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...
Today’s ever-changing business environment is more ever-changing than, well, ever before. That puts the onus on financial leaders to steer their organizations adroitly through the shifting macro headwinds. “Where previously you had low interest rates, easy access to capital, and a growth-at-all-costs mindset, you didn’t...
Challenging times build great companies, and periods of accelerated change build agile ones. When the pace of change picks up, it comes down to an organization’s leadership team to navigate and adapt to rapid shifts, remaining at the forefront of strategic decision-making. “We’ve all been...
The role of today’s chief financial officer (CFO) is continually evolving in step with economic realities and technological advancements. And those two areas have undergone rapid amounts of change in recent years, completely reshaping the business environment. “You are in a totally different economic climate...
The contemporary business landscape moves fast, which means finance teams need to move faster. “The level of change that is now part of our day-to-day lives is much more than what it has been in the past,” Sameer Katiyar, chief financial officer (CFO) at Cleo, tells PYMNTS...
A new survey finds a growing number of CFOs trimming spending due to higher interest rates. The survey, issued earlier this week by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Richmond, found that around 40% of chief financial officers (CFOs) were reducing capital and non-capital...
This era’s digital transformation has swept up all business functions, including that of finance. That’s because — no longer confined to the traditional responsibilities of the role — today’s finance teams and their leaders are frequently charged with spearheading enterprise transformations, not just signing off...
Today’s CFOs don’t just balance and close the books; they’re the architects of financial innovation. That’s because, no longer confined to number-crunching and financial operations, finance chiefs are increasingly expected to be — and turned to as — strategic visionaries, inspirational leaders, and objective decision-makers,...