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Q&A
Facing pharma challenges: NervGen Pharma CFO Bill Adams
“Gone for now are the days in 2021 when pharma was taking riskier bets and financing was readily available as an alternative to partnering.”
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Alphabet names Ashkenazi as new CFO to replace Ruth Porat; awarded $9.9M signing bonus
Ashkenazi will likely be tasked to spearhead Google’s recently announced restructuring of its finance function to pursue more AI initiatives.
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Navan’s new CFO Amy Butte appoints chief accounting officer
Trust and respect are the key ingredients in CFO Amy Butte and newly hired CAO Anne Giviskos’ partnership to fuel future growth for the fintech.
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Opinion
Bridging the gap between finance and revenue operations
Effective growth planning requires close collaboration between revenue operations and finance, with unified goals, integrated planning processes and accurate data utilization.
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OpenAI hires former NextDoor CEO Sarah Friar as new CFO, coincides with Apple partnership
“My goal is to help OpenAI continue excelling at what it does best — producing top-tier research and collaborating to maximize the benefits of AI tools for everyone,” Friar said.
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6 Takeaways from the CFO Leadership Council’s Spring Conference
“It was all about being a better leader, being a better strategist, partnering with the CEO and these are things we need to keep reinforcing.”
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An investor’s mindset with operations know-how: Appfire’s Alex Triplett
“I see a career as a set of accumulated experiences, so when I left investing for a corporate role, I wanted to build this awesome set of experiences.”
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Epoch Times CFO charged in $67M fraud scheme; Moody’s Mark Zandi on US rate cuts: Trial Balance
This morning, Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi commented on the health of the U.S. economy and what the Fed might be waiting for to cut interest rates.
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Q&A
Portillo’s CFO Michelle Hook shares secret sauce for restaurant growth
“I have to be passionate about the brand, and I have to fit the culture. If those two don't exist, I'm not going to join.”
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Chemours names Shane Hostetter as new CFO following executives’ code of ethics violations
Hostetter takes over as finance chief as the company looks to move on from code of ethics violations by its CEO, CFO and principal accounting officer stemming from Q4 of last year.
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CFOs On the Move: Week ending June 7
New CFOs at Hertz, Aon, Alphabet, Liquid Death, Flutter Entertainment and more.
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The 6 a.m. CFO: How AvePoint’s Jim Caci starts his day
“My ability to be in the trenches with our team when there’s hard work to be done is what sets me apart and has led to successful teams.”
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Days sales outstanding: A critical lever for managing cash flow — Metric of the Month
Get cash more quickly by reducing the time between invoice processing and customer payment.
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6 Questions for the CFO Leadership Council’s Spring Conference
This week’s event will involve discussions around talent issues, AI and CFO collaboration.
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Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO fired over $40M missing from nonprofit
Despite the conservancy’s record revenue in 2022, mainly derived from grant money and donations, an apparent cash shortfall triggered an independent forensic audit, which was later handed off to the FBI.
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Q&A
Liquid Death’s new CFO Karim Sadik-Khan creates killer financial strategy
“None of the other brands in our industry are doing what Liquid Death is doing right now. We’re giving away a jet — for real.”
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Top people risk for 2024: health costs
“Risk management now requires a wider ecosystem view that identifies and addresses issues ... and takes account of the wider communities in which a business operates.”
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52% of CFOs say employee turnover remains a top problem: Trial Balance
According to a new CFO poll, most finance chiefs are still battling employee turnover.
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Travel and expense unicorn Navan names Amy Butte as new CFO: ‘Let’s go’
Butte shares what brought her back to the operations side of the industry following years in an advisory role, what she has learned about IPO readiness and what excites her most about the opportunity.
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CFO Peer Audit: What would you do with 4 extra work hours?
CFOs from OnlyFans, Multiplan, Universal Technical Institute and more chime in.
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CFO Leadership Council’s 2024 Spring Conference reading preview
A collection of stories that relate to the topics of discussion at the upcoming CFOLC Spring event in Boston.
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Q&A
Accounting can learn from skilled trades workforce: Universal Technical Institute’s CFO Troy Anderson
“I strongly believe it’s incumbent upon employers and leadership to continue looking at ways to motivate people to enter their respective fields and create an environment where people want to be there and be successful.”
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Peacocking, newskilling and digital detox: 9 new workplace trends CFOs must know
Don’t be surprised if you're told a story about a leader being handed a doctor’s note saying their patient, and your employee, must digitally unplug for the sake of their health.
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PwC partners with OpenAI, rolls out ChatGPT Enterprise
The Big Four audit and advisory firm places its bets on employee implementation and reselling of the technology, but questions remain as to finance teams’ willingness to adopt the emerging technology.