Financial Executives Research Foundation

Automation Won’t Reduce Finance Staffs: Study
Technology

Automation Won’t Reduce Finance Staffs: Study

Perhaps counterintuitively, finance executives say they don't plan to cut head-count costs in response to technology-driven efficiencies.
By David McCann | July 3, 2018
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It’s a Big Year for Emerging Growth Companies
Trade Finance

It’s a Big Year for Emerging Growth Companies

Here's some practical advice for companies that did an IPO under the JOBS Act and now must transition to full-public-company status.
By Financial Executives Research Foundation | August 31, 2017
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Top 15 Risk Factors for M&A
Risk

Top 15 Risk Factors for M&A

Sixty percent of financial professionals say overpaying for deals is the biggest M&A risk factor facing buyers next year, according to new research.
By Sean Allocca | December 19, 2016
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Audit Fees Rise Again
Financial Reporting

Audit Fees Rise Again

Audit fees increased by a median of 3.2% in 2015, but the largest filers are keeping a lid on costs by improving internal controls.
By Sean Allocca | December 2, 2016
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Pay Gap Widens Between Finance Execs, Rank and File
Human Capital & Careers

Pay Gap Widens Between Finance Execs, Rank and File

But the rate of salary increase in 2015 dipped slightly from the prior year, research finds.
By David McCann | June 24, 2016
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Highest Priority for CFOs? Strategic Planning
Strategy

Highest Priority for CFOs? Strategic Planning

For second place on the priority list, finance chiefs chose a perennial, budgeting. Periodic forecasting came in third.
By Matthew Heller | November 13, 2014
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Earning Their Keep
NOT READY

Earning Their Keep

Finance chiefs’ pay is increasingly aligned with corporate performance, as our report on trends in CFO compensation reveals.
By Russ Banham | July 29, 2013
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Study Links Share Prices, Goodwill Impairments
Technology

Study Links Share Prices, Goodwill Impairments

When the equity market turned around and share prices started moving higher in 2009, using stock price as a key determinant in assessing goodwill impairment became less common.
By Kathy Hoffelder | October 5, 2012
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CFOs and CIOs: Can We Talk?
Workplace Issues

CFOs and CIOs: Can We Talk?

The CFO-CIO relationship is becoming increasingly bumpy. Executives who have worked in both finance and technology offer advice on smoothing things out.
By David Rosenbaum | December 1, 2011
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Enjoy the Ride
Human Capital & Careers

Enjoy the Ride

CFO compensation made headway last year, but the sailing may not be so smooth in 2011.
By Russ Banham | October 1, 2011
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