6 essentials for CFOs aiming to rise to CEO: McKinsey
CFO Dive
JANUARY 23, 2024
Corporate boards in the past decade have increasingly turned to CFOs to fill the CEO seat. McKinsey has highlighted the attributes boards seek in a chief executive.
CFO Dive
JANUARY 23, 2024
Corporate boards in the past decade have increasingly turned to CFOs to fill the CEO seat. McKinsey has highlighted the attributes boards seek in a chief executive.
Future CFO
JANUARY 25, 2024
Embedding ESG is indeed a cross-functional endeavor within the organisation, as every department – from procurement to marketing to finance – has a distinct role to play in implementing ESG. It should be noted that ESG integration is not a mere rearrangement of responsibilities but an evolution that requires businesses to address gaps in their organisational structure.
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The Finance Weekly
JANUARY 22, 2024
Joe Berchtold, the President and CFO of Live Nation Entertainment, earned an impressive $52.4 million in 2023, making him the ,, highest-paid CFO in the United States. His significant role at Live Nation has been crucial in shaping the company's strategy and financial planning, thanks to his extensive experience in the entertainment industry and financial management.
CFO Thought Leader
JANUARY 21, 2024
Like many of her CFO peers, Karen Walker had an early career that was guided by abundant opportunities surrounding finance-driven decision-making within organizations. It was a path that often led Walker to engage more closely with sales and operations, as was the case at CNET Networks, where she tells us that she recognized the limitations of embracing a strictly “rules-based” approach in finance.
Speaker: Melissa Hurrington
Finance isn’t just about the numbers. It’s about the people behind them. In a world of constant disruption, resilient finance teams aren’t just operationally efficient. They are adaptable, engaged, and deeply connected to a strong organizational culture. Success lies at the intersection of people, culture, adaptability, and resilience. Finance leaders who master this balance will build teams that thrive through uncertainty and drive long-term business impact.
CFO News
JANUARY 24, 2024
Extension of concessional tax rate of 15% for new industries and rationalisation of capital gains tax structure across financial instruments is top of wish list of tax experts.
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Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 25, 2024
Few service industries have as much potential to impact lives as financial advice, and it's that very ability for financial advicers to help their clients achieve positive outcomes that can often compound for decades and beyond that make the profession deeply satisfying for so many. It's no wonder, then, that the profession attracts individuals who are highly service-minded and enjoy helping others.
Future CFO
JANUARY 21, 2024
Talent shortage continues to persist in many parts of the world including Asia. In Singapore, for example, the shortage of accounting staff is most felt by small accounting firms that struggle to compete with the Big Four accounting firms. A Gartner survey of finance function employees revealed some interesting problems faced by both employers and employees in the finance function.
The Finance Weekly
JANUARY 21, 2024
When you’re making small-talk with someone who isn’t in finance or accounting about how work is going, and they answer with “busy,” do you ever question how hard it really is? After all, how busy someone is will be relative to their business, function, and industry. However, as finance and accounting professionals, when someone asks us how work is going, when you answer with “busy,” you mean you are working flat-out trying to do very manual things in Excel.We spoke to 20 finance teams for resear
CFO Dive
JANUARY 22, 2024
Balancing innovation with compliance, CFOs are essential in creating companies’ AI strategy, EY’s Liban Jama said.
Speaker: Yohan Lobo
In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.
Navigator SAP
JANUARY 26, 2024
Environmental, social, and competitive trends challenge industrial manufacturers today. While making things still is at the heart of industrial manufacturing, the complexity has increased. Industrial manufacturers need to evolve.
CFO News
JANUARY 21, 2024
Kamini Shah, CFO of Birlasoft discusses the company's strategy, geographical expansion plan, demand shifts amidst macroeconomic uncertainty and focus areas.
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 24, 2024
As more Americans are living well into their 80s and even into their 90s, the spectrum of risks that an aging population faces is only getting wider. The need to address longevity risk has become increasingly important, allowing financial advisors to add even more value for their clients by ensuring that their financial needs are met throughout retirement.
CFO Dive
JANUARY 25, 2024
Although the job market has shown signs of cooling in recent quarters, CFOs aim to increase compensation this year to attract and retain employees.
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Our 2025 Center Travel Survey is clear: as corporate travel increases, so does corporate credit cards distribution, and a rise in off-platform travel booking. This 61% rise causes various challenges: compliance, spend control, reporting problems, and a lack of visibility across organizations. To evolve with the ever-changing needs of travelers, decision-makers need a better solution.
Barry Ritholtz
JANUARY 24, 2024
At the Money: How to Pay Less Capital Gains Taxes (January 24, 2024) We’re coming up on tax season, after a banner year for stocks. Successful investors could be looking at a big tax bill from the US government. How can you avoid sticker shock when Uncle Sam comes knocking? On this episode of At the Money, we look at direct indexing as a way to manage capital gains taxes.
CFO News
JANUARY 22, 2024
In yet another article on 2024 trends, Robin Banerjee, a seasoned financial expert deep dives into global megatrends that would redefine, as he eloquently puts it, "mankind’s domain – the earth.
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 24, 2024
As more Americans are living well into their 80s and even into their 90s, the spectrum of risks that an aging population faces is only getting wider. The need to address longevity risk has become increasingly important, allowing financial advisors to add even more value for their clients by ensuring that their financial needs are met throughout retirement.
CFO Dive
JANUARY 24, 2024
The biggest companies are weaving ESG into pay incentives despite a backlash against the use of sustainability as a metric for corporate performance.
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Future CFO
JANUARY 25, 2024
If there is one thing most people can agree on, it is the fact that the world today undergoes constant change in a manner that is almost impossible to keep up with at times. The business world is in no way an exception, of course, as shifts come in across various sectors within short periods. This is especially evident following the COVID-19 pandemic when most—if not all—industries were forced to transform to hold out.
CFO News
JANUARY 22, 2024
Tarun Rustagi said that although the industry performs better in the January-February-March quarter, de-growth in comparison to last year's March numbers is seen.
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 26, 2024
Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news of a survey indicating that about 90% of financial advisors would switch firms based on bad technology at their current firm, and that 44% have already done so. The survey also suggests that a firm's tech stack can affect its ability to attract and retain clients, with 93% of advisors who said they work with state-of-the-art technology reporting that they have added new c
CFO Dive
JANUARY 23, 2024
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT are making it easier for scammers to create bogus texts and emails as well as deep-fake voices at scale.
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VCFO
JANUARY 23, 2024
Embarking on the journey of selling your business is a pivotal moment for any entrepreneur. For many business owners, their enterprise stands as the cornerstone of their financial portfolio, representing the lion’s share of their net worth. In much the same way as, diversifying investments is a prudent strategy to mitigate personal risk, strategizing the sale of your business well in advance is an integral step toward securing your financial future.
CFO News
JANUARY 23, 2024
The number of income-tax payers in India rose to 93.7 million in FY23 from 52.6 million in FY14. The tax deducted at source (TDS) emerged as the largest component of direct taxes, reaching ₹8.17 lakh crore in FY23, almost double the amount in FY18. In the last 10 years, net direct tax collections increased by 160.52% to ₹16.63 lakh crore in FY23 from ₹6.38 lakh crore in FY14.
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 22, 2024
In the early days of wealth management, a financial advisor's value proposition was relatively explicit, typically focusing on a limited range of portfolio management activities (e.g., selling and trading) or on sales-oriented advice that centered on implementing insurance products. As the industry has evolved, though, the value offered by financial advisors, especially for High-Net-Worth (HNW) clients, has come to involve a far more comprehensive range of services in addition to traditional inv
CFO Dive
JANUARY 23, 2024
Akash Palkhiwata’s move to the dual role is part of a rising trend where finance chiefs are absorbing operational responsibilities.
Speaker: Susan Richards
Your past-due accounts are growing, cash flow is tightening, and the pressure is on. The big question: Do you handle the collections internally or outsource to experts? Both strategies come with advantages and risks - but which one delivers the best impact for your business? In this session we’ll dive deep into the in-house vs. outsourcing debate, examining cost-effectiveness, efficiency, compliance risks, and overall recovery success rates.
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