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Today’s CFO: Less Bean Counter, More Strategic Advisor
The role of the CFO has undergone significant transformation in recent years, allowing companies of all sizes to be more strategic about operations and growth. No longer cloistered number crunchers, today’s Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) are assuming a more significant role in shaping the strategy, vision… Read More

Consumer Products Companies: Your Short and Long Game Toward Growth
While the economy has remained strong into the third quarter of 2019, there are signs that the economy may slow down toward the end of the year. Firms in all sectors are thinking about the right business decisions at the end of the most recent economic expansion… Read More

Maximize the ROI From Your Recruitment Strategy
This hot, candidate-driven market reminds me of the bubbles of 1989, 2001 and 2007. And just like with those markets, many companies are understandably employing strategies that reduce outside fees… Read More

The Current Business Insurance Market: What CFOs Should Know
Chief Financial Officers are facing another challenging year of managing risk and insurance costs. Here are some things to keep an eye on in our current market. PROPERTY INSURANCE – BE PREPARED TO PAY MORE… Read More

Ronnie Campbell: Taking Metrolink to the Next Level
Since Ronnie Campbell joined Metrolink in 2016 as Chief Financial Officer, he has re-established trust with the Board of Directors and the five Southern California transportation authorities that govern the agency through excellence in financial accountability… Read More

Think You’re Getting the Best Result on Insurance Renewals? Think Again!
Year after year you are delivered proposals for your insurance renewals. In most cases (hopefully), you are provided options from two or three insurance companies. You review these with your broker to confirm any important differences between them, noting any meaningful deficiencies… Read More

Levels of Reporting for Business Financing
For any business, a long-term growth strategy is essential for success. Part of that growth strategy should include obtaining the credit your business needs or will need to expand facilities, increase inventory, attract potential investors, or improve cash flow… Read More

Preparing Gen Z Students for the Workforce of the Future
A senior tech executive from a global firm recently challenged us: “What are you doing to teach students the technologies they will encounter in the real world?” This led to a lively and provocative conversation that ultimately turned on a more fundamental question: “Should college curricula emphasize skills that land students a first job, or attributes that provide the foundation for a long-term career?”… Read More

Tyler Painter: Blending the Old with the New
As the Chief Financial Officer at Santa Monica-based vehicle subscription provider Fair, Tyler Painter spends his days blending the old and new—from applying established fiscal management practices within a revolutionary new business model to helping lead institutional capital raises for one of Silicon Beach’s hyper growth companies… Read More

Treasury and Finance Professionals Garnered 3.5% Raises On Average in 2018
Treasury and finance professionals earned an average 3.5 percent base salary increase in 2018, according to the 2019 Association for Financial Professionals Compensation Survey… Read More

CFOs Play a Major Role in Digital Investment Decisions
Chief Financial Officers are playing a critical role in driving digital disruption across their organizations, according to recent research from Accenture. Today’s CFOs oversee more than just the finance function and are now integral players in directing enterprise-wide digital investments and managing their economic outcomes and impacts… Read More

Understanding the Role of a Financial Advisor
In a society that grows more complex every day, consumers are presented with the constant pressures of family, career, and community responsibilities and personal enrichment. The financial marketplace is ever-changing with new laws, regulations, economic events, market changes, product offerings and conflicting media messages… Read More

CFO Alliance Releases 2019 Mid-Year Update to CFO Sentiment Study
In a society that grows more complex every day, consumers are presented with the constant pressures of family, career, and community responsibilities and personal enrichment. The financial marketplace is ever-changing with new laws, regulations, economic events, market changes, product offerings and conflicting media messages… Read More

Financial Professionals Share Top Focus Issues in Survey
CFOs work closely with CPAs and the collective CPA community has a number of insights that may be of interest. Staff recruitment remains the top issue for most CPA firms, while growing tax complexity and risk management regarding privacy and data security are rising challenges, new research by the American Institute of CPAs shows… Read More