You're behind if you're not thinking two years out, CFO says

As a first-time CFO at AI company Uniphore, Stephane Berthier leans on 20 years' experience helping companies go public and execute on M&A.

By Robert Freedman • March 19, 2021

CFO's rise reinforces networking role

While planning and accounting skills are irreplaceable, the ability to build a network is often what gets professionals into the top finance seat.

By Robert Freedman • March 18, 2021

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Compensation: solving the cost-talent puzzle

In today’s strong labor market, CFOs leery of raising wages find creative ways to find and retain key employees.

By CFO Dive staff

GE's first female CFO to become Cargill's first female CFO

Jamie Miller will begin work at the nation's largest agricultural corporation at the beginning of its fiscal year, on June 1.

By Jane Thier • March 18, 2021

CFOs reporting greater optimism, appetite for risk: survey

Nearly seven in 10 CFOs (67%) reported being "somewhat" or "significantly" more optimistic than they were three months ago, per Deloitte's Signals Survey.

By Jane Thier • March 18, 2021

Using a price-volume-mix analysis to improve performance

Whether you know it as a sales bridge or variance analysis, it can help decode your company's performance at a granular level.

By Dayton Kellenberger • March 17, 2021

The metrics behind feedback-driven growth

To get alignment behind common goals, employees must have access to the same data as leaders, the co-CEOs of Monday.com say.

By Robert Freedman • March 16, 2021

Tesla CFO title changed to 'Master of Coin'

CEO Elon Musk and CFO Zach Kirkhorn will now go by "Technoking of Tesla" and "Master of Coin," respectively, a Monday 8-K filing announced.

By Jane Thier • March 15, 2021

A CFO's stress-tested model bears out

The Center for Naval Analyses benefited from the financial model Christian Geyer created despite its hard-to-believe forecast.

By Robert Freedman • March 13, 2021

Air taxi service Joby's CFO prioritizes recruiting

The company, which expects to launch its commercial service in 2024, is in the process of going public via SPAC, and is laser-focused on growth and expansion, Matthew Field said.

By Jane Thier • March 12, 2021

Baby food delivery brand Yumi taps Goldman exec as CFO

Sarah-Marie Martin is bringing deal execution expertise from the "hundreds of M&A and financing deals" she's completed at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, she told CFO Dive.

By Jane Thier • March 11, 2021

Why every company needs a strong CIO-CFO alliance

"Being each other’s best champion and best constructive critic is how we make our organization better," Gina Mastantuono, CFO of SaaS company ServiceNow, said of her partnership with CIO Chris Bedi.

By Jane Thier • March 8, 2021

Newly public BurgerFi adds CFO

After debuting on the stock market in December 2020, the fast-casual chain BurgerFi tapped Michael Rabinovitch, a 25-year finance veteran.

By Jane Thier • March 7, 2021

CFO helped Zipcar grow revenue prior to IPO

Ed Goldfinger's deep dive into revenues and costs showed the car rental company's main moneymaker was a money loser in disguise.

By Robert Freedman • March 7, 2021

Talend CFO walked investors through gutsy pandemic response

The data integration company's decision to keep its foot on the gas required a number of frank conversations but the move has positioned it well.

By Robert Freedman • March 3, 2021

Survey: Finance among least diverse corporate departments

Gartner's Labor Market Survey finds people of color comprise just 11% of the total workforce in corporate finance, and just 6% of senior finance roles.

By Jane Thier • March 2, 2021

Joby Aviation shares SPAC plans, hires Ford CFO

Joby, which intends to operate a zero-emissions aircraft by 2024, raised nearly $600 million last January in a funding round led by Toyota, and acquired Uber's flying taxi division last December.

By Jane Thier • Feb. 25, 2021

GameStop CFO to resign; successor expected to lead 'transformation'

Jim Bell's tenure, less than two years in length, has been marked by retail store closures, depressed sales and a historic trading fiasco from which the brand is still recovering.

By Jane Thier • Feb. 24, 2021

iHeartMedia exec moves to RV rental site Outdoorsy as CFO-COO

Michael Dougherty, who joined the company on Jan. 1, said the outdoor living marketplace is worth $1 trillion and growing amid the pandemic. 

By Jane Thier • Feb. 23, 2021

As restaurants recover, their success formula will change

Off-premise innovations like ghost kitchens will characterize the industry going forward, a Duff & Phelps analysis says.

By Robert Freedman • Feb. 22, 2021

General Mills CFO: 'Our job is to be competitive regardless of demand'

Kofi Bruce said the food corporation has been "governed by a philosophy that the demand environment will be what it will be.”

By Jane Thier • Feb. 21, 2021

Veteran CFO: Breadth of jobs key to career path

Spending too much time in one role can make it harder to rise, former NetSuite CFO Ron Gill says.

By Robert Freedman • Feb. 21, 2021

3M CFO moves to Rockwell

Nicholas Gangestad, a 35-year veteran of 3M, will step in at Rockwell, whose former CFO moved to Carrier Corp. last year.

By Jane Thier • Feb. 18, 2021

Dramatic layoffs 'kindest' approach to pandemic, restaurant CFO says

Innovations like a retro-styled TV dinner helped boost kitchen productivity and gave employees more hours, Robert Linder, CFO of Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar said.

By Robert Freedman • Feb. 18, 2021

How SoftBank VC CFO turned finance into strategic asset

Navneet Govil built a data tool to provide the investment fund’s executives and limited partners with insights from portfolio companies’ financial data.

By Robert Freedman • Feb. 16, 2021

Rolls-Royce taps Deloitte exec as CFO

Panos Kakoullis will succeed outgoing CFO Stephen Daintith, who announced his resignation in August 2020.

By Jane Thier • Feb. 16, 2021