Knowledge Hub: The Changing Role of the CFO/Finance Director 

CFOs and finance directors are increasingly looking to create efficiencies as they strategically lead. Revamping cash management practices, finding new ways to unlock liquidity and keeping a closer eye on internal controls are all part of their daily routine.

Review our collection of articles, events and resources below.  

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Decisions CFOs Face in a Cyber Crisis

 February 2, 2026 Source: Financial Executives International
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As Finance Duties Shift, CAOs Take on Strategic Role

 December 22, 2025 Source: Journal of Accountancy
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What Visa’s New Data Program Means for Businesses

 December 2, 2025
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Financial and Accounting Outsourcing in the Age of AI

 November 4, 2025
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CFOs Must Build AI Data 'Audit Discipline'

 October 28, 2025 Source: CFO Dive
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From Numbers to Notions: Do CFOs Need Creativity in an AI World?

 October 20, 2025 Source: AICPA
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New Jersey Sales and Use Tax Refunds in the Pharmaceutical, Utility and Cogeneration Industries

 October 3, 2025
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CFO Peer Audit: Is the Finance Chief’s Role Changing?

 September 29, 2025 Source: CFO
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Finance Transformation: Transform Skills AICPA Certificate
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Effective Techniques for Auditing Contingencies and Going Concern
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Surgent's Business Law Essentials for Practitioners and Controllers
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Surgent's Business Law Essentials for Practitioners and Controllers
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Surgent's CFOs as Leaders of Organizational Change: Driving Innovation and Navigating Economic Uncertainties – Panel Discussion
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Contract Law for Accounting and Finance Professionals
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Surgent's Controllership Skills Update: Current Survival Skills
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Surgent's Controllership Skills Update – Budgeting, Forecasting, and Big Data
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Surgent's Controllership Skills Update: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances
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Surgent's Controllership Skills Update: Risk Management
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Capital Planning in Light of COVID-19
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Crowdfunding: A General Overview
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Surgent's Enterprise Risk Management for Small and Medium-Sized Companies
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Surgent's Ethics for the Industry Accountant
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Surgent's Gaining a Competitive Advantage: Critical Skills for CFOs and Controllers
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Surgent's Gaining a Competitive Advantage: Critical Skills for CFOs and Controllers
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HIPAA: What Accountants and Other Practitioners Need to Know
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Increase the Efficiency of Your Organization
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Surgent's Innovative Forecasting and Budgeting: Moving Beyond the Traditional Techniques
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Surgent's Mastering the Basics of Inventory Accounting
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Surgent's Improving Your Profits: Identifying Cost Cutting Opportunities
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Max the Tax: Crowdfunding
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Surgent's Max the Tax: Tax Impacts on Exit Planning
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Surgent's Integrated Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting for Organizational Success
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Surgent's Integrated Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting for Organizational Success
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Surgent's CFO/Controller's Roadmap to Success: Integrated Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting
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Surgent's Project Management for Finance Professionals
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Surgent's Controller/CFO Update: Hot Topics Facing Today's Financial Professional
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Surgent's Controller/CFO Update: Hot Topics Facing Today's Financial Professional
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Surgent's Current Developments and Best Practices for Today's CFOs and Controllers
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Surgent's Planning and Strategy Formulation for Your Organization's Financial Success
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Surgent's Essential Depreciation and Expensing Update
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CFO Solutions to IRS Problems
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Beyond the Basics: Financial Ratios You Might Be Overlooking
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CPA to CFO: Essential Competencies for Finance Leaders
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Seeing Beyond the Numbers: Analysis for CFOs & Controllers
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CFO & Controller Critical Skills: Budgeting & Forecasting
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The Innovative Finance Department: Making Innovation Work
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The Innovative Finance Department: Making Innovation Stick
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The Innovative Finance Department: The Information Challenge
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The Innovative Finance Department: Innovation Case Studies
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Activity-Based Costing: Introduction to Activity-Based Costing
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Activity-Based Costing: Aggregate Cost by Activity
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Activity-Based Costing: Assigning Property, Plant and Equipment Costs
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Activity-Based Costing: Cost Drivers
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Activity-Based Costing: Assigning Occupancy Costs
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Activity-Based Costing: Assign Information Technology Costs
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Activity-Based Costing: Assigning the Cost of Money
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Activity-Based Costing: Cost Flow Diagrams
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Activity-Based Costing: Organizing Cost Calculations
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Activity-Based Costing: Excess Capacity
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Why Do Businesses Fail?
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Planning Tools for the Controller/CFO
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Creativity
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Greiner Model
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