Strategy & operations

Hilton CFO: 'We're not big believers in new normals'

Despite a colossal labor shortage, Kevin Jacobs predicts both business and leisure travel will rebound in short order, he told analysts Thursday.

By Jane Thier • July 30, 2021

Mergers could hit rep and warranty insurance snag

Deals increasingly have to fit squarely in carriers' preferred underwriting bucket to get covered, specialists say.

By Robert Freedman • July 29, 2021

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How scenario planning helps bring certainty to the uncertain

By combining internal and external data and using the power of automation to crunch the numbers, CFOs can make decisions about what levers to pull based on scenarios they likely would have missed before. 

By CFO Dive staff

Back-office investment as equity value drivers

Jobcase CFO Beth Clymer doesn’t let the desire to hold down costs trump the scaling that flows from high-functioning accounting and planning teams. 

By Robert Freedman • July 29, 2021

SEC may require climate risk disclosures in expanded 10-Ks: Gensler

SEC Chair Gary Gensler says a company, when filing mandatory climate risk disclosures, may need to measure carbon emissions across its “value chain.”

By Jim Tyson • July 28, 2021

Duolingo CFO credits operational discipline on IPO day

"The stock price is always going to do what the stock price does," CFO Matt Skaruppa told CFO Dive on opening day. "We've released it to the market; we can no longer control it. But we're really excited."

By Jane Thier • July 28, 2021

Global regulators unite to intensify scrutiny of SPACs

A group of securities market regulators from several countries launched a joint network to monitor SPAC deal-making.

By Jim Tyson • July 27, 2021

Twitter CFO eyeing subscription model

Over time, CFO Ned Segal said, Twitter envisions subscriptions being a “big part” of the company. But currently, it's prioritizing advertising, which brought in over $1 billion during the second quarter, and "is firing on all cylinders.”

By Jane Thier • July 26, 2021

Data, communications pose hidden scaling costs

Companies that avoid fragmented analytics and inconsistent internal engagement can keep operations aligned with growth, executives say.

By Robert Freedman • July 26, 2021

Sponsored by Vena

4 steps to building an agile business plan

Four steps to building a more agile business plan and staying on top of market changes. 

By Burzin Contractor, CPA, - Vice President, Revenue Operations & Strategy at Vena • July 26, 2021

Opinion

Subscriptions are set to boom in Latin America

Growing consumer credit options, cloud adoption and accommodation of local currencies are paving the way for continued SaaS growth post-pandemic.

By Adonay Cervantes • July 23, 2021

Tech, talent investments vital to CFOs' post-pandemic strategy: survey

Nearly two-thirds of CFOs worry talent shortages could impair their strategic abilities, Grant Thornton’s 2021 Q2 Survey found, and a similar percentage are worried about controlling compensation and benefits costs.

By Jane Thier • July 23, 2021

Coronavirus real estate shifts pose accounting complexities

CFOs confront a tangle of accounting challenges as they reopen offices and prepare for post-pandemic use of real estate, a Deloitte survey found.

By Jim Tyson • July 23, 2021

Usefulness of SaaS metrics lies in context, not isolation

High customer acquisition costs, like some low conversion rates, shouldn't automatically be considered a bad signal.

By Robert Freedman • July 23, 2021

Corporate 'greenwashing' poses growing threat to ESG goals: report

Sustainable financing has surged since 2015 but false corporate claims jeopardize carbon reduction efforts, Generation Investment Management said in a report.

By Jim Tyson • July 21, 2021

Chipotle CFO: higher wages preventing staff shortages

The company maintains pricing power, finance chief Jack Hartung says, giving it flexibility to decide when to use that power to either protect margins or make an additional investment in its people. 

By Jane Thier • July 21, 2021

Why a startup went straight to full-scale ERP, shared-services center

When Pedro Barros, finance chief of workforce software company Remote, implemented his team's systems, he bypassed the typical piecemeal approach and kept his eye on global ambitions.

By Robert Freedman • July 21, 2021

Companies plan bigger pay raises in 2022, survey finds

"The war for talent is pretty significant," says Adrienne Altman of Willis Towers Watson, whose survey shows companies plan to raise pay next year more than in 2021.  

By Jim Tyson • July 20, 2021

Making FP&A more business relevant

Financial planning and analysis teams work best when they know the operational side of things, say CFOs who've built or rebuilt the function recently.

By Robert Freedman • July 20, 2021

SPAC deals will rebound for remainder of 2021: EY

After a second-quarter slump, the SPAC market will rebound in the second half of 2021 as deal-makers adjust to tougher regulatory scrutiny, EY said.

By Jim Tyson • July 19, 2021

CFOs working around cost pressures, labor availability

CFOs' biggest concern is labor shortages, which could cost the U.S. $35 billion in lost revenue, according to Duke University's quarterly CFO survey. 

By Jane Thier • July 19, 2021

CFO brings GE steadiness to tech world

Nathan Winters of Zebra Technologies moved from audit to FP&A on his ability to execute; now he’s leveraging that background in a markedly different context.

By Robert Freedman • July 19, 2021

Sponsored by EY

How divestments are helping banks respond to industry shifts

Mergers and acquisitions have boomed in the banking and capital markets (BCM) sector since August 2020, reflecting management teams' heightened realization of how customers' expectations have changed in recent years.

By Geoffrey Mize and Elyse Reilly • July 19, 2021

Borrowing costs drop for even riskier companies

Investors are accepting declining yields as they look for Treasury bond alternatives. 

By Robert Freedman • July 16, 2021

For this micromobility CFO, the future is collaborative

“I don’t think anyone in micromobility should dismiss the heavyweights in traditional transportation and fuel industries,” Michael Grillo, CFO of Swiftmile, said. “Changing infrastructure will require all of us to work together to build what the next century will look like.”

By Jane Thier • July 15, 2021

Opinion

Data is a differentiator, but much of it is wrong

As CFOs step up spending, the integrity of their data could determine whether or not their spending decisions lead to growth.   

By Marc Huffman • July 15, 2021