CFO in the Know: Lime, other dockless scooters face winding path to profitability

Strewing scooters across a city for people to ride is a viable business model if the industry can pass a cost test. 

By Robert Freedman • Dec. 10, 2019

Transformation of GE's closing process aims to improve finance jobs, CFO says

The company created a data lake to help organize a system that includes thousands of legal entities, many of which use their own ERP software.

By Robert Freedman • Dec. 9, 2019

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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

How CFOs can lead digitization efforts in 4 steps

Ash Noah has spent his career helping CFOs adopt new technology and restructure their businesses. He told CFO Dive the four integral steps to spearhead those initiatives.

By Jane Thier • Dec. 9, 2019

How to transition from a static to a rolling forecast

Tools available today to help you sharpen your insights can't work if you're still using a static forecasting process, a consultant says.

By Robert Freedman • Dec. 4, 2019

CFOs urged to put people first as they transform accounting function

Your finance operation will certainly be automated; it's just a matter of when. Identifying solid opportunities for your talent ahead of time is imperative. 

By Robert Freedman • Dec. 2, 2019

Twitter CFO: Communication health comes first

Ned Segal told finance professionals at the MIT Sloan CFO Summit Thursday the health of their communication model comes before everything, including getting more people on the service. 

By Jane Thier • Nov. 22, 2019

United Airlines CFO: Boeing 737 MAX grounding increases operational costs

As the Boeing jetliner remains grounded, United tallies the costs. 

By Jane Thier • Nov. 14, 2019

Jason Schenker: Big data is where your company will make its money soon

Technology will create more great jobs than it kills, according to the chair of the Futurist Institute.  

By Robert Freedman • Nov. 14, 2019

Cybersecurity is latest CFO domain, study finds

A Protiviti study found nearly all of 800 global finance leaders surveyed agreed data security is a priority.

By Jane Thier • Nov. 11, 2019

Assess product, back office before moving to recurring revenue model

Success with subscription pricing depends on whether you've laid the groundwork, executive says.  

By Robert Freedman • Nov. 9, 2019

Nonfinance metric helped CFO diagnose strategic error

Fast churn rate showed that the software was too complex for small organizations, SaaS executive says.

By Robert Freedman • Nov. 3, 2019

What industry gets wrong about cyber insurance

Despite common perception, recovery from a cyber event — such as paying a ransom — cannot be decided by a carrier.

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 31, 2019

Scenario planning key to overcoming macro events, CFO says

Host Analytics CFO Dan Fletcher names the 2008 global meltdown as the time when CFOs began taking a forward-looking approach to their strategic insights.   

By Robert Freedman • Oct. 30, 2019

Which KPIs are worth tracking?

Srinivas Pothireddy, vice president at Apps Associates, told CFO Dive which metrics to analyze and which to ignore for meeting today's digitized demands. 

By Jane Thier • Oct. 30, 2019

Hand menial tasks to bots to reach ROI in 2 years, Infosys exec says

By freeing up your staff to work on higher-level strategic initiatives, you reduce the cost measurably within the office of the CFO, Infosys Consulting Senior Partner Alex Collevecchio tells CFO Dive.  

By Jane Thier • Oct. 29, 2019

Finance chiefs demand digital transformation to show its value

As executives grapple with a possible recession, readjusting and slashing technology budgets is not the way to endure, analysts say. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 28, 2019

Citrix CFO faces challenge in shift to subscription-based licensing model

Arlen Shenkman joined the remote-access workspace platform company in September in part to change the way it charges for its services.

By Robert Freedman • Oct. 27, 2019

6 predictions from Gartner could reshape C-suite priorities

By 2023, the analyst firm sees "augmented humans" becoming a ubiquitous part of the workforce. It's one of many changes set to reshape industry in the coming years.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 25, 2019

Senators press AWS on cloud security, call for FTC investigation

The Senators want to know whether Amazon Web Services' "failure to secure" servers used by Capital One "violated federal law."

By Naomi Eide • Oct. 25, 2019

New metrics for improving visibility into company performance

Finance metrics are lagging indicators, so you need to centralize collection of other performance measures to forecast future value.  

By Robert Freedman • Oct. 23, 2019

9 key digital transformation mistakes — and how to avoid them

Failure to grasp the full impact of the digital age and unwillingness to plan accordingly will run more businesses into the ground.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 23, 2019

CMA CGM offers financing, extended payment deadlines for shippers

The French carrier seeks to offer financial relief in the form of improved cash flow to companies working to mitigate the instability of the current trade environment.

By Morgan Forde • Oct. 22, 2019

Inframark's cloud rollout in HR, payroll yields 'massive saving,' CFO says

When the program went live, "only three to four people had problems with their pay slip, which is phenomenal," Inframark CFO John Freebody told CFO Dive. 

By Jane Thier • Oct. 20, 2019

FCC approves T-Mobile, Sprint merger

The merger will help T-Mobile accelerate 5G rollout and enable it to offer high-speed home internet, the company says. 

By Chris Teale • Oct. 18, 2019

CFO, CIO are 'natural partners' in data privacy regulation

Bernard Huger, CFO of OneLogin, said finance chiefs can be strategic leaders, as privacy and control of data becomes paramount.

By Jane Thier • Oct. 15, 2019