Once upon a time, it was a back-of-the-office role, focused on number crunching, data provision, and CEO support, but these days, the role of a…
By Alexandra Cain When Harry Theodore, CFO of The Star Entertainment Group, took up the role in 2019 he could not have foreseen the company’s…
By: Nina Hendy IPOs are hot right now, putting CFOs under immense pressure. CFO Magazine’s Nina Hendy speaks with CFOs who have been through the…
Integrity will be the focus for mining companies to march toward, and it is Grant Erskine, CFO of Perth based scientific technology company Source Certain…
You can have all the tech in the world. But it is likely to be rendered useless unless there are strong processes and procedures behind…
Change is inevitable. Successful change is not.
Dr Keith Kendall has been the Chairman of the Australian Accounting Standards Board for almost 12 months and only now is it a job that…
As the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic stabilises, there is a new focus emerging among business leaders.
Sit up and take notice. The CFO to the world’s richest man has changed his title to ‘master of coin’. By Nina Hendy.
New Zealand has been one of the most successful countries to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
This time last year, few would have imagined the Tokyo Olympics would be moved forward a year, a decision that required a huge logistical effort…
By Jay Orsborn When ME Bank CFO, Kenneth Christie took on his first Bank CFO role, he and his team set an ambitious goal of…
By Tom Ravlic Chief Financial Officers will be able to discard multiple sets of guidance on sustainability reporting in coming years when a new body…
By Alexandra Cain Systematically reviewing procurement processes delivers many benefits aside from reducing costs. But all too often, lack of expertise, time and resources means…
By Michelle Gibbings When champagne corks were popping to ring in the New Year, many organisations and employees were hoping that 2021 would see the…
By Dr Ann-Maree Moodie Good governance demands an appropriate separation between those charged with managing a listed entity and those responsible for overseeing its managers.…
The transition to the AASB 16 / NZ IFRS 16 accounting standard, which was published in 2016 and came into force in January 2019, has…
Traditional accounting numbers and metrics don’t always tell the full story when it comes to relaying the value organisations are creating for all stakeholders.
The second part in this series, exploring how CFOs and their finance teams are planning and preparing for the year ahead, when there is still…
2021 has, as you would expect, started slowly in CFO land. Whilst the end of the 2020 year saw a lot of roles being finalized…
In the six months from March to September 2020, there was general economic gloom surrounding the prospects for the Australian economy.
CFOs today are spending less time on operational finance activities and more time on strategy, as increased automation is allowing more time for value-added tasks.
The role of CFOs has become more strategic than ever.
2020 has seen a rush to the digital marketplace for businesses who sought to reorganise in the wake of social distancing policies