The mid-market CFO's grind; warning signs for bankruptcy; lose your 'corporate accent'; tech trends
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34% of mid-market CFOs want to leave their job in 2025: study
Just like the demand for finance talent within the layers of the finance function, quality CFO talent within mid-market companies is highly valuable. As a result, good CFOs who are unhappy with their current situation, whether it be company-related or due to a lack of work-life balance, can likely find another role if they wish to move on.
Mid-market CFOs?are feeling?overwhelmed too, according to new data from The CFO Alliance , but as founder and CEO Nick Araco JR describes, many CFOs are focusing on things like personal branding and consolidating tech stacks to make their jobs easier.
72% of CFOs believe the economy will improve in 2025
How are CFOs feeling heading into 2025?
The latest look at the topic, a Deloitte poll taken days after Donald Trump’s presidential election victory, suggests that most are now brimming with confidence. Among 200 large-company finance chiefs participating in 德勤 ’s fourth quarter CFO Signals survey, 72% said the North American economy will have improved by late 2025.
Bankruptcy filings are on the rise — What mid-market firms need to know
There are many idiosyncratic causes that individual firms might point to as precipitating factors of?bankruptcy, according to Stephen Levitan , managing director of debt capital markets and capital solutions at Oberon Securities, LLC .
Here are some of Levitan's "warnings signs" for trouble:
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10 trendy workforce terms CFOs should know in 2025
In a multi-generational workforce — where many people are?returning to the office?for the first time in years —?how work is discussed is likely to change. CFOs who are looking to participate in the improvement of company sentiment, particularly after a return-to-office initiative,?should familiarize themselves with the terms like career catfishing, white fonting, dining el desko, corporate accent, duck shuffler and more.
4 trends shaping the CFO’s technology agenda in 2025
As technology continues to develop at a rapid pace, here are the trends that should matter most to finance chiefs this year.
CFOs On the Move: Week ending Jan. 24
Lisa Banks takes the CFO spot at Abnormal Security , Ivica Krolo becomes finance chief at BIRKENSTOCK , Thierry Pieton joins 美敦力 , Duncan Minto joins 雷诺 as their new CFO and more.
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This edition of Preferred Shares was created by Reporter Adam Zaki .