The CFO of 2030

CFOs are frequently asked to predict the future. Where do you think the market, your industry, the function will be in 5, 10, 15 years? We’re going to take a wild guess: Nobody got 2020 quite right.Now, that doesn’t mean predictions are pointless. In fact, quite the opposite. More than what they ...

By Hal Polley • Oct. 19, 2020

CFOs On the Move: Week Ending October 16

Adrian Mitchell Adrian Mitchell is Macy’s new finance chief. Mitchell joins the retailer from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he was a managing director and partner in the digital BCG and consumer practices. Before joining BCG, Mitchell had wide-ranging retail experiences. This includes servi...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 16, 2020

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Top 5 stories from CFO.com

From CPA licensure changes to undergoing a digital transformation, these are the most popular stories CFOs are reading. 

By CFO.com staff

Billionaire Robert Brockman Charged in $2B Tax Fraud Scheme

Robert Brockman, the billionaire and chief executive officer of Ohio-based software company Reynolds and Reynolds, has been charged with 39 counts of tax evasion, wire fraud, money laundering, and other offenses related to a $2 billion tax fraud scheme.In a press conference, officials from the U....

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 16, 2020

Wells Fargo Fires Over 100 Employees for Alleged COVID-19 Relief Fraud

Wells Fargo fired up to 125 employees for allegedly misrepresenting themselves to obtain stimulus money intended to help businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.CNN, citing an internal memo written by Wells Fargo’s head of human resources, David Galloreese, reported the misrepresentations may ha...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 15, 2020

Recurring Revenue Makes Forecasting the Recovery Easier

The systemic shocks caused by the current crisis have destabilized traditional macroeconomic assumptions and scenarios to forecast market demand and long-term revenue. Will stock markets remain resilient? Will the historic fall in global trade rebound? Will embattled business sectors revive? Will...

By Mark Partin • Oct. 15, 2020

Array Technologies Raises $1.05B in Upsized IPO

Array Technologies, a manufacturer of tracking solutions in the solar energy domain, raised $1.05 billion from its initial public offering on Wednesday.What Happened: Array’s common stock will make its trading debut on Thursday on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “ARRY.” The IPO is expect...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 15, 2020

7 Ways COVID-19 Will Transform Health Care

Health care in the United States is broken. CFOs know we have the most expensive health care system in the world, yet our outcomes are worse than those in most developed countries. What’s more, long-standing efforts to decrease cost and increase value through disruptive innovation have fallen fla...

By Vincent Ryan • Oct. 14, 2020

McAfee Targets $814M in IPO Funding

Security software company McAfee LLC on Tuesday said it planned to sell 37 million shares in its initial public offering. McAfee estimates to price its IPO between $19 and $22, meaning it could raise up to $814 million in the offering.What Happened: The company will offer around 83% of the Class ...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 14, 2020

Finance of America Plans $1.9B SPAC Merger to Go Public

The Blackstone Group-backed Finance of America Equity LLC is planning to go public through a merger with a blank check company, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.What Happened: The consumer-lending platform is expected to merge with special purpose acquisition company Replay Acquisition in ...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 13, 2020

CFOs to the Rescue

Finance chiefs played a critical role in shepherding their organizations through a global economic crisis in 2020, and a recent survey shows how.CFO Research (part of Argyle Advisory and Research Services) and FTI Consulting surveyed 325 chief financial officers and other senior finance executive...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 13, 2020

Disney Reorganizes to Focus on Streaming

The Walt Disney Company announced a major strategic reorganization of its media and entertainment business, saying the move would accelerate its direct-to-consumer strategy in light of the success of Disney+.In a statement, the company said the reorganization would allow its “creative engines” to...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 13, 2020

Twilio to Acquire Segment for $3.2B

Twilio has reached an agreement to buy the customer data platform Segment for $3.2 billion. The all-stock transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020.In a statement, Twilio said the deal would accelerate its efforts to build the leading global customer engagement platform and o...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 12, 2020

Is Remote Work Working?

At Ping Identity, CFO Raj Dani has noticed a distinct lack of “on-the-spot learning” opportunities since the coronavirus pandemic forced the cybersecurity firm to shift employees to remote working. “A lot of that comes through spontaneous conversations in hallways or at the water cooler. Those se...

By Sandra Beckwith • Oct. 12, 2020

Into the Sunset: The Quiz

Spending more time at home during the pandemic may have many desk workers contemplating what their post-employment life might look like. However, while there is plenty of information and advice available on planning for retirement, not all of it is accurate or good. To gauge your knowledge of som...

By CFO Editorial Staff • Oct. 12, 2020

CFOs On the Move: Week Ending October 9

Ann Gugino Papa John’s appointed Ann Gugino chief financial officer. Gugino joins the pizza chain from Target, where she was most recently senior vice president of financial planning and analysis. Before that, she spent 18 years at medical supplies company Patterson Companies, including four year...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 9, 2020

SAExploration Accused of Accounting Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed civil charges against SAExploration Holdings, a publicly traded seismic data acquisition company based in Houston, over an alleged multi-year accounting fraud that falsely inflated the company’s revenue and concealed the theft of millions of dollar...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 9, 2020

China’s Lufax Pursues U.S. IPO

Chinese online wealth management firm Lufax Holding Ltd is seeking an initial public offering in the United States and list American Depositary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange.What Happened: The company, backed by Ping An Insurance (Group) of China, has not disclosed the size of the offerin...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 8, 2020

Ruby Tuesday Files for Chapter 11

Ruby Tuesday has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The casual dining chain cited the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.In a statement, the company said it had reached an understanding with secured lenders to support its restructuring.“Th...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 7, 2020

Capital Allocation: How to Emerge From the Pandemic In a Stronger Position

COVID-19 has turned many industries upside down. Suddenly, high-performing companies have become cash-constrained during the pandemic while historically low-growth companies are selling out product and are flush with cash. For CFOs on both sides of this spectrum, making quick and effective capita...

By Vincent Ryan • Oct. 7, 2020

The High Costs of An Inefficient Data Strategy

In our universe of ever-increasing data, the ways in which to access it and glean meaningful insights, unfortunately, remains rough terrain at best. Regardless of where on the “data is the new oil” spectrum you fall, there’s no denying that our digital future is here and data is its language, fue...

By Vincent Ryan • Oct. 5, 2020

Bristol-Myers to Buy MyoKardia for $13B

Bristol-Myers Squibb has reached an agreement to buy the clinical-stage biotech company MyoKardia for $13.1 billion, or $225 per share, in a deal to expand its heart disease treatments.The deal is being funded with a combination of cash and debt.In May, MyoKardia said its experimental drug mavaca...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 5, 2020

Regal Cinemas Forced to Suspend U.S. Operations

Cineworld Group-owned Regal Entertainment, the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S., is closing all its locations nationwide after movie studios delay big-ticket movies, reports the Wall Street Journal.What Happened: Cineworld operates the second-largest movie theater chain on a global ...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 5, 2020

CFOs On the Move: Week Ending October 2

John Lawler John Lawler is the new CFO at Ford. Lawler has most recently been serving as CEO of Ford Autonomous Vehicles and vice president of mobility partnerships. He has spent much of his 30 years at Ford in finance leadership and general management. Lawler served as president of Ford China fo...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 2, 2020

Walmart Sells U.K. Supermarket Chain Asda

Billionaire brothers, Mohsin Issa and Zuber Issa, and private equity firm TDR Capital have agreed to buy U.K. supermarket chain Asda from Walmart, the companies announced.In a statement, the companies said the deal has an enterprise value of $8.8 billion and is being done on a debt-free and cash-...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 2, 2020

SAP to Buy Customer Engagement Platform Emarsys

German software giant SAP has reached an agreement to buy Emarsys, a cloud-based customer engagement platform.No purchase price or other terms were disclosed.Once the transaction closes, SAP will enable brands to connect every part of their business to the customer, including experience data,” SA...

By Lauren Muskett • Oct. 1, 2020