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
Technology adoption, agility, cohesive communication, and strategic thinking are key considerations for CFOs in 2021, irrespective of company size or industry.
The end of the temporary moratorium on trading while insolvent means it’s crunch time for chief financial officers of businesses with substantial debts.
Clothing bins play a critical role in boosting Australia’s low textile recycling rate - progressing towards a thriving global circular economy.
Finance leaders will remain key players for insights and ideas in navigating a sense of recovery post COVID.
Technology is changing the way forward thinking CFOs work, particularly in the last year during the Covid-19 health crisis.
Happy new year! Welcome to the first CFO market update of 2021. We were all hoping we would start 2021 Covid free but suspect we…
By Richard McBride, Editor | CFO Magazine After a year of fires, floods, lockdowns, travel restrictions and many CFOs banished to kitchens, studies, and bedrooms,…
By Chief Economist, Stephen Koukoulas The Australian economy has ended 2020 in significantly better shape than was assumed in the middle of the year. The…
By Ian Gilbert When the coronavirus pandemic struck, Pranay Lodhiya was hardly looking forward to working from home. A naturally gregarious chap, he fully expected…
By Michelle Gibbings Leadership and decision making go hand in hand, and as technology changes how we live and work and the rate of change…
This is a joint story between subscription technology leader Zuora and Australia’s largest car subscription provider, Carbar.
New Zealand is known for both its early adoption of digital technologies and it’s mastery over the COVID-19 pandemic. This puts its finance heads in…
Being in finance for Australia’s largest supermarket during panic buying in 2020 isn’t for the faint hearted. But Cade Simpson says teamwork across the business helped deliver positive outcomes during the peak of the crisis. By Nina Hendy.
Through lack of understanding or insufficient information about its benefits, cannabis comes with a set of challenges – it polarises perceptions with the mention of…
California-based Ana Sirbu recently joined Adobe challenger Nitro Software as the company's CFO to fuel its next phase of growth. Sirbu has extremely good chops in…
The notion of adding value is banded liberally: demanded from all aspects of a business these days. This includes the critical thinking financial leaders that…
While many CFOs are facing extreme hardships as economic conditions worsen due to the Covid crisis, others are piloting their company through a strong period…