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2025年1月7日 · For the first time in 17 years, at the close of 2024 pension plans sponsored by large U.S. companies were fully funded to meet future financial obligations. That’s according to Willis Towers Watson's latest funded-status analysis, which examined pension plan data for 361 Fortune 1000 companies ...

2024年10月18日 · John R. Tyson, the former CFO of Tyson Foods and fourth-generation heir to the company, was found guilty of driving while intoxicated and careless driving in Arkansas on Oct. 17. Tyson was fined less than $1,000 and ordered to complete 32 hours of community service, according to a district court docket.A 90-day jail sentence was suspended. Tyson was initially suspended as CFO after a June ...

2024年9月26日 · Amid an environment where the number of accounting graduates is falling at an alarming rate, two-thirds (66%) of survey participants said staffing shortages affected their department in 2024.. 4. Tech stacks consolidate, cloud adoption expands. The survey found that although 73% of finance leaders are satisfied with their current enterprise resource planning or accounting systems, 64% are ...

2024年10月1日 · CFO Leadership Council’s Spring Conference. June 2-4. Westin Boston Seaport District, Boston, Massachusetts. The CFO Leadership Council’s events are known for their mix of intricate learning opportunities and noteworthy speakers.Their Spring Conference is set to be in the same style and at the same venue as previous events.

2024年10月8日 · This challenge will intensify as the workforce evolves, with a new generation of finance leaders stepping in. FEI reports that 64% of millennial finance professionals prefer specialized financial software over traditional spreadsheets for tasks like budgeting, forecasting, and analytics. The real challenge isn't just the limitations of spreadsheets — it's about transforming your ability to ...

2024年9月20日 · Christina Van Tassell | Wiley . Wiley’s CFO Christina Van Tassell will leave the academic publisher on Oct. 1. Van Tassell, Wiley’s CFO since 2021, joined from Dow Jones where she held the same role. Before that, Van Tassell held CFO roles at …

2024年11月22日 · Ken Cook | Wendy's . Fast-food chain Wendy's hired Ken Cook as finance chief, effective Dec. 2. For the last 20 years, Cook has worked at United Parcel Service, most recently as head of FP&A. In earlier roles at UPS, he was chief financial officer for its U.S. Domestic segment, held leadership roles in investor relations and treasury and spent more than three years as the CFO of South Asia.

2024年9月18日 · The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) proposed a “competency-driven experience pathway” to CPA licensure to address a growing talent shortage impacting finance teams across industries. The proposal tries to address concerns over the 150-credit hour requirement, a factor that has been criticized as a deterrent to young ...

2024年9月17日 · Despite a recent downtrend in hiring and a slight increase in unemployment, U.S. companies’ base-salary budgets are projected to rise sharply in 2025 for a third straight year, according to a new report from The Conference Board.. Following actual salary-budget growth of 4.4% in 2023 and 3.8% in 2024, the expected average increase for next year is 3.9%, as revealed by a survey of 300 ...