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Questions around governance, upskilling and reskilling, and the balance of human judgment are falling squarely into the lap of finance leaders. Join CFO Brew and leaders on the front lines of this change management to unpack what leadership actually looks like right now.

Talent Management

AI & Automation Training

The Leadership Lesson Nobody Trained You For: Managing People Through the AI Hype Cycle

CFOs have moved past whether to adopt AI and now face a harder question: which automation bets are still paying off, which have plateaued, and which are quietly creating more work than they save. Join CFO Brew and RightRev to get a practical framework for auditing your automation portfolio and finding where the real ROI headroom still is.

Risk Management

Automation Risk

Where the Buck Actually Stops: Avoiding the Automation Ceiling

Fragmented systems make forecasts and financial reporting harder to trust, leaving finance leaders scrambling to defend shaky numbers to the board. Learn how CFOs and RevOps can work in lockstep on stack consolidation and cost control to build predictability that holds up.

Strategy

Financial Forecasting

Financial Control, Forecast Trust, Board Confidence: How a CFO Gets There

CFO Brew helps finance pros navigate their roles with insights into risk management, compliance, and strategy through our newsletter, virtual events, and digital guides.

CFO Brew

Courtney Vien

Alex Zank

Vincent Ryan

Accounting and finance skillset needs are evolving rapidly. Finance leaders describe how the changes have altered hiring cycles, talent evaluation, and employee development.

Accounting Hiring Trends

The state of finance hiring & careers

Morning Brew Creative Studio

Paystand

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Accounting

Reaching ’26’s financial finish line

Financial Reporting

What Q4 has in store: 2026’s final finance trends

Oracle NetSuite

CFOville

AI-Enabled Finance

12 ways to win with AI

Opus 5.5 got 100% of tasks correct on a benchmark, while human accountants only averaged 37%. 

Automation Impact

AI beats out CPAs at month-end close tasks

Will Evans explains how to grow a business “outside a spreadsheet.”

Market Expansion

Einstein Bros. CFO plans expansion amid bagel boom

Demi Lawrence

“We really need to unlock the potential of the everyday person utilizing AI,” a search firm executive says.

Talent Shortage

How talent can meet the massive AI investment moment

Luisa Beltran

The changes could open up growth and exit opportunities for some owners.

Growth Strategies

SBA standards revision would increase the number of SMBs

The Fed’s Lisa Cook thinks AI will lift productivity—but for now it’s boosting something else.

Inflation Impact

AI is contributing to inflation, Fed governor says

Deals get done when the CFO stays tight with investors.

Debt & Credit

Debt refinancing in a touchy market

Vena Solutions CFO Melissa Howatson explains why buying made more sense.

To buy AI tools, or to build them in-house? That is the question.

Richard Chambers thinks five years is “too long” for new public companies to go without an internal audit function.

Internal Audit

Former IIA CEO has concerns about NYSE proposal 

Compliance

How to price in 2027

“We’ll be talking about a different Nike going forward,” one sportswear consultant said.

Restructuring Strategy

Nike lays the groundwork for recovery

And how she’s paying forward what an influential mentor did for her.

CFO Evolution

Sharp Electronics CFO Moonsun Park on how to say ‘yes’

Natasha Piñon

As companies use tariff refunds to fund price cuts, experts recommend CFOs take a long-term view of pricing strategy.

Pricing Strategy

Where are pricing strategies headed?

Chicken Salad Chick’s new finance chief has joined the fast casual chain “at an inflection point,” he says.

The CFO dishing up data for restaurant expansion

And consumers don’t expect inflation to ease up much.

Consumer sentiment drops in October, approaches record low

S&P Global Market Intelligence

S&P Custom White Paper Q2'26

Knowledge work just got an upgrade—don’t lag behind

Finance chiefs who aspire to take the next step should gather experience outside the finance department, an expert recommends.

The CFO-to-CEO roadmap

Planning in one system, closing in another, and reporting in a third means numbers don’t reconcile and finance leaders can’t see what’s really driving the business. Lineos joins CFO Brew to explore how one connected platform, with AI running across the full cycle, gives CFOs the whole picture.

Finance Software

The Fragmentation Trap: Completing Finance’s Line of Sight

AI beats out CPAs at month-end close tasks

The Latest Corporate Finance and Accounting News

Nike lays the groundwork for recovery

Sharp Electronics CFO Moonsun Park on how to say ‘yes’

Where are pricing strategies headed?

The CFO dishing up data for restaurant expansion

Consumer sentiment drops in October, approaches record low

Editor's Picks

Einstein Bros. CFO plans expansion amid bagel boom

How talent can meet the massive AI investment moment

SBA standards revision would increase the number of SMBs

AI is contributing to inflation, Fed governor says

Events

The Leadership Lesson Nobody Trained You For: Managing People Through the AI Hype Cycle

The Fragmentation Trap: Completing Finance’s Line of Sight

Where the Buck Actually Stops: Avoiding the Automation Ceiling

Resources

How knowledge workers can make the most of AI-powered data solutions

The state of finance hiring & careers

The CFO-to-CEO roadmap

The state of finance hiring & careers

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