Corporate Finance
TouchTunes CFO Andrew "Rusty" Russakoff接受CFO.com专访，分享其从工程背景到财务高管的职业路径，以及为何在数字时代仍对实体娱乐设备持乐观态度。
Jeffrey Scott Keehn, former CFO of the Dallas Child and Family Guidance Center, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to five years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to repay $2.1 million after admitting to stealing over $2.1 million from the organization. Keehn committed fraud between September 2016 and January 2023 by forging signatures and splitting check amounts, using QuickBooks to conceal his actions. The government has seized approximately $800,000 of his assets.
For most financial leaders, AI's early promise—doing more with less—has largely been fulfilled. But entering 2026, the conversation has shifted to how to accurately measure AI's return on investment (ROI) and what to do once efficiency gains arrive. AvidXchange's 2026 Finance Trends Survey shows that 42% of financial leaders cite 'faster work or handling more volume in the same time' as the top return, 39% mention improved accuracy and fewer errors, and 35% attribute it to better decision-making. More importantly, 44% of companies reinvest AI gains into new technology or automation, while another 44% use them to strengthen data security and compliance. The survey also finds that 79% of respondents are confident in achieving maximum AI ROI. The article proposes three key actions for measuring and amplifying ROI: defining AI goals, setting metrics before deployment, and investing in employee adoption. Efficiency is just the starting point; strategic value is the end goal.
Hackett Group's latest working capital survey shows that in 2025, the total revenue of the largest 1,000 non-financial U.S. public companies grew by 6%, but the working capital opportunity reached a record $1.94 trillion, with the cash conversion cycle shortened to 38.4 days.
Audi CFO Jürgen Rittersberger said on Monday that after second-quarter revenue fell 12.5% to 15 billion euros and operating margin dropped to 3.6%, below the 5%-7% target, the luxury carmaker must undertake broad reforms in cooperation with parent company Volkswagen Group. Audi also lowered its full-year outlook due to weak sales in China and the United States.