If you don’t know what’s coming, you can’t prepare for it. And, as the old adage goes, a failure to prepare is preparing to fail. That’s why, as the CFO landscape continues to shift, there are five key themes that financial leaders need to know:...
Today’s CFOs are tasked with a threefold agenda: maintaining differentiation, attracting strategic partners and managing capital. And with annual budget season in the recent rearview mirror, the importance of focusing on initiatives that create the most value is top of mind for finance teams. “What’s...
The responsibilities of the CFO have never looked more different or driven more impact. That’s because, at a high level, most business roadmaps tend to be a function of their macro operating environment — and given the challenges of today’s landscape, CFOs are playing a...
The secret of change isn’t in fighting the old, it’s in building the new. That’s an idiom that rings particularly true for the chief financial officer seat. “Over the last three to five years, I’ve come to really appreciate the saying, ‘The more things change,...
Every ship needs a navigator, particularly when the seas are choppy — even stormy. Increasingly, the chief financial officer (CFO) has stepped up to play the navigator role within organizations, as firms big and small look to find sturdy footing in the face of changing...
For today’s CFOs, each day is different — and every challenge represents an opportunity. Perhaps no opportunity is greater than the rapid pace of innovation to which finance leaders in the 21st century are bearing witness. “Digital transformation has really enabled us to evolve,” PayByPhone...
The past year was one where the only constant was change. Chief among that change was the evolution of the chief financial officer role from back-office bean counter and financial reporter to strategic advisor and corporate financial architect. From Verizon to Airbnb, Google and beyond,...
For years, the CFO role has been thought of as a terminal position. Financial executives closed the books, dotted the I’s and crossed the T’s, and made sure everything checked out on the balance sheet. But now, no longer confined to the traditional realm of...
The macro landscape continues to undergo significant transformations. And these ebbs and flows and evolutions don’t happen in a vacuum — they increasingly impact the responsibilities of enterprise leaders, particularly the finance teams tasked with serving as the financial steward — and, increasingly, as a...