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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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Talent Management

Bot or not? Hiring finance talent in the AI era

CFOs need savvy to work through a wave of AI-assisted resumes for finance positions.

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Strategy

SpaceX’s AI spend spooks investors

Rockets! Robots! Mass accelerators! SpaceX’s first earnings call strikes a sci-fi note.

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Talent Management

AI skills more valuable than an MBA, financial services leaders say

Eight in 10 respondents to a PwC survey predicted their firm’s headcount would eventually fall by 20% due to AI.

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CFOville

Startup aims to keep your employees healthy at a lower cost

Twin Health’s CFO talks outcomes-based pricing and discipline in pursuing opportunities.

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Risk Management

Senior leaders embrace vibe-coding

Reducing reliance on SaaS is a big motivator, an EY study found.

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Strategy

Scaling AI: Is this the year it happens?

Getting past pilot state requires considerable effort from the C-suite, Tipalti exec says.

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Risk Management

Rise in Q2 operating costs widespread

Global survey also finds a majority of accounting and finance professionals expects rising inflation through September.

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Compliance

US targets Canada with 50% tariffs on $20b in imports

Yep, we’re doing this again.

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Accounting

PCAOB unveils draft of strategic plan priorities

The audit regulator invites comments through September 4.

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Risk Management

How CFOs can keep AI costs down

The CFOs of MindBridge and BlackLine share how they mind their tokens.