What's Moving in
‍CFO World

Brian Beaupre has been in finance leadership long enough to watch the function transform three times. He's watched manual work get automated, watched finance become a data democratisation function, and now he's watching AI absorb the analytical layer that built careers like his. What he said about it at the CFO Leadership Council's Boston conference this month is worth paying attention to.

Even as the macro outlook dips for the second consecutive quarter, CFOs are leaning into risk and betting on their own companies. The tension is real, and the best finance leaders are using it to their advantage.

Sarah Friar just drew a line in the sand on what she expects from finance talent. The question every CFO should be asking is whether their team would make it past her first screen.

The CFO-to-CEO pipeline has never been stronger. And the reasons why tell you exactly what boards are actually looking for in a leader right now.

The claim making the rounds this week: xAI's finance chief argues AI will make the CFO role obsolete within four years. The irony is hard to miss. xAI hired a CFO, then lost one, in a period that looks nothing like a seamless handoff to AI-managed accounts.