways CFOs can utilize ERP as recession hedge

Strong enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems can help businesses prepare to survive an impending and potentially inevitable recession.

By Elizabeth Flood • Oct. 19, 2022

Nordstrom CFO latest retail exec to step down

Nordstrom’s CFO is stepping down as retail financial leaders battle profit pressures, a glut of inventory and rising costs.

By Grace Noto • Oct. 18, 2022

Beyond Meat taps insider for CFO, slashes workforce

Lubi Kutua will take on the struggling company’s CFO seat as it moves to cut down its workforce.

By Elizabeth Flood • Oct. 17, 2022

Green Dot replaces fired CEO with CFO-COO

The company terminated Dan Henry, its CEO since 2020, on Friday, it said. George Gresham, the firm’s chief financial and operating officer, is stepping into the top role.

By Anna Hrushka • Oct. 17, 2022

Digitalization transforms future CFO pipeline

Digitization can help CFOs minimize costs and drive business value, but the need for digital transformation may also be changing what is required for the role of future financial leaders.

By Grace Noto • Oct. 14, 2022

Jamie Dimon isn’t the only bank CEO expecting a recession: KPMG

Some 85% of bank chiefs believe the U.S. is headed for recession in the next 12 months, the accounting giant found in its annual CEO outlook. Nearly half see layoffs in the next six months.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Oct. 14, 2022

Squarespace poaches new CFO from Amazon

Nathan Gooden is the latest is a string of Amazon finance leaders who have left the retail giant to move on to other comparatively smaller companies.

By Elizabeth Flood • Oct. 13, 2022

BlackRock reports profit pullback, affirms ESG commitment

BlackRock’s ESG policies, which have put it in the middle of a tug-of-war in U.S. politics, are providing investors with a range of options, the asset manager said.

By Grace Noto • Oct. 13, 2022

Crises demand resilience plans from CFOs

CFOs need new ways to prepare for crises, with resilience plans, and the storied Waffle House Index part of a mix of long and short-term tactics coming into focus. 

By Suman Bhattacharyya • Oct. 13, 2022