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May 1, 2007
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Board Battles Even as conflicts between CEOs and directors erupt, finance chiefs can wield influence on both sides.   |
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May 1, 2004 |
Nortel Disconnect Frank Dunn Under the Gun... The Good Life... CFOs on the Move... |
CFO
March 1, 2007
Joseph McCafferty |
For CFOs, Few Gold Watches The average tenure of big-company finance chiefs is less than five years, according to a recent study. |
CFO
January 1, 2004 |
Opportunity Disintegrates A merger or acquisition leaves fewer positions to go around... Boeing and Ethics 101... CFOs on the move... |
CFO
October 1, 2007
Kate Plourd |
Board Buddies Directors with finance expertise often form bonds with management's CFO. |
CFO
September 1, 2007
Laura DeMars |
Vice Can Be Nice Companies offer the vice-chair post to CFOs and ex-CFOs as everything from a consolation prize to preparation for the CEO job. |
CFO
April 15, 2012
Scott Leibs |
Going for the Green An energy company CFO explains why finance executives should make sales calls. An interview with Jeff Richard, CFO of Safety-Kleen Systems. |
CFO
June 1, 2006
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
What Women Want In finance, the operative words are opportunity, flexibility, and balance. As they approach the top position -- CFO, the pull between work and life seems to tug harder at women than at men. |
CFO
March 1, 2008
Kate O'Sullivan |
As the World Churns Some of Corporate America's biggest names parted ways with their CFOs in the past year. |
CFO
February 1, 2009
Scott Leibs |
Moving On, Happily Most CFOs leave their jobs in triumph, not disgrace, a new KPMG study shows. |
CFO
February 1, 2008
Roy Harris |
Are We Strategic Yet? Early in a CFO's tenure, the things that matter most often get the least attention. |
CFO
June 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
Secrets of Their Success How the top women in finance staked their claims to the C-suite. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
The Changing Role of the CFO Companies are once again demanding hardcore accounting, financial reporting and risk-management skills. This represents a shift back to the roots of the CFO position... |
CFO
March 1, 2008
Kate Plourd |
Closing Remarks Retiring Cisco CFO Dennis Powell leaves with this message: the key to finance is people and strategies, not just a good accounting system. |
CFO
May 8, 2006
Scott Leibs |
Fresh Start A break from CFO duties can be rejuvenating, but executive recruiters warn that too much time out of the workforce can hurt your options if you want to get back into finance. |
CFO
November 1, 2006
Laura DeMars |
Look Before You Sit A seat on a corporate board can be a great opportunity, but choose carefully. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Musical Chairs With CFOs Investors, changes in CFOs are worth investigating. |
Entrepreneur
April 2006
Chris Penttila |
Musical Chairs? Feeling pressure from Wall Street, the trend in boardrooms is to shun the COO and elevate the CFO. |
CFO
June 1, 2007
Julia Homer |
The Diversity Gap Most finance departments are conspicuously white. Changing that is not a priority for most CFOs. |
CFO
April 1, 2006
Kate O'Sullivan |
Calming the Waters What happens when the CEO and CFO just don't get along? And what should CFOs do when they find themselves locking horns with their boss? |
CFO
July 15, 2008
Kate Plourd |
Eight Isn't Enough BearingPoint, the consultancy that used to be part of KPMG, burns through its eighth CFO in nine years. The latest to go lasted just three weeks. |
CFO
November 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
Making the Leap There are many ways to get to the top spot in finance. |
CFO
May 15, 2012
Alix Stuart |
Risk Takers, Career Makers How are women making it to the top in finance? Sometimes by making unconventional, even risky, career moves. |
Salon.com
February 20, 2002
Dave Lindorff |
Chief fudge-the-books officer Enron CFO Andrew Fastow wasn't a renegade, he was just doing his job -- or, at least, he was doing precisely what today's CFOs are being told to do... |
CFO
May 8, 2006
Don Durfee |
What's the Boss Worth? CFOs weigh in on executive compensation. |
CFO
May 1, 2003
Alix Nyberg |
Two Masters? Facing a Stronger Board: Welcome to life under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, where many finance chiefs find new authority figures placed on boards that may have once been the personal fiefdom of the CEO. |
InternetNews
May 4, 2010 |
CFO Calling the Shots in IT: Study A Gartner and Financial Executives Research Foundation study finds that increasingly, IT is reporting to CFOs. A look at the implications. |
CFO
November 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan |
Who's Next? Succession planning should be a critical exercise in finance. Too bad so many companies avoid it. |
CFO
May 1, 2005
Kris Frieswick |
What Does Your CEO Really Know? How much do chief executives know about company finances? We asked more than 300 CFOs to rate their boss's finance IQ. |
CFO
May 1, 2005 |
Tyco's Revolving Door The revolving door at Tyco... Going to Extremes... CFOs On The Move... |
InternetNews
April 1, 2004
Jim Wagner |
CA Hires Former Compaq CFO Looking to put financial troubles behind it, the software company goes with an industry veteran. |
CFO
August 1, 2002
Joseph McCafferty |
Interim CFOs In general, companies are taking longer to fill the CFO position -- usually six months to a year. But since the job is too crucial to leave open that long, companies like Aetna, New York Life, Sapient, and Citrix Systems have, for varying amounts of time, gone the interim CFO route. |
CFO
August 1, 2004
Laton McCartney |
The Newest Associate Jeff Clarke has weathered corporate turmoil before, but as the new CFO at Computer Associates International Inc. (CA) he faces his biggest challenge yet. |
CFO
March 15, 2006
Scott Leibs |
Bigger Fish, Smaller Pond Leaving a large company for the CFO spot at a smaller company can be a great move -- as long as you do your homework. |
CFO
January 30, 2004
Scott Leibs |
New Terrain Post-Enron reforms have made dramatic alterations to the landscape of corporate governance. Boards, their committees, and internal auditors now have greater responsibilities and powers. How will these reforms change the CFO's job? |
CFO
October 1, 2008
Kate Plourd |
Leaving Home A foreign post can advance your career, but don't let your sense of adventure get the best of you. |
CFO
December 1, 2007
Kate Plourd |
Thank You, and Good Night! Resigning from a CFO post is never easy. Here's how to make a graceful exit. |
CFO
December 1, 2010
Russ Banham |
Strategic Inquisitions We ask CFOs what it takes to become a true partner in setting company strategy. |
CFO
June 1, 2004 |
Duty Calls Senior executives are called to serve their country... A new head of the Washington National Opera returns to his roots... CFOs on the move... |
CFO
November 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Are You "Strategic"? CFOs have long aspired to that lofty moniker. Is the time at hand when many can lay claim to it? |
CFO
December 1, 2002
Alix Nyberg |
Split Decision There's no question that accounting skills are back in vogue for CFOs, given the massive amounts of work associated with the new disclosure and governance rules flooding out of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the stock exchanges. |
CFO
Roy Harris |
Calling for Backup You may have to keep quiet about them, but contingency plans are vital to any M&A strategy... |
CFO
July 1, 2006
Laura DeMars |
Heavy Vetting Boards of directors now want to talk to would-be CFOs -- and vice versa. |
CFO
November 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Pay Up With finance talent in high demand, companies are boosting compensation -- and making some demands of their own. |
InternetNews
April 8, 2004
Jim Wagner |
Former CA Execs Facing Up To Fraud Charges Former Computer Associates CFO Ira Zar and two others expected to plead guilty in court Thursday. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Julia Homer |
How Did We Get Here? Much of what happened in the 1990s also happened in the 1980s. Here's hoping we don't do it again. |
CFO
January 1, 2005
Kate O'Sullivan |
Staying Alive There are ways an incumbent CFO can prove he's worth getting to know--and worth keeping around. Here are four strategies for surviving a change at the top. |
CFO
January 1, 2006
Kate O'Sullivan |
CFO Confidential At many companies the CFO is a trusted confidant of the CEO, a valuable sounding board for all kinds of issues. But when CFOs themselves need advice, whom do they call? |
CFO
February 1, 2008
David M. Katz |
What's Wrong with the Kids? Coping with the newest generation in finance requires tact, patience - and restraint. |
CFO
March 1, 2003
Alix Nyberg |
Staying Put Only about 8 percent of the current Fortune 500 CFOs have stayed longer than 10 years at one company. |
