Finance pros are doing quite a bit better than people in other sectors when it comes to compensation. Nearly 60% of workers report they've gotten stiffed by their employers in the last two to three years. OnePoll asked 1,859 adult…
Budgeting and Forecasting
The latest interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve should've come as no surprise to anyone. The Fed's made its intentions clear since it began ratcheting up the federal funds target rate in March 2022. And the media leaks in…
News flash: The stock market and financial sector didn't do too well in 2022. But for the majority of business sectors, profits soared and shareholders got richer last year. The numbers might even surprise you a bit. Visual Capital showed…
If a recent survey by payables fintech provider Tipalti is any indication, finance automation is top of mind for most of your CFO peers. According to Tipalti's CFO, Sarah Spoja, when respondents were asked what they cared about most in…
Before the pandemic, controllers had the luxury of being able to stay focused on company accounting and financial reporting, and not much else. But that isn't the case anymore - especially for controllers aspiring to advance into a CFO role,…
The Biden administration is delaying finalization of a controversial Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule on climate change-related disclosures until the fall. The upshot is there's little chance the regulation is finalized and goes into effect during Joe Biden's first…
2022 turned out to be a better year compensation-wise for your peers in the finance realm than 2021. The Association for Finance Professionals (AFP) annual compensation report shows how companies weathering interest rate hikes, nagging inflation and supply chain woes…
Elon Musk told an interviewer last week we're in a recession. A second big bank just bit the dust. Mass layoffs continue in certain sectors. There's a lot to be worried about ... unless you're the average small business that's…
Because of inflation and economic uncertainty, marketing spend is dropping back closer to pre-COVID levels, according to new data from The CMO Survey, a biannual poll conducted by the American Marketing Association, Deloitte and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.…
The last thing any CFO looks forward to is laying off employees, but it's an unfortunate reality for many folks in finance these days. Protecting the company is always priority No. 1 and often that involves letting go of people.…
If your company is like most, high energy costs are cutting into your bottom line at an increasing rate. Whether it's fuel costs, maintaining and replacing vehicles, or paying to heat, cool and light your facilities, no one's immune from…
Small business CEOs and CFOs are as worried about inflation, tight credit, banks going under and a looming recession just as bigger companies' leaders are. One of the widest differences in opinion is staffing. Large companies in a range of…
