Tapping the cloud can help CFOs craft data-driven ESG strategies

CFOs should look to the cloud and other data-driven technologies to help them build out holistic, long-term ESG strategies in the face of changing regulatory and social pressures.

By Grace Noto • July 8, 2022

Don't abandon stablecoins over Terra, CFO says

Fintechs and financial services players will "be the driver of innovations and regulations that enable stablecoins, crypto and other digital assets to scale," argues Metallicus Chief Financial Officer Irina Berkon.

By Irina Berkon • July 8, 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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Excel skills remain top of list for FP&A roles: report

Advanced use of Excel is still required for the majority of FP&A jobs, with nine out of 10 top U.S. companies still seeking out Excel proficiency when filling financial analysis roles, DataRails finds.

By Grace Noto • July 1, 2022

Technology literacy is key for candidates aspiring to the CFO seat

Fostering greater technological literacy and taking on the responsibility of growing and enhancing their organization’s data utilization could be one way future CFO candidates differentiate themselves from the pack come hiring.

By Grace Noto • June 24, 2022

Businesses nudged to decentralize cybersecurity leadership

The push to enable employees to make informed security decisions comes amid an increase in the rate and severity of cyberattacks.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • June 24, 2022

Successful AI deployment relies on finding key talent: Gartner

CFOs should implement four key behaviors to drive AI in finance out of its infancy and see quicker returns, according to Gartner.  

By Grace Noto • June 23, 2022

Affirm CFO takes on BNPL skeptics, shrugs off new competition

Apple's entry into the buy now-pay later market isn't a concern for Affirm, the company's Chief Financial Officer Michael Linford asserted Tuesday.

By Jonathan Berr • June 17, 2022

Comera Life Sciences taps Boston Scientific veteran for CFO role

Boston Scientific alum Michael Campbell will act as CFO for recently public life sciences Comera, taking the helm approximately one month following the company’s SPAC merger.

By Grace Noto • June 16, 2022

Intel CFO sees diversification as key to combating supply chain challenges

Companies must move to increase buffer inventory, foster diverse supply chains in face of geopolitical challenges, said Intel CFO David Zinsner.  

By Grace Noto • June 15, 2022

AI yields 30% of revenue at tech-savvy companies: Accenture

Despite a big potential boost in profits, most companies fail to seize on the full benefits from artificial intelligence, Accenture found in a survey.

By Jim Tyson • June 13, 2022

Barriers to growth facing SaaS CFOs - 'It's the unknown unknowns that will get you'

An expert's view on the changing role of SaaS finance teams, operational challenges they face, and how to overcome them.

June 13, 2022

FP&A in spreadsheets: When 'that's how it's always been done' doesn't cut it anymore

Three signs that it's time to move away from traditional spreadsheets and consider a happy medium.

June 13, 2022

Controllers should close company books 'better,' not just faster: Gartner

Even after buying the newest technology, controllers may cling to decades-old procedures and miss opportunities to streamline closing of company books, according to Gartner.

By Jim Tyson • June 9, 2022

IKEA finance chief busts four ESG 'myths'

C-suite executives stymied by misperceptions about sustainability are slow to gain from shrinking their companies’ carbon footprints, according to Ingka Group-IKEA CFO Juvencio Maeztu.

By Jim Tyson • June 8, 2022

CFOs should use AI to navigate 'dark horizons' in scenario planning: Gartner

CFOs aiming to improve scenario planning with artificial intelligence need to overcome an aversion to gathering and analyzing a broad variety of data, according to Gartner.

By Jim Tyson • June 7, 2022

CFOs must divorce currency from technology to take advantage of crypto: Gartner

For CFOs intrigued by the promises of cryptocurrency, decoupling the movements of the coin from the promise of virtual currencies’ underlying technology will be key to successful adoption, says Gartner.

By Grace Noto • June 7, 2022

Many CFO-led teams still follow 20-year-old ‘steward’ role: Microsoft

CFOs and other finance executives identified as the most disruptive business trend the imperative to streamline team collaboration, Microsoft found in a survey.

By Jim Tyson • June 6, 2022

Big tech pushes passwordless for payments

Google, Microsoft and Apple this month began a big, new push in their campaign for a passwordless standard that's aimed at improving digital identity verification, including for payments.

By Lynne Marek • May 27, 2022

Is regulation shifting how CFOs should think about digital assets?

Regulators have been prompted to take a closer look at cryptocurrency as several digital assets have plummeted in value. 

By Grace Noto • May 26, 2022

How one CFO used ERP to tackle COVID-19 testing

Updating Impact Health’s manual finance systems as demand for testing soared felt like “building a 747 in the air,” CFO Jennifer Herdler said.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • May 25, 2022

Compliance costs to surge, straining tight budgets: Accenture

Many compliance executives lack the funding needed to contain an expanding range of risks, Accenture found in a survey.

By Jim Tyson • May 24, 2022

SoftBank CFO advises automation over bloated finance teams

Leaning on automation can help companies free up key resources and keep team sizes small, allowing CFOs to think more strategically about periods of accelerating growth, says Navneet Govil, CFO of SoftBank Investment Advisers.

By Grace Noto • May 23, 2022

Cloud adopters hobbled by 'on-premises computing' mindset: McKinsey

Making six “persistent and pernicious mistakes,” many companies waste money and fail to derive the full value from their move to cloud computing.

By Jim Tyson • May 18, 2022

FASB homes in on cryptocurrency

FASB has generally been cautious about moving to standardize accounting for bitcoin and other digital asset investments but its stance appears to be shifting. 

By Maura Webber Sadovi • May 6, 2022

Grayscale CFO's crypto guidance wishlist includes FASB stopgap

The recently intensifying focus of regulators on cryptocurrencies comes amid dramatic growth in markets for digital assets.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • May 4, 2022