Up from the ashes: How airline CFOs are preparing for the post-pandemic rebound

CFOs of airlines challenged by the pandemic are preparing for a rebound in demand, offering lessons for financial executives in less-stressed industries.

By Jim Tyson • April 26, 2021

Business spend management tools gain traction during the pandemic

Despite the COVID-19 impact, expense management software companies can expect 10.5% compound annual growth through 2024, research shows.

By Vaidik Trivedi • April 13, 2021

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Spend management innovation yields equity value

Spend management technology is about attracting talented staff, reducing compliance problems and scaling back-office operations in a way that creates value. 

By CFO Dive staff

651 apps? How to get your SaaS stack in order

Software-as-a-Service applications help employees become more productive and innovative. But when unmanaged, too many applications can drain a technology budget and make collaboration difficult.

By Theresa O'Neil • April 8, 2021

Companies said to need deeper data dives to improve metrics

Data lakes contain much more information than CFOs typically use to track performance, data specialists say. 

By Robert Freedman • March 30, 2021

After digital payments rush, time to tighten security

Don't be surprised if a vendor you're about to pay turns out to be fraudulent. ACH and other types of cyber fraud surged during the pandemic. 

By Angela Anastasakis • March 30, 2021

CFO used automation to turn back-office function into value driver

LivePerson finance chief John Collins brought in top data scientists and engineers to build a data system that increased growth and improved margins.

By Robert Freedman • March 29, 2021

4 CFO lessons from the pandemic

CFOs are advancing into the second year of a once-in-a-century pandemic with lessons they’ve learned while coping with a broad range of disruptions from COVID-19.

By Jim Tyson • March 26, 2021

MicroStrategy CEO: Treasurers should buy Bitcoin as cash alternative to hedge inflation

Record stimulus is likely to stoke inflation, making Bitcoin an attractive backstop for corporate treasurers, according to Michael Saylor.

By Jim Tyson • March 23, 2021

Using a price-volume-mix analysis to improve performance

Whether you know it as a sales bridge or variance analysis, it can help decode your company's performance at a granular level.

By Dayton Kellenberger • March 17, 2021

Federal watchdog warns of cybersecurity risks to employee retirement plans

Fiduciaries might not realize they could be liable for losses they were obligated to prevent, the Government Accountability Office says. 

By Jim Tyson • March 17, 2021

The metrics behind feedback-driven growth

To get alignment behind common goals, employees must have access to the same data as leaders, the co-CEOs of Monday.com say.

By Robert Freedman • March 16, 2021

'Uncertainty cube' touted for sharper modeling

By analyzing more variables over more paths, FP&A teams can narrow down risk scenarios, McKinsey analyst Aleksander Petrov says.

By Robert Freedman • March 15, 2021

CFOs see need to overhaul capital strategy amid pandemic 'shock,' EY says

The pandemic has given CFOs a "once-in-a-generation shock," forcing them to completely rethink their capital allocation strategy, an EY survey found.

By Jim Tyson • March 11, 2021

Companies 'prone to self-delusion' when using cloud, McKinsey says

Most industrial companies have adopted cloud computing but few “reap the cloud’s full rewards,” McKinsey says.

By Jim Tyson • March 10, 2021

CFOs facing an unprecedented range of risks find an edge in analytics

CFOs are adapting to an unusually hazardous business landscape by forecasting with advanced data analytics.

By Jim Tyson • March 8, 2021

PayPal CFO: Pandemic has created 'inflection point' for digital payments

The virtual payments processor does not anticipate a post-pandemic drop in business, but intends to double its user base and triple total payment volume, John Rainey told Barron's.

By Jane Thier • March 4, 2021

Talend CFO walked investors through gutsy pandemic response

The data integration company's decision to keep its foot on the gas required a number of frank conversations but the move has positioned it well.

By Robert Freedman • March 3, 2021

US tax executives seeing more taxation disputes, survey finds

The economic fallout from the pandemic has prompted U.S. companies to alter their tax strategies and has increased disputes over taxation, according to a BDO survey.

By Jim Tyson • March 2, 2021

CFOs optimistic about revenue growth, plan big investments, survey finds

Most CFOs in the U.S. and U.K. plan “significant financial investments” while seeing bright prospects for growth in revenue and the economy, according to a Proxima survey.

By Jim Tyson • Feb. 28, 2021

Coinbase to go public via direct listing

Bypassing a traditional IPO, the cryptocurrency exchanger will be following in Slack and Spotify's foot steps, and be the first major direct listing on Nasdaq. 

By Robert Freedman • Feb. 28, 2021

Cloud ERP takes top spot on CFO priority list for IT spending, survey finds

CFOs prioritize cloud enterprise resource planning, while giving lower rankings to artificial intelligence and blockchain/Internet of Things, Gartner says.

By Jim Tyson • Feb. 25, 2021

Study: Post-pandemic economy to compel 107M workers to switch occupations

The coronavirus is spurring more company spending on automation and AI while creating workforce skill gaps, according to a McKinsey study.

By Jim Tyson • Feb. 18, 2021

Survey: Most financial executives not planning to use bitcoin as corporate asset

Volatility discourages most financial executives from ever adopting bitcoin even though it is gaining some acceptance in finance, according to a Gartner survey. 

By Jim Tyson • Feb. 17, 2021

How SoftBank VC CFO turned finance into strategic asset

Navneet Govil built a data tool to provide the investment fund’s executives and limited partners with insights from portfolio companies’ financial data.

By Robert Freedman • Feb. 16, 2021

3 CFO mistakes to avoid as IT spend rises to record in 2021

Financial executives should avert mistakes in digital transformation as they budget record capital for IT purchases this year.

By Jim Tyson • Feb. 15, 2021