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CFOs On the Move: Week ending July 19
CFO changes at HSBC, Eastern Bankshares, Rockwell Automation and Puttshack.
By Lauren Muskett • July 19, 2024 -
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Q&AApplying foundation to build 77% sales growth: e.l.f. Beauty CFO Mandy Fields
“A lot of CFOs think marketing is just an investment or a cost center. I believe it helps drive sales when you have the right recipe and the right CMO who has the right ideas in play.”
By Adam Zaki • July 18, 2024 -
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Former CFO of Chicago’s Loretto Hospital charged with $15M wire fraud
Over three years, payments were wired to companies with generic medical supply names that were entirely fictitious.
By Adam Zaki • July 16, 2024 -
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CFOs On the Move: Week ending July 12
CFO changes at UPS, Eli Lilly, ADM, Ionic Digital and Olaplex.
By Lauren Muskett • July 12, 2024 -
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Chipotle CFO Jack Hartung to retire in 2025; successor named
"It has truly been an honor and a privilege to serve as Chipotle's CFO and deliver on our purpose of cultivating a better world.”
By Adam Zaki • July 11, 2024 -
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Q&AWeed Man CFO Prajakta Raut helps lawn care company grow like, well, weeds
“I’m a CPA with a strong accounting background, but today’s CFO needs many more skills.”
By Sandra Beckwith • July 11, 2024 -
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The 6 a.m. CFO: How Quincy, Massachusetts’ CFO Eric Mason starts his day
“I strongly encourage dissenting thoughts. I want people to disagree with me.”
By CFO Editorial Staff • July 11, 2024 -
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Q&A‘Like grandma’s gravy recipe’: Fireworks Over America CFO Nathan Carter
“These products don’t have recipes you can start mass producing. There are no recipe cards for a lot of the best stuff.”
By Adam Zaki • July 3, 2024 -
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How finance pros are rebranding career expectations
“Everyone knows what a CFO is, but you’re pushed into public accounting.”
By Adam Zaki • June 28, 2024 -
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CFOs On the Move: Week ending June 28
New CFOs at HP, Hallmark Media, McCormick, flyExclusive and SGH.
By Lauren Muskett • June 28, 2024 -
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Q&ABetting your bottom dollar: DUDE Wipes CFO Jeff Klimkowski
“It’s all about planning, budgeting, and forecasting — being on offense. I am an offensive CFO.”
By Adam Zaki • June 27, 2024 -
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Highest-paid S&P 500 CEOs make 3.3x more than their CFOs
Do the best-paid CFOs work for the same companies as the top-earning CEOs?
By David McCann • June 26, 2024 -
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Q&ASantander Consumer USA CFO: ‘Data is key to our business’
“Data is key to our business — not only being able to digest it accurately and make very good decisions based on it, but also to digest it quickly.”
By David McCann • June 25, 2024 -
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‘Fools and knaves’ editor’s note for June 24, 2024
"Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike: One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike." — Ben Jonson
By Andy Burt • June 24, 2024 -
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City of Quincy CFO Eric Mason discusses need for strong internal financial controls
“Here, we understand that we would rat each other out in a heartbeat. My treasurers have always been some of my favorite people, but I always say that if someone at my job was most likely to punch me in the throat, it would be them. That’s how you have financial security and strong internal controls.”
By Adam Zaki • June 21, 2024 -
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CFOs On the Move: Week ending June 21
New CFOs at CoStar Group, LendingTree, JELD-WEN and Solid Power.
By Lauren Muskett • June 21, 2024 -
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A conversation with Eric Mason, CFO of the City of Quincy, Massachusetts
In this wide-ranging, multi-part interview, the young finance chief talks about his appointment, his mandate and how he helps the city grow.
By Adam Zaki • June 20, 2024 -
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Detroit Riverfront Conservancy’s former CFO William Smith and the missing $40M
Smith pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering following an FBI investigation, with offenses dating back more than a decade.
By Andy Burt , Adam Zaki • Updated April 24, 2025 -
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Detroit Riverfront Conservancy’s former CFO charged with bank, wire fraud
A complete failure of financial controls resulted in the former CFO’s 11-year defrauding of the Detroit nonprofit.
By Andy Burt • June 20, 2024 -
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Quincy, Massachusetts’ CFO talks mayoral compensation, blockchain bonds and home affordability
“If one company, BlackRock or any large conglomerate or group like that stepped in and bought a large portion of the property here ... If said company were to fail, and they held a large portion of our tax base because they owned a lot of property in our area, we would be in a really tough spot.”
By Adam Zaki • June 20, 2024 -
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The 6 a.m. CFO: How Generation West Virginia’s Candice Holcomb starts her day
“I had a total hip replacement nearly five years ago that has afforded me the active lifestyle of which I have dreamed,” said Holcomb.
By CFO Editorial Staff • June 20, 2024 -
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Why the CFO of Quincy, Massachusetts calls himself the ‘accidental CFO’
“The pandemic had kind of started. I got a call from our mayor, whose job it is to appoint the CFO, and he told me he had just gotten off the phone with the governor of Massachusetts...[and] he said, ‘Eric, I want you to take over as CFO until this whole thing blows over.’”
By Adam Zaki • June 18, 2024 -
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SEC fines Synchronoss’ former CFO Karen Rosenberger $125K due to accounting misconduct
Six other Syncrhonoss employees also received various civil penalties, while the former CEO had to reimburse the company $1.3 million in stock sale profits and bonuses.
By Andy Burt • June 18, 2024 -
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‘Happy hour’ editor’s note for June 17, 2024
Father's Day reminds us of the power of human connection.
By Andy Burt • June 17, 2024 -
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CFOs On the Move: Week ending June 14
Chief financial officer changes at MoneyGram, Tyson Foods, SolarWinds, OpenAI and Amy's Kitchen.
By Lauren Muskett • June 14, 2024
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