Lauren Muskett

The most strategic CFOs aren’t waiting for the rules to fully phase in and are already making moves within the 2026 budget cycle. 

PepsiCo taps a Walmart exec as its new finance chief, Elon Musk’s xAI hires a former Morgan Stanley banker and FedEx Freight names a CFO ahead of its spinoff.

Prophecy Asset Management and CEO Jeffrey Spotts are alleged to have concocted fake documents and “sham transactions” to conceal massive fund losses.

Stellantis names a new finance chief, a former Disney exec joins Genius Sports as CFO and The Metropolitan Museum of Art promotes from within to fill the top finance spot. 

From navigating global finance teams to monitoring international cannabis markets, King kicks off each day with a blend of leadership huddles and coffee rituals.

Opendoor names an interim CFO, OpenAI hires former xAI CFO as business finance officer and Unilever promotes an insider to finance chief. 

PwC’s campus hiring cuts show how technology is reshaping accounting and raises new questions about the profession’s future.

Former Dollar General exec returns as CFO, J.B. Hunt names a new finance chief and three top executives leave Kendra Scott.

In a survey of private equity senior leaders, 98% have told CFOs at portfolio companies to “prioritize the use of AI in the finance function.”

Robin Washington, Salesforce’s finance chief, believes she’s part of the “last set of managers to just manage humans.”