Arthur Andersen Archives - CFO

Auditors Can Be Friendly as Well as Skeptical, Study Finds

Auditors Can Be Friendly as Well as Skeptical, Study Finds

Auditors who trust their clients can feel freer to be more skeptical of their financial reporting.

By David Katz | April 19, 2017

Introspection Leads Longtime Big Four Partner to CFO Role

Introspection Leads Longtime Big Four Partner to CFO Role

"It was very important that I became more open about whether someplace else could be a better fit,” says first-time CFO Beth Schiavo after 23 years at EY.

By David McCann | January 21, 2016

Carl Berquist, Retiring as Marriott CFO, Reflects on Two Careers

Carl Berquist, Retiring as Marriott CFO, Reflects on Two Careers

After 28 years with Arthur Andersen and 14 with Marriott, the acquisition of Starwood Hotels serves as a resounding last hurrah.

By David McCann | January 12, 2016

Inside Audit Firms: A CFO’s View

Inside Audit Firms: A CFO’s View

After 15 years in the business, a finance chief describes how audit firms operate, manage growth, and pay their partners.

By David Katz | April 2, 2015

Professional Services: Attack of the Bean-Counters

Corporate Finance

Professional Services: Attack of the Bean-Counters

Lawyers beware: the accountants are coming after your business.

By Economist Staff | March 25, 2015

“We See Ourselves as Being on the Move”

“We See Ourselves as Being on the Move”

Stephen Chipman, the CEO of Grant Thornton, talks about the firm's attempt to stick to its knitting and the nation's quest for a more rational financial reporting system and tax code.

By David Katz | August 1, 2011

Loss-leader or Client-feeder?

Corporate Finance

Loss-leader or Client-feeder?

The margins in auditing are not marginal.

By Steve Bergsman | February 1, 2000

The Ranks Grow Thinner

Corporate Finance

The Ranks Grow Thinner

Merger fever in the accounting industry has clients asking: How few is too few?

By Lee Berton | March 1, 1998