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CFO's annual beginning-of-year outlook package.
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34% of mid-market CFOs want to leave their job in 2025: study
Mid-market CFOs are feeling overwhelmed but are focusing on things like personal branding and consolidating tech stacks to make their jobs easier, according to data from The CFO Alliance.
By Adam Zaki • Jan. 22, 2025 -
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CFO Peer Audit: What does it take to be a great parent and CFO?
Finance leaders with kids share how they have been able to meet the demands of a CFO role while also being attentive to and active in their children’s lives.
By Adam Zaki • Jan. 17, 2025 -
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5 labor trends CFOs should be aware of in 2025
CPA certification changes, return-to-office initiatives, data leveraging, workforce collaboration and a roadmap to a CEO position will likely be on CFO radars this year.
By Adam Zaki • Jan. 16, 2025 -
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Collaborate or stagnate: 6 CFO trends for 2025
Throughout the year, finance leaders will navigate both their companies’ specific challenges and the changing dynamics of the CFO role by increasing finance’s impact across the organization.
By Adam Zaki • Jan. 9, 2025 -
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How DUDE Wipes’ CFO is preparing for 2025
Jeff Klimkowski shares his outlook on sustaining growth this year, providing finance chiefs with a real-life example of ways to balance demand and expansion.
By Adam Zaki • Jan. 3, 2025 -
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Soaring CFO compensation supplements high turnover: report
CFOs of publicly traded companies are experiencing an inverse relationship between their tenures and the value of their compensation packages, according to a new Datarails report.
By Adam Zaki • Dec. 18, 2024 -
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Despite lingering inflation, Fed rate cuts are expected in 2024’s final meeting
CFOs should be aware of the discrepancies and impact of recent CPI numbers indicating stagnant inflation and a new report from the New York Fed that says consumer confidence is at a five-year high.
By Adam Zaki • Dec. 12, 2024 -
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What CFOs should know about the state of the AI market
As the AI hype continues, finance leaders should evaluate the technology with a dose of skepticism.
By Adam Zaki • Dec. 6, 2024 -
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CFO confidence up after Trump’s win — Duke-Fed survey
Concerns about monetary policy and economic health have decreased, but political climate and labor quality concerns have risen as CFOs prepare for a new U.S. presidential administration.
By Adam Zaki • Dec. 4, 2024 -
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As bitcoin surges, SEC’s Gensler and Lizárraga announce departure plans
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s chair, and a commissioner, have both announced their departure plans for the upcoming year.
By Adam Zaki • Nov. 22, 2024 -
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Despite political turmoil, the Empire State’s business sector strikes back
New data from the New York Fed suggests the state’s business conditions are improving, despite the legal and ethical issues surrounding Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
By Adam Zaki • Updated Sept. 26, 2024 -
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Economic confidence in North America plummets
“The probability that the U.S. Federal Reserve begins easing monetary policy after the summer has increased, although inflation developments over coming months will be crucial.”
By David McCann • Aug. 13, 2024 -
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Only 37% of CFOs have a positive short-term economic outlook: Report
However, the majority of CFOs say the the U.S. economy’s long-term economic outlook is positive.
By Adam Zaki • May 1, 2024 -
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CFO Outlook 2024: 5 Charts and Data Points to Watch
A handful of charts and data points that finance chiefs will want to monitor in 2024.
By Vincent Ryan • Jan. 18, 2024 -
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2024 CFO Outlook Series
This annual series examines the biggest factors for finance chiefs heading into the new year.
By CFO Editorial Staff • Updated Feb. 26, 2024 -
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2024 Workplace Outlook: Office Space, Remote Work, and AI
“Artificial intelligence will make significant traction in organizations in 2024 and will continue to reshape work processes for many departments and fields, in particular engineering, marketing, and finance,” said CFO Craig Gomulka of Komprise.
By Adam Zaki • Jan. 12, 2024 -
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A CFO Action Plan for 2024
Here are six business challenges and recommended CFO actions for 2024.
By Steve McNally • Jan. 11, 2024 -
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Opinion4 Tax Policies to Watch in 2024
Several key items will top the tax agenda this year.
By Rema Serafi • Jan. 4, 2024 -
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OpinionOptimizing in 2024: 4 CFO Growth Preparations
Focus on areas like performance analysis, the sales process, and customer incentives to prepare for an economy that presents opportunities for growth.
By Dayton Kellenberger • Jan. 2, 2024 -
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4 Regulatory Developments to Follow in 2023
High levels of scrutiny and aggressive enforcement are what lawyers, executives, and regulators themselves expect CFOs will be up against in 2023. From the Public Company Accounting Standards Board to the Federal Trade Commission to the Securities and Exchange Commission, federal agencies want...
By Vincent Ryan • Jan. 31, 2023 -
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CFO Outlook 2023
What will 2023 hold? Even amid economic uncertainty, CFOs can continue to lead the way through a consistent approach to leadership, strategic thinking, execution, and an understanding of technological opportunity.
By CFO Editorial Staff • Jan. 30, 2023 -
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Opinion3 CFO Trends to Watch in 2023
As we begin 2023, we may hope to leave some disruptions behind us. Yet inflationary pressures, interest rates, and a potential economic downturn threaten as lingering and new forms of disruption. We can predict only one thing: that for the foreseeable future disruption is the new normal. ...
By Wendy Stewart • Jan. 24, 2023 -
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2023 Outlook: 5 Finance Risks to Monitor This Year
The worst risks — the ones that cause the most harm or loss — often catch us unprepared. Some are unanticipated because they’re unknown, and others are apparent but ignored. For 2023, there are almost too many risks of both kinds. Below we address five significant risks...
By Vincent Ryan • Jan. 23, 2023 -
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Raising Venture Capital in a Tight Economy: 5 Tips
Venture capitalists put $68.4 billion to work in early-stage investing in 2022, but the dollars are not flowing nearly as smoothly as they did in 2021. Just $10.7 billion was invested in early-stage transactions in the fourth quarter, less than half of the amount raised in the first quarter of...
By Vincent Ryan • Jan. 19, 2023 -
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2023 Outlook: 4 Realms for Digital Acceleration
Two-thousand twenty-three's outlook is much different than the projections from a year ago. Coming out of 2021, executives were excited to continue recovery from a pandemic-induced economic struggle, and overall confidence in the outlook for the global economy was much more positive. Although...
By Adam Zaki • Jan. 17, 2023
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