Washington’s new CPA licensing rules could go live next month

The Evergreen State joins at least 22 others that have enacted rules allowing CPA candidates to become licensed without a fifth year of post-secondary education.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Oct. 24, 2025

Walmart promotes chief auditor to controller

The retail giant picked Dwayne Milum from its ranks to replace David Chojnowski when he becomes Walmart’s treasurer next year.   

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Oct. 23, 2025

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Navigating risk in turbulent times

CFOs must help their organizations mitigate risks by balancing the need for both growth and stability. 

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Tesla CFO throws weight behind $1T Musk pay package

Tesla’s special committee “did an amazing job in constructing this plan for the benefit of the shareholders,” CFO Vaibhav Taneja said Wednesday.  

By Grace Noto • Oct. 23, 2025

Customer success strategies linked to post-earnings gains

Customer success has become an essential strategy for sustaining growth and investor confidence in a volatile economy, a study found.

By Alexei Alexis • Oct. 23, 2025

Wonder Bread maker names former Total Wine exec CFO

The finance leadership change comes after the food giant reported disappointing second-quarter earnings results.

By Alexei Alexis • Oct. 22, 2025

GM CFO expects EV demand to stabilize despite ‘choppy’ market

The automaker has already seen a “significant pullback” in EV demand in October, CFO Paul Jacobson said — but GM expects the market to stabilize in 2026. 

By Grace Noto • Oct. 22, 2025

New Plaid CFO to focus on ‘sustainable growth’

New Plaid CFO Seun Sodipo will join the fintech as it looks to continue expanding its products across areas including credit and payments.

By Grace Noto • Oct. 21, 2025

Fortune 100 firms accelerate disclosures linked to AI, cybersecurity risk

Companies are concerned about deepfakes and unauthorized AI tools, and board committees are increasing their oversight responsibilities.

By David Jones • Oct. 21, 2025

KPMG leans into agentic AI in Salesforce, Google deals

The Big Four accounting firm and its competitors are locked in a technology investment race that is heating up amid rapid advancements in AI.

By Alexei Alexis • Oct. 21, 2025

Deloitte refunds over $60K for report with AI errors, Australian government says

The amount represents less than a quarter of what Australia’s Department of Employment and Workplace Relations originally paid for the flawed study.

By Alexei Alexis • Oct. 21, 2025

September retail sales rise amid signs of waning spending power

Inflation seems to be driving some of last month’s sales gains, as unit sales were down in some categories, according to Circana research.

By Daphne Howland • Oct. 17, 2025

Warehouse market ‘found its footing,’ Prologis CFO says

The San Francisco-based industrial real estate giant raised its 2025 earnings guidance as executives painted a brighter picture of improved customer demand.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Oct. 16, 2025

Ulta picks J&J alum for CFO

Christopher DelOrefice will take on the role in December, allowing interim CFO Chris Lialios to return to being senior vice president and controller.

By Dani James • Oct. 16, 2025

Real Brokerage ex-CFO’s pregnancy suit gets more mediation time

The residential brokerage firm’s former finance chief was fired three months after returning from maternity leave.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Oct. 15, 2025

Oracle expands agentic AI toolkit for CFOs

The software giant's latest rollout included a new “payables agent” designed to ease workloads for accounts payable teams.

By Alexei Alexis • Oct. 15, 2025

Quarterly reporting cadence can push CFOs to ‘suboptimal’ decisions

A return to semi- or biannual reporting could give CFOs more decision-making runway and free up resources to be put back into the business, Zuora COFO Todd McElhatton said.  

By Grace Noto • Oct. 15, 2025

Liquid Death swipes PepsiCo alum for CFO in growth push

Sabra and PepsiCo veteran Ricky Khetarpaul will look to leverage his expertise in the beverage space as Liquid Death preps to break into the $23 billion energy drink sector.

By Grace Noto • Oct. 14, 2025

Public disclosures of AI risk surge among S&P 500 companies

A report by The Conference Board shows companies are flagging concerns about cyber and reputational risk as they increase deployment.

By David Jones • Oct. 14, 2025

Gap partners with Google Cloud to advance AI strategy

In its quest to become a digital-first business, the retailer will add a unified, AI-powered platform to its tech stack that opens up access to Gemini, Vertex AI and BigQuery. 

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Oct. 14, 2025

Deloitte AI debacle seen as wake-up call for corporate finance

The Australian government says Deloitte Australia agreed to refund part of a $290,000 payment for a report that contained AI-generated errors.

By Alexei Alexis • Oct. 14, 2025

5 tips for boosting the CFO-CISO relationship

CFOs and CISOs often fail to collaborate effectively due to differences in language, metrics and perceived value, writes cybersecurity firm Anomali’s George Moser.

By George Moser • Oct. 14, 2025

Instant paychecks? One CFO says no.

As a growing number of states pass earned wage access laws, Yooz's CFO John Gronen decided against offering on-demand pay to employees next year.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Oct. 10, 2025

Tackling the CFO supply, demand imbalance: Sutker Moran

With growing CFO turnover, companies are considering new criteria for filling their top finance seat, Sutker Moran President Scott Moran said.  

By Grace Noto • Oct. 10, 2025

Walmart exec to replace retiring PepsiCo CFO

PepsiCo’s incoming CFO, Steve Schmitt, is set to receive an annual base salary of $900,000, plus a hefty sign-on bonus, of which $2 million will be paid immediately.

By Alexei Alexis • Oct. 9, 2025

Want a stronger CFO, CIO relationship? Take cash out of the mix

For finance and IT leaders to effectively drive strategy and growth, they need to focus on strategy first — and look at costs second, Rimini Street’s CFO and CIO said.  

By Grace Noto • Oct. 9, 2025