HR Digest

JULY 8, 2022

The one thing that will majorly influence the fate of CFO aspirants is their tech skills. According to a Gartner survey of 173 CFOs in November 2020, digital investments topped CFO agendas. Being comfortable with data, technology, and cross-disciplinary collaboration was crucial to the success of CFO candidates.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Anat Ashkenazi, previously senior vice president, controller and chief financial officer of Lilly Research Laboratories, has been named as his successor and will now be the next CFO. Smiley was appointed the CFO in 2018. She was in charge of the finances of the company’s commercial unit and some other departments.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In the business world today, nearly two-thirds of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) say their companies are focused on automating tasks that employees usually handle. This insight comes from The CFO Survey, a collaboration between Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta.

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Tony Mayo

AUGUST 24, 2014

Tips for CFOs to survive the transition to value Give up clinging to the illusion of certainty, said executive coach Tony Mayo. However, once you move from being a bookkeeper to being a CFO, you are dealing with the future […]. Accounting is a black and white world and as such attracts people who like certainty.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Understanding the Role of a Chief Revenue Officer The Chief Revenue Officer is a key member of the executive team, collaborating closely with the CEO, CFO, and COO to steer the organization’s overall growth strategy. The educational requirements for a CRO can vary based on the industry and the specific company or organization.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. If the position is operational, hire an operations manager and a finance head. . Certain functional leadership positions, and industry sectors, can be less strident on this question.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Some of the participants were told the person was to be CFO, while others that they would head up EDI. “We found that, even though the new leader had a generic name and description, people were significantly more likely to assume the finance leader would be white, while the EDI leader would be non-white,” the researchers explain.

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Engaging Leader

MAY 1, 2017

Perhaps you’re the Director of Finance, and you’ve just been tapped to become the new CFO. Perhaps you’re the Director of Finance, and you’ve just been tapped to become the new CFO. Perhaps you’re the Director of Finance, and you’ve just been tapped to become the new CFO.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2020

This title demands a deep understanding of finance, and it requires, at the least, a four-year bachelor’s degree in accounting. If you work in the field long enough, you can go from a staff accountant to an executive position such as a CFO. Chief Financial Officer (CFO). JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN ACCOUNTING CAREER. Bookkeeper.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

After Niccol’s exit, VP of Finance Adam Rymer was named the Chief Financial Officer, and Jack Hartung, who was initially expected to retire, was reassigned as the Chief Strategy Officer. Hartung has spent 23 years as the CFO but his plans to retire from the role and the company have been put on hold as a result of the change in role.

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 13, 2017

Business leadership researchers tell us that the best traits for your CFO are emotional stability and global ethics. In the days after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), a chief executive cannot hide behind the acts of the CFO. If your CFO is doing something financially shady, SOX says that he is either doing it with you or to you.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

He is also the finance chief for the healthcare segment, playing a dual role in furthering the reach of the company beyond neighborhood pharmacies towards the fast-growing areas of healthcare. “We Mahajan’s appointment isn’t necessarily a new occurrence considering he has been serving as interim CFO since July 2023.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2024

Earlier this year, CFO Ruth Porat announced layoffs at Google’s finance department and restructuring efforts there as they moved to keep up with the shifting tech world. CRN also found that the company’s headcount as of March 31, 2024, has gone down by nearly 10,000 as compared to March 2023.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The finance team in a Health Care Company. Was struggling with sales representatives and project managers turning in expense and budget reports on-time…They told me “We have tried everything and our CFO is tired to putting out fires for us.”. The finance team in groups of 3 flip charted those responses. Follow up 3 months later.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

Your talent assessment/development systems should have as much “rigor and repeatability as systems used for finance and operations.” Elevate it to the same level as the CFO. And you should “review people as thoroughly and regularly as you review operations, business performance, strategy, and budgets.”.

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HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2022

However, current inflation worries have pushed finance departments to put a halt to further hikes. GlobalData , a data analytics and consultancy company, said in January that the number of job advertisements for CEO, CHRO, and CFO posts increased by 35% in 2021 compared to 2020.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2019

Before starting as CFO, I repeatedly scanned through my leadership qualities, considering how I would present myself to my new colleagues. When elevated into leadership positions, it’s often assumed that people understand finance. Strategy without finance is dead. They should connect with employees. They should be story-tellers.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 6, 2010

A CEO asked me to coach his potential successor, the CFO. It didn't take long before I just felt that the CEO just didn't like the CFO. I brought it to his attention: "I just don't think you like the CFO." However, the CEO now concluded that the CFO lacked the "adequate marketing skills." The CFO was understandably upset.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

The CFO’s Cheat Sheet to Compensation Risk & Reward. Finance leaders; find out how to stop struggling with time-consuming, inaccurate incentive compensation processes. Click here for more information on The CFO’s Cheat Sheet to Compensation Risk & Reward. by Ultimate Software. Consider leaving a comment!

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

The day the Jacobs Suchard (now part of Kraft Foods ) Board of Directors promoted me to the C-Suite, they strongly suggested I align myself with the CFO. My regret is that I did not free up my other hip for Human Resources, a group of eager young managers at the rear of the functional pecking order.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

The leading candidate is the scheming CFO played by Frederic March, a passionless, colorless bean counter groping for power, but with no vision beyond increasing dividend payouts to stockholders. Andrew Cravenho is the CEO of CBAC Funding, an innovative invoice finance company. That is why unemotional leadership is an oxymoron.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

How would your CFO or CIO handle this? A senior global business and technology executive with more than 25 years of experience in IT, finance, operations management, and change leadership, he lives in Mason, Ohio. An excerpt is below. His new book is Tech Debt 2.0™:

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The day the Jacobs Suchard (now part of Kraft Foods ) Board of Directors promoted me to the C-Suite, they strongly suggested I align myself with the CFO. My regret is that I did not free up my other hip for Human Resources, a group of eager young managers at the rear of the functional pecking order.

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CEO CFO Human Resources Real Estate 116

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2018

Of the many key aspects of your business, finances are one of the most important. In light of this, you should continuously look for ways to ensure that your business finances are well managed. In addition to this, you should also carry out audits on a regular basis and ensure your finance team is effectively carrying out their job.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2020

Changes in tools, teams, regulations, and markets are putting sustainability in the hands of the finance department.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

What receives far less attention is that, more and more in our increasingly complex, volatile, and fully-globalized business world, the effectiveness of such action depends on a powerful partnership between the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the General Counsel (GC). Compliance.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2021

It’s usually the job of a bank’s chief financial officer (CFO), chief risk officer (CRO), or chief technology officer (CTO) to oversee tech implementation. Or, they may be skeptical about whether it’s worth the cost, or the risk to a high-stakes profession such as finance.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Rajamannar involved finance early. To spearhead analytic efforts, he assigned a finance person – who was already embedded in marketing – to create an ROI evaluation framework and integrated her deeper into the marketing function. MasterCard had always been a data-driven organization. Inside Intel. The result has been transformational.

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Finance Marketing P&L ROI 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Yet this is exactly the challenge facing leaders of the finance function who are asked to help their organization improve the way that work is done. As finance shifts its focus from controlling costs to advising managers on improvement activities, CFOs must change their thinking and behaviors. Getting the CFO on board is key.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

If you want approval for a new project — purchasing new equipment or computer systems, applying for a patent, building a new store — chances are you need your company’s finance department on board. To get the green light, it helps to understand how finance people think. Finance & Accounting Tool.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year). One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g.,

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

She’s taking over the seat formerly occupied by Apple’s former CFO, John Anderson, who resigned amidst a stock options backdating scandal. Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996. Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007.Â

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Press Release CEO Discount PR 124

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Accounting/Finance: This group is often completely ignored by product management. Smart product managers know the value of having allies in the CFO’s office. When the PM makes a concerted effort to have a strong relationship with sales, their product success will increase.

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Productivity Products Management Leadership 182

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

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Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

It’s not rocket science, but it is surprising how many CFO’s and managers don’t stop to evaluate the effectiveness of their meetings. Assign tasks and ask if there are questions. Wrap up the meeting with a summary of accomplishments and next steps action items.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

The 1990s saw the rise of the strategic CFO, and more recently many companies have created a chief strategy officer (CSO) position. Such friction is destructive — and a huge missed opportunity, because the CFO and the strategy head are far more effective when they collaborate. There are two reasons for this.

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