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...
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...
