Focusing on tech skills could give finance a hiring edge

Focusing on tech-based skills could help financial departments get ahead of changing talent retention trends, according to Selby Jennings’ Kareem Bakr.

By Grace Noto • Sept. 2, 2022

Cybersecurity firm ExtraHop names new CFO

ExtraHop appointed Mike Parson as its new CFO, one of a series of new C-suite leaders named as the company seeks to scale up.

By Elizabeth Flood • Sept. 2, 2022

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Spend management innovation yields equity value

Spend management technology is about attracting talented staff, reducing compliance problems and scaling back-office operations in a way that creates value. 

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Retailers double down on dynamic pricing to protect margins

Dynamic pricing helps CFOs protect company margins but is increasingly subject to scrutiny.

By Suman Bhattacharyya • Sept. 1, 2022

The modern challenges for CFOs

Mike Kelly of Ernst & Young (EY), talks talent retention, inflation, ESG reporting requirements and how these evolving issues are reshaping the top financial seat.

By Elizabeth Flood • Sept. 1, 2022

Why C-suites need to get more serious about harnessing tax technology

More than half of the C-suite executives surveyed said they’re not using their tax data to scenario-plan around policy changes or identify tax credits, a KPMG report found.

By Greg Engel • Sept. 1, 2022

Who’s afraid of FedNow? Not Visa

Visa's CFO on Wednesday brushed off any concerns about the threat of new competition from FedNow, or any other real-time payments system.

By Lynne Marek • Sept. 1, 2022

FASB narrows cryptocurrency project scope, excludes NFTs

FASB has come around to recognizing the need for a better crypto accounting model as calls to safeguard investors against abuses rise.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Aug. 31, 2022

CFOs facing inflation mull hiring freeze: survey

CFOs facing inflation may slow hiring and boost digital transformation initiatives, a survey finds.

By Grace Noto • Aug. 31, 2022

Honor Technology taps Google alum as new CFO

As Honor Technology looks to grow, it tapped industry veteran Andrew Steinberg as its financial leader.

By Elizabeth Flood • Aug. 26, 2022

Companies boosting tech budgets despite recession risk

Despite the prospect of recession, more than half of U.S. companies are expanding their technology budgets to drive growth, PwC found in a survey.

By Elizabeth Flood • Aug. 19, 2022

Digital transformation, worker retention can cut costs

Investing in digital transformation initiatives as well as retaining skilled workers can better position companies to weather the coming recession.

By Grace Noto • Aug. 19, 2022

CFOs flag staffing, digital transformation as top growth challenges

CFOs pointed to staffing and hiring challenges as well as digital transformation as the top barriers to fostering growth at their companies, a study finds.

By Grace Noto • Aug. 15, 2022

Akumin terminates CFO per transformation plan

With the hiring of a global business transformation specialist as Akumin’s interim CFO, William Larkin is fired from the top financial seat. 

By Elizabeth Flood • Aug. 15, 2022

Coalition, Inc. names first ever CFO

Jim Young plans to take the company to bigger heights and tap into the massive cybersecurity market.

By Elizabeth Flood • Aug. 12, 2022

Société Générale exec pivots to eFuels CFO

Société Générale Managing Director Roberto Simon took on the CFO seat for eFuels company HIF Global as the company consolidates plans to help “decarbonize” 5 million cars.

By Grace Noto • Aug. 11, 2022

Plummeting tech valuations lead to record $23B SoftBank loss

The slump in global technology stocks, rising inflation and a weaker yen led Japanese bank SoftBank to report a record $23 billion loss.

By Grace Noto • Aug. 8, 2022

CFOs to boost IT, tech budgets in face of inflation: Gartner

Forty percent of CFOs are planning to hike up IT spending in the next 12 months, with many seeking to tap automation to collect key financial insights.  

By Grace Noto • Aug. 5, 2022

Presidio names former IQVIA, S&P exec as new CFO

Manny Korakis is joining Presidio as it has benefited from a surge in demand for IT services during the pandemic.

By Elizabeth Flood • Aug. 3, 2022

Crypto ‘citizen’s arrests’ may continue until Congress wrangles ‘Wild West’

The SEC, DOJ and Treasury are all patrolling the digital asset space. The CFTC is calling for unity. And lawmakers’ vision for a cohesive strategy just took a summer vacation.

By Dan Ennis • July 29, 2022

Gartner: CFOs likely to reduce sustainability spend before talent development, tech

Economic pressures could lead CFOs to cut down on investments in sustainability despite a growing executive focus on ESG, Gartner finds.

By Grace Noto • July 25, 2022

NBCUniversal Peacock CFO to transition to MariaDB

Christine Napoli, a 25-year NBCUniversal veteran, will take on the financial helm at open source software firm MariaDB as the company gears up to go public via SPAC offering.

By Grace Noto • July 21, 2022

C-suite savvy key to digital transformation success, McKinsey says

Many top executives are underwhelmed by the pay-off from spending on digital transformation, including after building new digital businesses within their companies.

By Jim Tyson • July 20, 2022

Citigroup is actively investing to improve automation, says CFO

Citigroup marches forward with technology investments as companies rethink their tech spending.

By Grace Noto • July 18, 2022

Twitter suit details CFO, CEO caught in Musk crossfire

Twitter’s complaint paints a picture of senior executives under pressure as they seek to cooperate with and provide information to a mercurial buyer.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • July 13, 2022

Cloud computing adds value well beyond agility, efficiency: Deloitte

Companies excelling in the use of cloud computing work with three or four cloud providers rather than only one or two and do not spend much more on cloud platforms and services than their rivals, Deloitte found in a survey.

By Jim Tyson • July 11, 2022