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Courtney Vien

Courtney Vien is a senior reporter for CFO Brew. She formerly served as editor in chief of the Journal of Accountancy and has experience reporting on practice management, personal financial planning, accounting education, and other accounting topics.

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Risk Management

What Anthropic’s IPO could mean for your Claude bills

Don’t get too brand-loyal, experts advise CFOs.

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Risk Management

What the midterm ‘blue tsunami’ means for CFOs

Big legislative change is unlikely near term, but companies with White House ties should be wary.

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Accounting

PCAOB approves modernized inspections

Chair Logothetis defended his approach at a SEIAG meeting, while the SEC approved amendments to QC 1000.

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Strategy

Can Anthropic’s IPO live up to the hype? What finance pros think

The company’s numbers are solid, but growth may soon moderate—and risks abound.

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CFOville

The year of the catalyst CFO

The steward and operator roles are necessary, but driving change is where a CFO can make the most impact, the finance chief of Humanetics says.

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Accounting

Are auditors getting better at their jobs?

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

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Strategy

Tackling finance transformation at Kelly Services

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

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Accounting

90% of internal auditors now use AI

But an overwhelming majority of those at large companies say someone else owns the related risks, CPA firm survey finds.

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Risk Management

How boards can separate signal from noise

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

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Accounting

Accountants say AI poses ethical challenges

AI is the top concern of three out of five accountants in an ACCA global ethics survey.