Seeking ‘Goldilocks’: 5 CFO trends for 2024

Financial executives in the new year must protect profits by adapting to trends ranging from falling price pressures and borrowing costs to federal disclosures on carbon emissions.

By Jim Tyson • Jan. 9, 2024

2024 tech events for CFOs

CFO Dive compiled a list of tech-related events for finance leaders, touching on topics such as digital transformation, AI and cybersecurity.

By Alexei Alexis • Jan. 9, 2024

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CFO best practices in the evolving generative AI era

As the initial frenzy around the launch of generative artificial intelligence subsides, a new GenAI era appears to be taking shape.

By CFO Dive staff

Firms still scrambling over SEC cyber rules: poll

Grant Thornton found that many companies have taken steps to comply with the new rules, “but some still have work to do.”

By Alexei Alexis • Jan. 9, 2024

5 ways CFOs can optimize the employee experience with commercial cards

Employees are an organization’s most valuable asset, making their satisfaction and retention paramount for CFOs.

Jan. 8, 2024

IT unemployment rose in December, but experts remain optimistic

Despite the increase, the technology industry added nearly 13,000 new positions last month, marking its largest increase since April 2023.

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 5, 2024

Taking a CFO approach to digital transformation

In a post-AI world, companies must retool their digital transformation approaches from large-scale to piece by piece, and CFOs play a critical role.

By Grace Noto • Jan. 4, 2024

First American Financial confirms threat actors stole and encrypted data

The title insurance giant said the cyberattack is contained, but it is still working to determine whether the incident will have a material impact.

By David Jones • Jan. 2, 2024

AI may boost M&A dealmaking this year

M&A activity could be on the verge of a rebound this year, with artificial intelligence playing a key role, analysts say.

By Alexei Alexis • Jan. 2, 2024

Driving FP&A transformation in 2024

Indirect spend is an area that is perfect for radical automation — the kind that can deliver huge cost savings for a business, writes Globality’s Seth Catalli.

By Seth Catalli • Jan. 2, 2024

ChatGPT’s ‘winter break’ is the latest sign of model drifts

Unexpected changes in large language model behavior could disrupt the rest of an organization’s software or data science pipeline, researchers say.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Dec. 20, 2023

Marshaling the right GenAI data strategy: EY

To drive effective financial transformation with AI, organizations need to ensure the “fuel” for the technology is there, EY experts say.  

By Grace Noto • Dec. 20, 2023

CFOs must take an ROI-centered approach to global expansion

To access top talent in new markets, finance chiefs need to keep their focus on value creation and ROI, CFO Simone Nardi advises.  

By Grace Noto • Dec. 19, 2023

Firms advised to prepare for tough enforcement of SEC cyber rules

Effective Monday, public companies other than small reporting businesses will now be required to comply with the SEC’s new breach disclosure mandates. 

By Alexei Alexis • Dec. 19, 2023

AI’s quest to transform corporate finance meets hurdles

While finance leaders widely view artificial intelligence as a game-changer, some are nervous about the risks of adoption, according to a OneStream poll.

By Alexei Alexis • Dec. 19, 2023

Human connection is still CFOs’ greatest asset

Finance chiefs must find the “delicate balance between leveraging the power of digitization and fostering personal connections,” Bob Purcell writes.

By Bob Purcell • Dec. 18, 2023

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise taps HP Inc. CFO for finance chief

Company veteran Marie Myers will take HPE’s financial reins as the business seeks to boost IT spending next year.

By Grace Noto • Dec. 18, 2023

How CFOs help reduce cyber risk

As a CFO, it is essential to wear several hats, including that of managing risk effectively.

Dec. 18, 2023

Kraft Heinz probes ransomware attack claim

The food and beverage company attributed the potential attack to a decommissioned marketing site and said internal systems are operating normally.

By Matt Kapko • Dec. 15, 2023

3 tips for SEC cyber rule stragglers

With breach reporting enforcement set to begin in just days, stragglers should be treating readiness as a “super-high priority,” says Deloitte’s Daniel Soo.

By Alexei Alexis • Dec. 14, 2023

New cybersecurity CPA focus shines spotlight on risk for CFOs: Sysdig

Cybersecurity is landing on the CPA exam at a time when CFOs are facing both an accounting talent shortage and new digital threats.

By Grace Noto • Dec. 14, 2023

Booking snaps up S&P Global CFO

Ewout Steenbergen will leave S&P Global in March to replace Booking’s retiring finance chief.

By Alexei Alexis • Dec. 13, 2023

Cybersecurity pressures stretch CFOs

CFOs are bracing for new SEC cybersecurity rules set to kick in this month as the regulator is already signaling an aggressive enforcement posture.

By Alexei Alexis • Dec. 12, 2023

How AI is raising the bar for CFO budget planning

AI can analyze vast amounts of financial data to predict trends, model budget scenarios, and deliver insights, writes Falconi’s Bernardo Miranda.

By Bernardo Miranda • Dec. 12, 2023

Cloud customers undeterred by cost, billing complexity

Most companies are satisfied with their primary provider, Forrester research found. But compliance, resilience and flexibility are luring them to multicloud.

By Matt Ashare • Dec. 11, 2023

Most accountants back AI, viewing it as productivity boost: Moss Adams

Accountants also flagged several potential downsides from rapid AI adoption, including poor work quality, flawed data and undetected bias.

By Jim Tyson • Dec. 8, 2023