Strategy & Operations

  • A customer walks down a grocery aisle.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Scott Olson via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Consumer sentiment edges up on expectations inflation will cool

    Recent stability in consumer sentiment coincides with mixed signals on employment and retail sales.

    By • July 18, 2025
  • A pay slip or stub with calculations, including tax information, is pictured.
    Image attribution tooltip
    MJHollinshead via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Instant paychecks pose moral dilemma for Yooz CFO

    The accounts payable software company may offer earned wage access benefits to employees. Yooz CFO John Gronen has reservations.

    By • July 18, 2025
  • Image of a business person's hand and blue image of screen with financial graphics. Explore the Trendline➔
    Image attribution tooltip
    stock image via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip
    Trendline

    Modern accounting and the CFO

    modern accounting

    By CFO Dive staff
  • Team of sales people working at the supermarket restocking the retail display.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Hispanolistic via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Retail sales jump despite consumer worries about tariffs, jobs, economy

    The report of robust spending coincides with warnings by several Federal Reserve officials that import duties in coming months will push up prices.

    By • July 17, 2025
  • Orbia CFO Jim Kelly and IMAX CFO Natasha Fernandes during the July 9, 2025 Risky Business event
    Image attribution tooltip
    CFO Dive/CFO Dive, data from CFO Dive Risky Business Event
    Image attribution tooltip

    IMAX, Orbia CFOs advise wait-and-see tariff approach

    It’s important to keep a watchful eye on U.S. tariff policies as they continue to shift — but sometimes, the most strategic move may be none at all, top financial leaders said.

    By • July 17, 2025
  • Erica Williams
    Image attribution tooltip
    Permission granted by Erica Williams
    Image attribution tooltip

    Williams resigns as PCAOB chair as Trump shakes up financial regulation

    President Donald Trump this year has followed up on a campaign pledge to soften regulation across the full range of U.S. industries, including financial services.

    By • July 16, 2025
  • A stack of $20 U.S. bills lay on top of a scattering of more $20 bills.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Maksym Kapliuk via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Inflation rises to 2.7% as companies shift tariff costs to consumers

    Persistent inflation prompted traders in interest rate futures to all but rule out a reduction in borrowing costs during a Federal Reserve policy meeting on July 29-30.

    By • July 15, 2025
  • California state flag and state capitol building in Sacramento
    Image attribution tooltip
    DustyPixel via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    California’s CPA bill advances as clock ticks toward deadline

    The accounting industry is closely watching the densely populated Golden State as any licensure changes there are expected to have an outsized impact on the profession.

    By • Updated July 16, 2025
  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum presents "Plan México," her vision long-term economic growth. Behind her appears a slide projecting Mexico as one of the United States' top trading partners.
    Image attribution tooltip
    (2025). Retrieved from Presidencia de la República.
    Image attribution tooltip

    CFOs already feel tariffs biting into margins, sales: KPMG

    It’s unclear how long companies can continue delaying investments as they await tariff certainty without hurting their businesses, KPMG’s Joe Lackner said.

    By • July 14, 2025
  • Donald Trump holds up a pamphlet that says "Foreign Trade Barriers" while speaking at a podium.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    US plans 30% tariffs on EU, Mexico

    President Donald Trump unveiled the new duty rates, set to begin Aug. 1, in separate letters shared on social media Saturday morning. 

    By Max Garland , Philip Neuffer • July 14, 2025
  • The front of a fabric store.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Daphne Howland/CFO Dive
    Image attribution tooltip

    US corporate bankruptcies hit 15-year H1 high: S&P

    The petition volume this year through June is on pace to make 2025 one of the busiest years for bankruptcy filings in over a decade, according to an S&P Global report.   

    By • July 11, 2025
  • Conagra Brands' Healthy Choice meals at a Maryland Wegmans.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Christopher Doering/CFO Dive
    Image attribution tooltip

    Tariffs, meat to drive inflation, Conagra CFO says

    The food-and-snack maker’s CEO Sean Connolly said tariff-related costs could add more than $200 million annually to the company’s cost of goods sold. 

    By • July 10, 2025
  • Big Beautiful Bill
    Image attribution tooltip
    Samuel Corum via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Trump’s megabill boosts M&A outlook after slump

    The new law could provide greater tax certainty for dealmaking in an otherwise risky economic and policy environment, analysts say.

    By • July 10, 2025
  • A Frost branch in Kyle, Texas is shown, with "Frost" signage on the building.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Permission granted by Frost
    Image attribution tooltip

    Frost CFO: ‘We are that stable bank in Texas’

    The San Antonio lender has hung its hat on long-term organic growth. “We get to bring in customers that chose us, not that we bought,” said Dan Geddes, a 28-year Frost veteran. “We get to recruit the bankers that want to be with us.”

    By Caitlin Mullen • July 10, 2025
  • President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on July 8, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Andrew Harnik via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    CFOs ‘getting more risk averse’ in Trump economy

    Only one in three CFOs believe now is a good time to take on more risk, down from 60% in Q1, a Deloitte survey found.

    By • July 9, 2025
  • An aerial view of a Pasha Hawaii container ship arriving in the Port Of Long Beach near a Cosco Shipping container ship on April 3, 2025 in Long Beach, California.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Mario Tama via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip
    Opinion

    For M&A in 2025, tariff policy presents opportunity

    While it’s understandable dealmakers are pausing M&A and trying to predict where trade policy goes next, these are instincts to try and resist, Deloitte’s Adam Reilly writes.

    By Adam Reilly • July 9, 2025
  • White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt
    Image attribution tooltip
    Andrew Harnik via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Trump rolls out reciprocal tariffs for Japan, South Korea, others

    The U.S. detailed the rates it will impose on imports from certain countries starting Aug. 1 in identical letters shared by the president Monday.

    By Philip Neuffer • Updated July 8, 2025
  • The Microsoft logo is seen at an Experience Center on Fifth Avenue on April 03, 2024 in New York City.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    AI-driven job cuts may be underreported: Challenger

    Only 75 job cuts by U.S.-based employers in the first half of the year were explicitly attributed to AI, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The outplacement firm suspects the number is higher.

    By • July 8, 2025
  • President Donald Trump shakes hands with an attendee of an event at the White House promoting a sweeping tax policy measure.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Retrieved from White House.
    Image attribution tooltip

    Trump’s megabill: Quick CFO takeaways

    No matter where finance leaders stand on the political spectrum, President Trump’s reconciliation bill warrants attention as it is poised to touch bottom lines for many years to come.   

    By • July 7, 2025
  • President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    M&A comeback on pause amid Trump policy haze: PwC

    CFOs will need to carefully manage liquidity and the financial fundamentals of their business in the current environment, the Big Four accounting firm said.

    By • July 2, 2025
  • Three people are standing around a table looking at data with digital data on wall.
    Image attribution tooltip
    metamorworks via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    From gatekeeper to coach: Xactly CFO’s finance, operations merge

    Being an effective operational leader, as well as finance chief, requires CFOs to cultivate an “unhealthy degree” of curiosity, Xactly’s Jason Godley advises.

    By • July 2, 2025
  • Gov. Maura Healey
    Image attribution tooltip
    Justin Sullivan via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Massachusetts CPA bill backers push to avoid outlier status

    As a growing band of states have passed laws lowering barriers to CPA licensure, proponents of similar legislation in Massachusetts don’t want to be left behind.

    By • July 2, 2025
  • Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro
    Image attribution tooltip
    Andrew Harnik via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Pennsylvania, Delaware lawmakers greenlight CPA bills

    With the votes Thursday, the total number of states that have passed bills providing new routes to CPA licensure has risen to at least 22.

    By • June 27, 2025
  • People stand in line with a sign directing them where to stand for seeking jobs
    Image attribution tooltip
    Scott Olson via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Labor market slows as jobless claims rise to highest level since 2021

    The job market is “progressing solidly, although more slowly than before,” Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said.

    By • June 26, 2025
  • North Carolina State Capitol Building
    Image attribution tooltip
    Archive Photos/Getty Images via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    North Carolina’s CPA pathways bill sails through legislature

    With North Carolina now onboard, at least 20 states have passed CPA pathways legislation aiming to solve the accounting shortage by adding new routes to licensure.

    By • Updated June 26, 2025
  • The words Federal Reserve engraved in a marble building with an eagle above.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Douglas Rissing via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Fed on hold to see if tariff-induced inflation persists, Powell says

    “A majority of my committee has said that they do expect to cut rates between now and the end of the year,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said.

    By • June 25, 2025