One major sticking point for finance executives in the battle for healthcare reform: cost control. Just over half of execs (54.5%) in a recent Business Finance poll reported they expect to have less control over their company's healthcare costs under the government's proposed healthcare reform plan.
What are CFOs looking for in their senior finance executives? According to Korn Ferry International's Chuck Eldridge, they need employees with financial planning and analysis (FP&A) talent. Here is why demand is rising.
As fiscal responsibility takes center stage in Washington, the Obama Administration borrows a page from the man who wrote the book. Former U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker explains why Americans are at long last demanding financially responsible government.
Jeff Thomson, president and CEO of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), speaks to Business Finance editor in chief Jack Sweeney about how finance executives can develop and acquire leadership skills.
Specialist software firms continue to make a strong case for selective investments. Survivors of the tech freeze will be around for some time to come as the economy thaws.
At John Deere, the company creates an ethical culture by not only focusing on tone at the top but also on actions, which it calls the "the how," John Deere chairman Bob Lane said in a recent column.
Patricia Cochran, CFO of Vision Service Plan, Randy Guba CFO of IES and Tim Carmack, CFO of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital trace their finance career roots as part of Steve Player's 2009 interview series.
Our interviewer Steve Player speaks with Joe Householder, SVP, controller, and chief accounting officer of Sempra Energy about his finance career and how the energy company develops its talent.
Regardless of whether you reside near the top of the financial career ladder or near the bottom, you'll need additional leadership skills before reaching the next rung.
