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Opinion
CFO Soft Skills: 4 Ways to Accelerate Development
“Being a strong and empathetic communicator is vital to creating a positive work environment, but I have found that a CFO who can delegate accelerates team development,” writes John Touey.
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62% of CFOs Continue to Prioritize Growth: Weekly Stat
New Gartner data shows CEOs and CFOs agree on their company’s growth trajectory and technology initiatives.
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PCAOB Inspections Find 40% of Audits With Deficiencies
“These findings are absolutely unacceptable, and audit firms must make changes to turn things around and live up to their responsibility to investors,” said PCAOB Chair Erica Y. Williams.
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CFO 2023 Midyear Outlook: Risks, Opportunities Ahead
“Individual companies may find opportunities in their industry, product development, or geography that far surpass their cost of capital,” said Steve Rosvold of CFO.University.
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Opinion
Operational Efficiency: CFOs Face a Dilemma and an Opportunity
Cost reductions shouldn’t be made defensively but as an offensive play to reimagine an organization.
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Could the Bitcoin ETF Push Trigger a Blockchain Bounce Back?
“My view is that artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) are two sides of the same coin,” said Christos Makridis, professor in the economics of blockchain and AI at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus.
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Kraft Heinz CFO, FOMC Decision, and CFO Soft Skills
The week ahead includes the PCE inflation report, a Jerome Powell conference, and the first Q2 GDP estimate.
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CFO Peer Audit: What is Your Biggest Q3 Challenge?
“Inflation is trickling through the economy, impacting businesses' labor and input costs. However, many services businesses have not been able to raise their prices,” Jay Jung, CFO of Embarc, said.
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CFOs On the Move: Week Ending July 21
FedEx gets a new finance chief, XPO Logistics promotes from within, Axalta hires a new CFO, and more.
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Q&A
A Home Run Career: Red Sox CFO Tim Zue
The Boston Red Sox’s finance chief discusses his journey to the role, leadership style, thoughts on the future of fintech and AI, and more.
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DOJ, FTC Detail Tougher Stance on Anticompetitive Mergers
The agencies released a draft of new merger review guidelines designed to “protect competition” in the modern economy.
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Kroll Lowers Equity Risk Premium to 5.5%
The U.S. economy may be entering a period of less uncertainty around inflation, interest rates, and economic growth.
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45% of Worker Stress is Due to Job Instability: Weekly Stat
Most workers say employers are falling short in managing stress successfully despite spending on wellness and mental health benefits.
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77% of Accounts Receivable Teams Are Not Up to Date
With the third quarter in full swing, many finance teams may still be playing catchup.
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Matching CFOs to Company Culture and Strategy
Why a financial engineer may be ineffective in a consensus-driven company culture focused on accelerated growth, according to Accenture.
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Opinion
How CFOs and Controllers Can Partner on Finance Automation
The rising interest in finance automation presents a compelling growth opportunity for controllers to establish themselves as de facto finance chief information officers.
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Red Sox CFO, Economic Reports, and Finance CIOs
This week we look ahead to June retail sales, SEC’s Gensler discussing AI, and more.
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Q&A
Professor Returns to the C-Suite: Karl Pichler
“To successfully run and lead a distributed organization, one has to firmly buy into an approach of strong empowerment,” says the CFO of Sourceability Global.
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CFOs On the Move: Week Ending July 14
Uber CFO reportedly leaving, GlobalFoundries’ recently named CFO to exit, HanesBrands promotes interim CFO, and more.
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5 Leadership Tips to Maintain Culture Amid Growth
As CFOs set growth goals, commitment to organizational culture shouldn’t be left by the wayside.
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The 6 a.m. CFO: How ZenLedger’s Jonté Harrell Starts His Day
Harrell shares the mental model he uses for time management, how his West Point education shaped his leadership principles, and which podcasts he follows for lifelong learning.
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Finance Operations Costs Up 7.5% for Global Companies
The cost of finance operations rose for the first time in decades this year, but companies with technology-intensive operating models bucked the trend.
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Sustainability Still Extrinsic to Many Companies’ Cultures
Only 13% of companies surveyed by The Conference Board have deeply embedded sustainability into their cultures.
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57% of CFOs Will Increase Internal Investments Over the Next 12 Months: Weekly Stat
Despite macroeconomic uncertainty and an abundance of risks, new McKinsey data shows that most CFOs are pushing for growth.