SMEs fall behind on addressing climate change

A readiness gap is emerging between small and large companies in terms of their responses to climate change risks.

By Elizabeth Flood • Jan. 20, 2023

Retailers juggle sustainability, growing cost-cutting mandates

CFOs are weighing costs more closely — even as they seek to trim the environmental impact of everything from packaging to shipping and return practices.

By Suman Bhattacharyya • Jan. 20, 2023

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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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nCino cuts 7% of workforce, CFO departs

nCino and Microsoft are the latest tech firms to announce layoffs. The sector has been hit by declining sales for PCs and software, plummeting valuations and high inflation.

By Grace Noto • Jan. 19, 2023

How CFOs can come to terms with pay transparency

Pay range disclosure mandates are on the rise. Finance leaders need to understand how these laws can both help and hurt them.

By Elizabeth Flood • Jan. 19, 2023

Payoneer tees up Webster Bank exec for CFO

Webster Bank alum Bea Ordonez will take the payments company’s finance reins in March after the current CFO Michael Levine steps away from the role.

By Grace Noto • Jan. 18, 2023

3 reasons to make accounts receivable a top priority

Unpaid invoices take a nasty bite out of cash flow. Dean Kaplan writes that taking time early on to evaluate receivables and stratify accounts for fast attention will pay off.

By Dean Kaplan • Jan. 18, 2023

Cyber, business interruption remain top global corporate risks

Risk management leaders remain highly concerned about the threat of malicious attacks and data breaches, according to Allianz Global.

By David Jones • Jan. 18, 2023

CFOs plan to cut staff, increase hiring budgets

Concern about higher wages and a skilled labor shortage are foremost in CFOs minds as they grapple with continued economic headwinds.

By Grace Noto • Jan. 17, 2023

Wendy’s US CFO resigns amid shake-up

The Dublin, Ohio-based hamburger chain is losing its U.S. CFO to another restaurant company as Wendy’s redesigns its organizational structure to pursue a long-term growth strategy. 

By Elizabeth Flood • Jan. 17, 2023

Pension funding holds flat, higher costs loom

Pension and retirement plans can be a key benefit that helps employers attract and retain workers. They may carry higher costs for companies in 2023.

By Dawn Wotapka • Jan. 12, 2023

CEOs brace for recession, CFOs eye costs

C-suite leaders remain focused on weathering a coming recession, but slowing wage growth and inflation is sparking a shift in cost optimization strategies.

By Grace Noto • Jan. 12, 2023

‘Quiet hiring’ dos and don’ts

The opposite of quiet quitting, quiet hiring allows CFOs to cut costs. It can also be a tension point for employees.

By Elizabeth Flood • Jan. 12, 2023

Alcoa taps controller for CFO

Alcoa’s controller will move to its CFO seat among an executive restructuring plan designed to help the company focus more deeply on cost and innovation.  

By Grace Noto • Jan. 11, 2023

EY consulting arm poaches Cargill CFO

Ernst & Young is moving forward with a “soft separation” of its audit and consulting arms, appointing Jamie Miller to the CFO seat of what will be a new public entity.

By Elizabeth Flood • Jan. 11, 2023

Bed Bath & Beyond doubles down on cuts, layoffs

The absence of the retailer’s interim CFO from Tuesday’s earnings call could signal that a bankruptcy filing or sale is imminent.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Jan. 10, 2023

Cargill CFO moves on amid C-suite reshuffling

The agribusiness giant is searching for a permanent CFO as a new CEO starts.

By Elizabeth Flood • Jan. 10, 2023

Food Lion owner Ahold Delhaize’s CFO to step down

Natalie Knight will leave the Netherlands-based grocery company, the owner of Food Lion, this summer to take an unspecified position in the U.S.

By Jeff Wells • Jan. 10, 2023

Walgreens may have ‘cried too much’ about theft, CFO says

Walgreens may reconsider its security approach as shrinkage stabilizes, CFO James Kehoe said during the company’s first quarter 2023 earnings call.  

By Grace Noto • Jan. 9, 2023

Comcast insider steps into CFO role

The Philadelphia-based telecommunications company promoted from within as the company faces a shrinking viewership base.

By Elizabeth Flood • Jan. 9, 2023

The underlying tensions causing knowledge gaps for CFOs

How to recognize and avoid the insight gaps keeping your company from reaching peak potential.

Jan. 9, 2023

Five ways to combat CFO burnout

CFO burnout can lead to heavy company losses. There are ways to avert work fatigue.

By Dawn Wotapka • Jan. 6, 2023

How CFOs can purge quiet quitters

As finance leaders grapple with labor shortages and talent woes, establishing a strong culture of performance management is key, a Stanton Chase executive says.

By Elizabeth Flood • Jan. 6, 2023

Recession seen as likely by SMEs: JPMorgan

Despite some recession-watch contrarians, the JPMorgan survey findings dovetail with a growing number of forecasters penciling a downturn into their 2023 calendars. 

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Jan. 5, 2023

Stitch Fix latest tech firm to cut workforce

The online personal styling service announced it will reduce its workforce by about 20% in a company-wide memo from founder Katrina Lake.

By Elizabeth Flood • Jan. 5, 2023

Invest in investor relations, former Cameo CFO says

In order for companies to position themselves for a successful IPO, focusing on IR teams early  is key, according to Deb Schwartz.

By Elizabeth Flood • Jan. 5, 2023