CFO Thought Leader

JULY 1, 2025

In her first CFO role, Amanda Whalen revamped cost accounting, restructured sales incentives, and overhauled P&L reporting—driving a 10% profit increase in one year.

CFO

CFO Thought Leader

MAY 19, 2025

When COVIDs whiplash forced a $800million costcut and mass layoffs, those preparations helped to buffer liquidity and allowed the company to restructure rather than stall. She recounted rebuilding Pelotons reporting, navigating a ninefold pandemic demand spike, then executing an $800 million restructuring to stabilize cash.

CFO

E78 Partners

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business environment, leadership transitions are often unavoidable due to unexpected departures, mergers, or restructuring initiatives. If not managed effectively, these transitions can introduce significant financial disruptions.

Leadership

E78 Partners

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Choosing transaction services can be invaluable for businesses navigating complex financial events, whether they involve acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, or restructuring. Why Choose Transaction Services?

Securities

Global Finance

JUNE 6, 2025

If your supply chain is highly specialized, that could take years to restructure. If you want to build a business in a new country, or if you want to change your supply chain, these things take time. So it depends. Bringing things back to the US is also very time consuming—no matter what industry it is.

Valuation

CFO Talks

MARCH 11, 2025

Whether its adopting new technology, restructuring the organisation, updating processes, or shifting company culture, businesses must evolve to stay competitive. From Panic to Progress Turning Workplace Change into Success Change is an unavoidable part of any business. However, change can be challenging.

Communication

Global Finance

APRIL 6, 2025

The big transactions recently between insurers and asset managers in Europe are only the most obvious sign of industry consolidation and restructuring. As the private debt markets evolve into new areas like asset-based lending and equipment leasing, large asset managers will increasingly be leading the way.

Investments

CFO News

MAY 22, 2025

This decision is part of a restructuring effort. Walmart, a major US retailer, plans to reduce its workforce. The company will eliminate around 1,500 positions. The aim is to simplify operations. The cuts will affect technology, e-commerce fulfillment, and advertising teams. The company will also create new roles.

Restructuring

CFO Talks

JUNE 12, 2025

Cost reductions and restructurings affect real people. Rather than acting as a control function only, finance should provide insight, build models, and help track the financial impact of strategic decisions in real time. Leading with Empathy and Integrity The most difficult part of any turnaround is managing its human impact.

CFO

CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

With a wealth of experience in senior finance roles across the UK and Europe, Paula has led teams through mergers, system implementations, restructuring, and high-pressure transitions. Now, as a fractional CFO, she supports businesses in financial restructuring, system optimization, and leadership development.

Leadership

Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

GF: The region is very heterogeneous, and rocked with uncertainties.

Economics

CFO News

APRIL 23, 2025

has appointed Girish Jethmalani as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 10, 2025, as part of a leadership restructuring. Tembo Global Industries Ltd. Jethmalani brings over 24 years of finance experience from companies like Bajaj Indef and Hercules Hoists.

Restructuring

Global Finance

MAY 16, 2025

“Now it needs to be used: whether by banking authorities for restructuring the sector, by the judiciary, or by the tax administration.” . “The banking secrecy bill is a tool,” comments Sibylle Rizk, director of public policies at Kulluna Irada, a Beirut-based think tank.

Restructuring

E78 Partners

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

For audit readiness, review revenue documentation and confirm it adheres to ASC 606, especially if your organization has added new revenue sources or restructured its contracts​. Regularly revisiting these policies can help align revenue accounting with current business activities and compliance requirements.

Auditing

CFO News

MARCH 13, 2025

Facing competition from Adidas, Nike, and emerging brands, Puma's restructuring highlights broader workforce shifts in the retail sector amid profitability pressures. The company will also close select unprofitable stores while targeting an EBIT margin of 8.5%

Restructuring

Future CFO

JANUARY 6, 2025

The current rules, including those requiring proof of no property development for an extended period, could slow down strategic decisions and limit the ability of businesses to pivot quickly in response to market conditions.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Global Finance

JANUARY 31, 2025

Managing Director of M&A advisory firm Crimson Phoenix, Yuuichiro Nakajima, attributes this to Japanese firms dual strategy: pursuing high-margin growth abroad through acquisitions and restructuring domestically to improve return on equity.

Startups

The Finance Weekly

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

When to Use Zero-Based Budgeting ZBB is ideal when an organization needs to reduce costs significantly or realign resources due to major shifts, like financial restructuring or rapid market changes. It’s a great fit for companies focused on lean operations, where each expense is scrutinized to optimize spending.

Budgeting

CFO News

MAY 19, 2025

Share transfers and restructurings could face stricter FDI rules. The goal is to monitor foreign-owned entities more closely. New rules may affect e-commerce and pharmaceutical companies. The government plans a new category for foreign-owned and controlled entities. These changes aim to prevent bypassing FDI policies.

Pharmaceutical

CSC Advisors

APRIL 10, 2025

Through the MCA refinancing process, repayments are typically restructured into a more flexible schedule, giving businesses the breathing room to cover other operational costs and grow. Refinancing replaces your MCA loan with one that has better terms, reducing monthly obligations and making it easier to manage expenses.

Restructuring

CFO Talks

JUNE 17, 2025

Supporting Board Oversight and Governance Reform After a corporate scandal, the board of directors often undergoes restructuring, and governance frameworks are reassessed. The CFO must support the board and executive team in redefining oversight structures, updating governance charters, and enhancing reporting lines.

CFO

CFO Talks

JUNE 3, 2025

Youve led teams through restructuring, regulation changes, and system upgrades. Were undergoing a major restructuring now to align with our new strategy. Every financial decision aligns with public interest and our institutional values. Leana: Thats amazing. Clean audits, strong ethicsit really does build trust.

Leadership

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In cases where an original gift to a minor no longer aligns with the family's goals, parents may consider restructuring or redirecting the assets.

Planning

CFO News

JUNE 2, 2025

Other tech giants like Google, Meta, and Apple have also recently implemented job cuts as part of restructuring efforts. This follows Microsoft's broader layoffs and previous cuts at LinkedIn earlier in the year.

Restructuring

E78 Partners

MARCH 21, 2025

Depending on the investment strategy, a PortCo may focus on expansion, restructuring, operational improvements, or preparing for an eventual sale or IPO. Distressed Investments and Turnarounds Private equity firms invest in struggling or underperforming companies to restructure and revitalize operations.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

CFO Thought Leader

MAY 19, 2025

When demand fell just as quickly, Woodworth slashed the bikes price and led a restructuring that cut $800million of costs, announcing it days after the board replaced the CEO. The lesson, she says, is clear: even elegant models need room for the unimaginable.

CFO

CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

After that, we restructured our approach, focusing on the consequences: What if communication fails? The plan assumed mobile networks would function, but the earthquake took down all communications. Without a way to contact our staff, we were blindsided. What if people cant reach their workplace?

Risk Management

CFO Talks

JUNE 4, 2025

When they cut waste, restructure liabilities, or improve working capital, they are showing that the business is disciplined and resilient. When the CFO supports sustainability projects, drives digital transformation, or defends spending on staff development, they are telling the market that the company is forward-looking.

CFO

CFO Talks

MAY 20, 2025

In an effort to avert collapse, Edcon entered business rescue proceedings in 2020, aiming to restructure its operations and stabilize its financial position. The business rescue plan involved: Operational Restructuring : Closing underperforming stores and streamlining operations to reduce costs. Louis: Wow, Leana.

Restructuring

Future CFO

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Flexibility: Fractional CFOs can be engaged for specific projects, such as fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, or financial restructuring. Strategic Focus: With their extensive experience, fractional CFOs help businesses align financial strategies with long-term goals.

Leadership

CFO Talks

JUNE 11, 2025

In truth, integration is a long-term process that extends well beyond systems consolidation or organisational restructuring. The Danger of Declaring Success Too Early One of the most common errors in any merger is assuming that the job is done once the legal and financial transaction is complete.

Leadership

CSC Advisors

APRIL 10, 2025

However, just because traditional financing wasn’t an initial option doesn’t mean opportunities to restructure debt are unavailable. Difficulty Qualifying for Traditional Financing Many businesses turn to MCA loans because they don’t qualify for bank loans.

Restructuring

CFO Talks

MAY 22, 2025

With more than two decades of experience in finance, including executive roles in mining, forestry, manufacturing, and investment, DShorne has become a respected voice in corporate transformation, cost restructuring, and public-private collaboration. FD at Oppenheimer JV: secured R45m tax benefits in group restructuring.

CFO

Future CFO

JUNE 6, 2025

This is the findings of a report by Speeda , revealing that the spike was largely attributable to large-scale restructuring of Indonesian state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which contributed a commanding 71.6% M&A activity in Southeast Asia surges in the first quarter of 2025, as deal value grew by 296.1% quarter on quarter.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

JUNE 11, 2025

When a borrower has stacked MCA positions that siphon cash flow and ignore contractual limits, the prospects for repayment, restructuring or refinancing degrade rapidly. But in practice, many MCA funders either ignore reconciliation requests altogether or use procedural hurdles to render the right meaningless.

Reconciliations

CFO Talks

JUNE 24, 2025

Restructure that. And often, finance is the first to spot that the numbers no longer make sense. Most operating models do not fail all at once. They start well on paper, often with the best intentions. Centralise this. Align functions. Improve efficiency.

CFO

E78 Partners

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

When a company experiences leadership transitions, financial restructuring, or prepares for significant events like mergers or acquisitions, a transitional Chief Financial Officer offers instant, practical knowledge. The Role of an Interim CFO An interim CFO must uphold financial stability and strategic guidance during change or doubt.

Leadership