Strategy
The CFO dishing up data for restaurant expansion
Chicken Salad Chick’s new finance chief has joined the fast casual chain “at an inflection point,” he says.
Alex Zank is a reporter for CFO Brew. He has experience reporting on the property/casualty insurance, commercial real estate, construction, and agriculture industries. He is a lifelong Wisconsinite and graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Accounting
SpaceX’s corporate controller recalls fast-paced IPO
How internal preparation helped pull off the blockbuster market debut.
Compliance
Behind the SEC’s reform agenda
The commission’s chief accountant says the aim is to “get more companies to be public.”
Risk Management
Bank CFO looks ahead to interest rate hikes and AI bots
Higher interest rates could raise deposit rates and competition, Northwest Bank’s Douglas Schosser says.
Strategy
Gen Digital CFO drives a data-driven approach to marketing spend
Even in the best times, you “operate in the most efficient way possible,” Natalie Derse says.
Compliance
IRS cybersecurity framework ‘not effective’ in key categories
Deficiencies could leave sensitive taxpayer data “vulnerable to inappropriate and undetected use,” TIGTA says.
CFOville
CFOs say tech, volatility have changed the job
Cigna, Northwest Bank, and Workiva CFOs on reshaping finance.
Risk Management
The widening gap between risks and the ability to manage them
Just 30% of CROs and CFOs feel their risk management is mature or robust, the AICPA finds.
Strategy
Communicating value is ‘the biggest piece’ in divestitures
Finastra’s CFO Carissa Kell details her role in a series of business unit and product sales.
CFOville
CFO sees product management parallels with finance role
QuantumScape’s Kevin Hettrich says they’re both “tension-clearing” functions.