CFO Thought Leader

JUNE 6, 2023

Sruthi Lanka is clearly not the only CFO who began her professional career at blue chip investment house Goldman Sachs. However, she may be one of the only CFOs—if not the only one—who can trace her career roots to Goldman’s technology engineering team.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 25, 2024

Big companies used to hog all the CFO action, but now even small and medium-sized businesses are jumping on the bandwagon. Why the sudden CFO craze? In a nutshell, companies are starting to view CFOs as smart investments rather than just expenses. Highest Paid CFOs in the World in 2024 1. As the Director of Amyris Inc.,

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CFO Thought Leader

APRIL 2, 2023

One key takeaway from Gainsight CFO Alka Tandan’s career journey is the importance of being open to new opportunities and pivoting when necessary. years that she spent with IGN Entertainment, an Internet media company that at the time was operating as a division of News Corp. “I billion in November 2020.

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VCFO

JANUARY 18, 2024

Here’s a fictional example: When the outer building frames of an entertainment center chain’s forthcoming locations are complete, ACME Services is hired by the chain to ready the interior of the buildings for business. Additionally, such actions can undermine the confidence of both the leadership team and the broader market in the company.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Neighborhood – high end restaurants, gyms and other entertainment amenities. The post Creating a successful hybrid office first appeared on CFO Leadership. The post Creating a successful hybrid office appeared first on CFO Leadership. BACK TO SPECIAL EDITION NEWSLETTER. About Cushman & Wakefield.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Build a tight relationship with your CEO and CFO. Above all, be clear about how the marketing function drives to broader financial outcomes desired by leadership – and speak their language, where possible. Under the stress of economic uncertainty, it’s more important than ever to keep an open dialogue.

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The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The past month has seen a flurry of , CFO moves , indicating these executives' critical role in steering organizations toward stability and success. With this in mind, it's important for CFOs to stay ahead of the curve and adapt to , new trends and , challenges. Holscott previously served as CFO at Warner Media.

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VCFO

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

personal vehicles, entertainment, vacations labeled as business travel) that owners sometime charge to their companies. We’re Here to Assist Engaging in a conversation with an experienced CFO who has guided business owners in maximizing their business value and navigating successful sales and transitions can be transformative.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

A new survey shows that finance executives are optimistic about the economy, and as a result expect to spend more on travel & entertainment (T&E). As a result, they are prepared to increase spending on travel and entertainment (T&E), with 30 percent of finance executives worldwide expecting to boost their T&E budgets.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Mr. Nadella’s leadership team decided to focus on bringing big businesses to the cloud while squeezing out struggling consumer businesses such as the. Microsoft scrapped plans for broader entertainment aspirations—including a TV and movie studio and a Roku-like streaming media box, said people familiar with the company’s thinking.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The downside is that this is the most time consuming of the choices, and much as I try, my 80-minute sessions cannot compete with The White Lotus for entertainment value. . If you have struggled with why debt helps some companies and hinders others, or how stock buybacks affect shareholders, I hope that you will give this class a try.

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Future CFO

MARCH 15, 2020

Among all the large companies surveyed, those in the consumer products and retail (52%); industrial (50%); and technology, media and entertainment and telecoms (49%) industries are making progress in their transformation initiatives, followed by energy (45%) and financial services (44%).

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Other industries where specialized expertise in finance and accounting is highly valued include banking and financial services (BFS), media and entertainment, healthcare, retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG), and travel and logistics.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Number one, and I think they both reflect strong leadership at the firms. Number one, you had, you know, somewhat of a groundswell from within the firm, certainly at leadership that said we need to figure out a way to do something. RITHOLTZ: So is that what led to Management Leadership for Tomorrow, and then AltFinance?

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Bramasol

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In previous blog posts, we have addressed the challenges and opportunities regarding digital transformation and the Digital Solutions Economy (DSE) across a range of industries including, software & SaaS , semiconductors , media & entertainment , medical devices , transportation , electronics manufacturing , energy , and utilities.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Often working with his longtime Imagine Entertainment partner, Brian Grazer and the industry’s top talent as well as its up and comers, Howard has produced more than 120 films and shows, and he’s directed or acted in more than 130, all while maintaining reputation for being one of the nicest guys in Hollywood.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 13, 2022

JEFFREY RAYPORT: Well, maybe the best way to bring it to life is to talk about one of the companies that we’ve spent a lot of time with, and that’s King Digital Entertainment. Can you just explain what extrapolation is? It’s a London-based game maker. Many people will know it. It’s been recently acquired by Activision Blizzard.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Growth came from better performance in retail and entertainment such as movies and gaming. He told analysts that “we have largely built out our leadership team” and said the firm maintains a strong position in the United Kingdom, in France and in Spain, but there “are 34 other markets as we establish [them].

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Because the more that you create the news, if you think about it, if you’re a big CEO, CFO and think about CapEx spend, long-term hiring plans, do I need to have the Fed as one of the risk factors in? And if you were a CEO or CFO and said, okay, I know I got to figure out what my inventory level is, or my supply chain dynamics.

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Bramasol

DECEMBER 14, 2023

With our core focus on financial applications such as order-to-cash, revenue recognition, subscription-billing, leasing, treasury and other solutions, Bramasol has significant experience in virtually all aspects of S/4HANA migration that involve the Office of the CFO.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 20, 2022

KOENIGSBERGER: And I remember one CFO in China, we’re talking, I remember they’re locked down, right. And so this poor CFO is doing the conference call in his bathroom and the screensaver is his shower screen, right. We’re seeing people — RITHOLTZ: Bambi Syndrome? KOENIGSBERGER: People frozen in the headlight.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 23, 2023

Match became a giant under the leadership of a billionaire entertainment mogul [ Barry Diller ], whose directive was to aggressively eat the competition: It bought OkCupid and Plenty of Fish in the 2010s, incubated Tinder, and purchased Hinge, the ‘anti-Tinder,’ in 2018. Tech: “The Company That Controls Dating” [ The Cut ].

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