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    6 practical ways to reduce invoicing costs: Metric of the Month

    Finance leaders who view billing costs as a cash flow management lever perform better.

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    Research suggests CFOs should step up AI governance

    Surveys from Workiva, Cisco and Wiingy highlight growing pressure on AI governance that some CFOs may want to address directly.

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    Florida CPA pleads guilty in federal fraud case

    Prosecutors said Thomas Unsworth submitted false documents to the federal government to help others land emergency relief money.

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    What CFOs must get right to succeed after an IPO

    Being public is harder than going public. Here is a guide to help finance leaders avoid common pitfalls and thrive post-IPO.

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    Albany-area electrical firm CFO charged in alleged $4M embezzlement

    Kevin J. Stevens, the former CFO of A.E. Rosen Electrical Co., has been charged with a felony and an array of other charges in connection with an alleged multi-year scheme.

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    Finance and cybersecurity execs aren’t fully aligned on business priorities

    CFO teams are less likely to say they’re fully in sync with their security counterparts, according to a recent vendor survey.

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    The impact of new leadership at the PCAOB: Trial Balance

    As new board members arrive, the PCAOB prepares for a new age without its “lone dissenter.”

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    Ex-Loretto Hospital CFO arrested in Serbia

    A recent court filing says Anosh Ahmed, who left the U.S. amid fraud charges, was arrested in the eastern European country in late 2025.

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    CFOs On the Move: Week ending Jan. 30

    Progressive’s CFO to step down in July, Trade Desk’s chief financial officer leaves after five months and athletics brand On names a new finance chief.

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    So you want to be a sports CFO?

    Former professional athletes, business owners and CFOs working in sports talk through the realities of working in this highly coveted and rapidly changing industry.

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    What’s actually driving Carvana’s margins?

    Short-seller research is renewing questions about how the online car seller's margins are generated across its retail operations, financing activity and businesses belonging to the CEO’s family.

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    Online sneaker seller’s CFO gets prison time for bank fraud conspiracy

    Bethany Mockerman, who served as finance chief of collectible shoe seller Zadeh Kicks, concocted a “sophisticated, comprehensive scheme” to deceive banks into providing loans, federal prosecutors said.

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    How cross-scope leadership shaped Lauren Dillard’s path at LiveRamp

    Dillard shares how her tenure with the SaaS firm has enhanced her decision-making skills and how she leads across finance, strategy and operations.

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    The 6 a.m. CFO: How Converge’s Ying Miao starts her day

    Miao discusses how finance is a communications tool, offers her favorite quote from Muhammad Ali and shares that she is a former concert pianist. 

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    ADM’s ex-CFO faces federal fraud charges

    In court filings, the SEC says that Vikram Luthar, the ag giant’s former finance chief, misled investors by making retroactive “adjustments” to the performance of a key business unit.

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    If half of workers avoid management roles, what happens to the CFO pipeline?

    A comparison of new survey data from Zety and the ACCA suggests that leadership ambition among a multigenerational workforce is declining during a time when finance career paths are becoming less linear.

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    Average enterprise business handles 40-plus bank accounts

    A survey of finance leaders by fintech provider Adyen and Boston Consulting Group aims to quantify the complexities of running a large business.

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    Growing reliance on AI for research drives CFOs to focus on investor relations

    Companies that don’t meet the challenge by enhancing their own AI capabilities could lose sway with investors.

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    OpenAI expands finance team as AI economics draw scrutiny

    CFO Sarah Friar has hired a chief accounting officer and a corporate finance leader as the company's business model and trajectory expand.

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    The CFO automation imperative: Balancing tech and human judgment

    Finance leaders must embrace automation while safeguarding human judgment in financial decisions.

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    American CEOs bullish on M&A in 2026: EY

    A recent survey conducted by the Big Four firm shows more than half of U.S. chief executive respondents planning to “actively” pursue mergers and acquisitions this year.

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    AICPA president’s warning to the CPA profession: Trial Balance

    Speaking at an event last week, Mark Koziel said the CPA profession faces pressure from policy shifts, regulation changes and evolving expectations inside the industry.

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    44% of CFOs expect to benefit from One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s tax benefits

    Anticipated savings are helping to create renewed interest in strategic spending, although concerns over the law remain.

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    Brex CFO Erica Dorfman’s take on the Capital One deal

    In a rare look inside a major fintech transaction, Dorfman describes the speed, scale and boardroom logic that led Brex to Capital One.

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    How CFO communities are responding to networking overload

    Leaders from GenCFO, CFO Leadership Council and CFO Alliance explain how CFO communities are adapting to an increasingly crowded and commercialized networking landscape.