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Planning in one system, closing in another, and reporting in a third means numbers don’t reconcile and finance leaders can’t see what’s really driving the business. Lineos joins CFO Brew to explore how one connected platform, with AI running across the full cycle, gives CFOs the whole picture.

CFOville

Finance Software

The Fragmentation Trap: Completing Finance’s Line of Sight

Questions around governance, upskilling and reskilling, and the balance of human judgment are falling squarely into the lap of finance leaders. Join CFO Brew and leaders on the front lines of this change management to unpack what leadership actually looks like right now.

Talent Management

AI & Automation Training

The Leadership Lesson Nobody Trained You For: Managing People Through the AI Hype Cycle

CFOs have moved past whether to adopt AI and now face a harder question: which automation bets are still paying off, which have plateaued, and which are quietly creating more work than they save. Join CFO Brew and RightRev to get a practical framework for auditing your automation portfolio and finding where the real ROI headroom still is.

Risk Management

Automation Risk

Where the Buck Actually Stops: Avoiding the Automation Ceiling

CFO Brew helps finance pros navigate their roles with insights into risk management, compliance, and strategy through our newsletter, virtual events, and digital guides.

CFO Brew

Courtney Vien

Alex Zank

Vincent Ryan

Accounting and finance skillset needs are evolving rapidly. Finance leaders describe how the changes have altered hiring cycles, talent evaluation, and employee development.

Accounting Hiring Trends

The state of finance hiring & careers

Morning Brew Creative Studio

Paystand

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Accounting

Reaching ’26’s financial finish line

Financial Reporting

What Q4 has in store: 2026’s final finance trends

Oracle NetSuite

AI-Enabled Finance

12 ways to win with AI

Strategy

Be careful not to “drift away” from what brought the companies together, Basware CFO Martti Nurminen says.

Post Merger Integration

How CFOs can get better at post-deal integration

How Blumhouse Atomic Monster’s Josh Small drives financial performance while supplying fertile ground for moviemakers.

Strategic Planning

The CFO of horror

Board members (and their CFOs) need to constantly question the metrics they follow, NACD exec says. 

Strategic Risk

How boards can separate signal from noise

Corporate finance director details its strategies to get digital infrastructure projects up and running.

Financing Strategy

Meta seeks flexibility in data center financing

A “very siloed” financial system, an AI bubble, and private credit stress are warning signs, the former FDIC chair says.

Credit Risk

Sheila Bair: ‘I’m nervous, to be honest’

Luisa Beltran

How a clinical-stage hair loss treatment company made it through the IPO window.

Capital Markets

This CFO’s company has delivered the highest return for a 2026 IPO

And how she’s paying forward what an influential mentor did for her.

CFO Evolution

Sharp Electronics CFO Moonsun Park on how to say ‘yes’

Opus 5.5 got 100% of tasks correct on a benchmark, while human accountants only averaged 37%. 

Automation Impact

AI beats out CPAs at month-end close tasks

Compliance

IPOs on ice

Audit deficiencies were down to 23% from 38% in 2024, per PCAOB.

Audit Quality

Are auditors getting better at their jobs?

Demi Lawrence

“The people that I see really thriving in this age, they know how to test the hypothesis that the AI made,” one CFO says.

Finance talent check: Who will be in demand?

Natasha Piñon

“You should be doing all the hard things now while nobody’s looking,” one expert says.

You’ve postponed your IPO. Now what?

Clean data and thinking like an investor were essential, EvoluteIQ CFO Pallav Sharma says.

Due Diligence (M&A)

How one CFO helped raise $53m in the private market

CFO Troy Anderson had to align 400 people across fragmented teams, and then determine when to implement AI.

Business Transformation

Tackling finance transformation at Kelly Services

S&P Global Market Intelligence

S&P Custom White Paper Q2'26

Knowledge work just got an upgrade—don’t lag behind

Finance chiefs who aspire to take the next step should gather experience outside the finance department, an expert recommends.

The CFO-to-CEO roadmap

How CFOs can get better at post-deal integration

The Latest Corporate Finance and Accounting News

Are auditors getting better at their jobs?

Finance talent check: Who will be in demand?

You’ve postponed your IPO. Now what?

How one CFO helped raise $53m in the private market

Tackling finance transformation at Kelly Services

Editor's Picks

The CFO of horror

How boards can separate signal from noise

Meta seeks flexibility in data center financing

Sheila Bair: ‘I’m nervous, to be honest’

Events

The Fragmentation Trap: Completing Finance’s Line of Sight

The Leadership Lesson Nobody Trained You For: Managing People Through the AI Hype Cycle

Where the Buck Actually Stops: Avoiding the Automation Ceiling

Resources

How knowledge workers can make the most of AI-powered data solutions

The state of finance hiring & careers

The CFO-to-CEO roadmap

The state of finance hiring & careers

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