Leadership
Finance team org design 2027: the vanishing analyst rung
CFOs are cutting junior headcount and buying seniority in the 2027 plan, and the hiring market is already pricing in the shortage of leaders that decision creates.
Leadership
Younger CFO hires in 2026 turn the seat into a CEO audition
The average age of a newly hired CFO dropped nearly four years in 2026, the youngest cohort since 2016, and the gap with incoming CEOs has almost disappeared.
Leadership
CFO COO hybrid role: what to negotiate before you say yes
Boards are bolting operations onto the finance seat at speed. The title is the clearest path to CEO on record, but without carve-outs and a named deputy it is a blame magnet.
Leadership
First-time CFO 2026: the 100 days after a retirement handoff
A retirement-driven exit wave is putting rookies in the finance chair just as boards start demanding AI accountability, and the overlap window with the outgoing CFO is where most companies lose the plot.
Leadership
Record CFO churn, no bench: the succession gap boards are papering
Global CFO appointments hit a seven-year high in 2025 while internal pipelines thinned, leaving boards to bridge the gap with interim seats, longer handovers and external searches.
