SoundHound CFO keeps focus on growth, profitability as inflationary pressures loom

The voice-enabled AI and former Nike CFO is chartering a path to profitability even as economic uncertainties continue to plague financial heads across industries.

By Grace Noto • Sept. 14, 2022

Zipline snags ex-Tesla, Verily CFO

Deepak Ahuja, a CFO whose resume includes Verily Life Sciences and Tesla, will become the first chief business and financial officer for the drone delivery manufacturer as it consolidates plans to globally scale.

By Grace Noto • Sept. 13, 2022

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Digital transformation, one smart step at a time

As pricing pressures tighten margins and technologies like artificial intelligence evolve, finance chiefs are more closely scrutinizing the cost and returns of the tech tools they implement.

By CFO Dive staff

Spendesk CFO to prioritize hiring

Spend management solutions provider Spendesk tapped Julien Lafouge, a BlaBla Car alum, as its group CFO as it consolidates its European expansion plans.   

By Grace Noto • Sept. 12, 2022

AT&T CFO says demand still ‘solid’ post price hike

Despite “reduced visibility” into economic trends going into next year due to the current macroeconomic environment, Desroches expects improved cash conversions in 2023.

By Elizabeth Flood • Sept. 8, 2022

OneSpan taps Extreme Reach, KPMG alum for permanent CFO

Former Extreme Reach CFO and KPMG alum Jorge Martell will take cybersecurity firm OneSpan’s financial reins from interim CFO Jan Kees van Gaalen. 

By Grace Noto • Sept. 6, 2022

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

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