Leadership: Page 23


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    Deloitte rolls out in-house generative AI platform for coding, researching

    Around 75,000 employees are beginning to use PairD to assist with daily tasks. The firm expects a total of 100,000 workers will gain access to it in the next six months.

    By Lindsey Wilkinson • Jan. 8, 2024
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    IT unemployment rose in December, but experts remain optimistic

    Despite the increase, the technology industry added nearly 13,000 new positions last month, marking its largest increase since April 2023.

    By Roberto Torres • Jan. 5, 2024
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    Trendline

    Compensation: solving the cost-talent puzzle

    In today’s strong labor market, CFOs leery of raising wages find creative ways to find and retain key employees.

    By CFO Dive staff
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    CVS interim CFO takes permanent seat

    The CVS Health executive is taking on the top finance seat as it looks to get back on track following a corporate restructuring, company-wide layoffs, and rising costs.

    By Jan. 5, 2024
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    Pot supplier Trulieve taps another CFO after D’Amico scandal

    The appointment follows a string of finance leadership changes last year, starting with the abrupt resignation of former CFO Alex D'Amico.

    By Jan. 4, 2024
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    Taking a CFO approach to digital transformation

    In a post-AI world, companies must retool their digital transformation approaches from large-scale to piece by piece, and CFOs play a critical role.

    By Jan. 4, 2024
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    Walmart vet tapped for Innovative Food’s CFO seat

    Gary Schubert is taking over the finance reins of the struggling gourmet food company after a 15-year stint at Walmart.  

    By Jan. 3, 2024
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    Finding the profitability, growth balance: Kaseya CFO

    Taking a strategic approach to hiring and investment can aid CFOs looking to place their companies on the path to hypergrowth, Kaseya’s finance chief said.

    By Jan. 3, 2024
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    Bank veteran takes Piper Sandler CFO reins

    Kate Clune, who previously logged 16 years at Morgan Stanley, officially replaced Piper Sandler’s retiring CFO Tim Carter on New Year’s Day.

    By Jan. 2, 2024
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    Life Time Group CFO abruptly resigns amid push for positive cash flow

    The CFO shift comes as the company weathers rising operating costs for its fitness centers.

    By Jan. 2, 2024
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    First American Financial confirms threat actors stole and encrypted data

    The title insurance giant said the cyberattack is contained, but it is still working to determine whether the incident will have a material impact.

    By David Jones • Jan. 2, 2024
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    AI may boost M&A dealmaking this year

    M&A activity could be on the verge of a rebound this year, with artificial intelligence playing a key role, analysts say.

    By Jan. 2, 2024
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    Driving FP&A transformation in 2024

    Indirect spend is an area that is perfect for radical automation — the kind that can deliver huge cost savings for a business, writes Globality’s Seth Catalli.

    By Seth Catalli • Jan. 2, 2024
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    2024 is ‘all about the Fed,’ U.S. Bank exec says

    With 2023 drawing to a close, all eyes are remaining on the Federal Reserve and its inflation strategies for 2024, U.S. Bank’s Stephen Philipson said.

    By Dec. 21, 2023
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    ChatGPT’s ‘winter break’ is the latest sign of model drifts

    Unexpected changes in large language model behavior could disrupt the rest of an organization’s software or data science pipeline, researchers say.

    By Lindsey Wilkinson • Dec. 20, 2023
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    Fifth Third shakes up executive suite

    The Cincinnati lender is getting a new COO, CFO and treasurer, all from the inside.

    By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Dec. 20, 2023
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    CFOs must take an ROI-centered approach to global expansion

    To access top talent in new markets, finance chiefs need to keep their focus on value creation and ROI, CFO Simone Nardi advises.  

    By Dec. 19, 2023
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    Firms advised to prepare for tough enforcement of SEC cyber rules

    Effective Monday, public companies other than small reporting businesses will now be required to comply with the SEC’s new breach disclosure mandates. 

    By Dec. 19, 2023
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    AI’s quest to transform corporate finance meets hurdles

    While finance leaders widely view artificial intelligence as a game-changer, some are nervous about the risks of adoption, according to a OneStream poll.

    By Dec. 19, 2023
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    Human connection is still CFOs’ greatest asset

    Finance chiefs must find the “delicate balance between leveraging the power of digitization and fostering personal connections,” Bob Purcell writes.

    By Bob Purcell • Dec. 18, 2023
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    Hewlett-Packard Enterprise taps HP Inc. CFO for finance chief

    Company veteran Marie Myers will take HPE’s financial reins as the business seeks to boost IT spending next year.

    By Dec. 18, 2023
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    FASB pushes crypto, tax rules over finish line

    The U.S. standard setter has issued nine new accounting standards updates so far this year, compared to six in all of 2022.

    By Dec. 15, 2023
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    Former Disney CFO takes stage in proxy battle

    Activist investor Nelson Peltz is leaning on the insider financial expertise of ex-CFO Jay Rasulo as the Disney proxy battle reignites.

    By Dec. 15, 2023
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    Kraft Heinz probes ransomware attack claim

    The food and beverage company attributed the potential attack to a decommissioned marketing site and said internal systems are operating normally.

    By Matt Kapko • Dec. 15, 2023
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    Column

    UBS, Citi and the 2023 ‘grinch index’

    Citi is reportedly offering employees part of their annual bonuses early if they agree to leave the bank. UBS, meanwhile, aims to claw back old bonuses paid to Credit Suisse bankers.

    By Dan Ennis • Dec. 15, 2023
  • 3 tips for SEC cyber rule stragglers

    With breach reporting enforcement set to begin in just days, stragglers should be treating readiness as a “super-high priority,” says Deloitte’s Daniel Soo.

    By Dec. 14, 2023