Thyssenkrupp Q1 Net Loss Driven by Steel Restructuring
Thyssenkrupp posted a first-quarter net loss as Steel Europe restructuring costs and weak demand hit results. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/04/thyssenkrupp-steel-restructuring.html
CFOs Must Cut Costs While Funding New Tech
CFOs facing the big squeeze: Cut costs, ramp investment, says @Deloitte https://t.co/FXI8mK7j2H It's not easy being a chief financial officer and they're being squeezed again as they need to cut costs yet continue to invest in new technologies such as…...
Gain Full Visibility Into AI Spend with Ramp
Anthropic made its first dollar three years ago. last month it crossed $30B in revenue. that money is coming from somewhere, and your CFO probably can't tell you where. the problem isn't the spending. the companies on Ramp investing the most...
AI Accelerates FP&A Only With Strong Data Governance
AI speeds up decisions — and weak data foundations too. David Vega, Strategic Finance Leader, argues FP&A needs platform strategy and governed data products before scale turns inconsistency into noise. 🔗 https://t.co/hyI6I1HKk5 #fpatrends #aiinfpa https://t.co/a6UUjUWN0M
Cloud Exit Slashes Hosting Costs by $3M Annually
In 2023, we spent $3,934,099 on AWS + other hosting. In 2026, our hosting + support bill is down to ~$1m/year due to the cloud exit. Even including all the hardware buying, we will already have saved ~$4m by the...
Weekly Cash Flow Visibility Uncovers Hidden Spending
One of my clients just had the biggest aha moment during our cash flow review. We track her spending weekly and she was like "Whoa... that's way more than I thought." That's the moment I live for. She wasn't doing anything wrong. She...
Hawkeye360 IPO Preps with $117M Revenue, Massive Backlog
Satellite signals-intel provider @hawkeye360, preparing IPO on @NYSE, reports $117.7M in 2025 rev, $24.8M EBITDA and sharply lower operating loss. Revenue was 61% US government, 16% Japan, 23% rest of world. Backlog, at $302.7M, up 6.8x from 2024.https://t.co/E8IPZWf3pK https://t.co/QgmLlopOAW
Calfrac CFO Hire Spurs 47% Rally, Buy Pullback
Macro: oilfield services momentum 📈 Key: Calfrac names Scarlett Crockatt as CFO; strong capital-markets pedigree; shares +47% near 52‑wk high. Risk: one‑time transition charges. Trading insight: consider buy on pullback. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA. More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
Free Real‑World FP&A Dashboard Pack for Startups
It took me 100+ client engagements to perfect the FP&A system I use today 10 dashboards and forecasting modules. Every one built from real startup work. Worth $249. Yours for free. This Friday I'm walking through all 10 and handing them to you...
CFO Sells 75% Stake
When the 10b5-1 dumps 75% of the CFO’s stake in a single transaction… $HIMS https://t.co/PzJ8IuSh8u
Lehane Pushes
This was part of the response when I asked Chris Lehane about The Information's reporting on Sarah Friar's concerns around spending, IPO timeline and exclusion from finance meetings:
CFOs Must Become Bridge Officers Amid Geo‑War
The world is in a Geo War. India is not a bystander. Energy costs are surging. The rupee is under pressure. Foreign capital is moving out. Budgets built three months ago are already wrong. In this environment, the CFO cannot stay in...
Oracle Appoints Former Schneider Electric CFO Hilary Maxson
NEWS: Oracle has named Hilary Maxson as CFO, effective April 6. Maxson previously served as Group CFO at Schneider Electric and spent 12 years at AES Corporation
Tiny 1.5% Error vs $600 B AI Budget
Here I am concerned about a 1.5% miss in expenses while the OpenAI CFO is thinking $600B spend over a few years is a tad too much…
CFO Dissent Hints Looming Trouble for OpenAI
when OpenAI’s CFO starts whispering that she doesn’t buy the CEO’s plan, the shit may be about to hit the fan.
OpenAI’s $200B Losses Need Amazon‑style Discipline
I have been thinking about the news that Sam Altman wants to take OpenAI public by the end of 2026, while the company is still projected to lose more than $200 billion before it turns a profit. A lot of people...
AI Compute Becomes Collateral, Turning Expense Into Asset
CoreWeave just borrowed $8.5B using AI chips as collateral. Larger than the GDP of 40 countries. AI compute is no longer an expense. It's a financial asset. Every AI infrastructure decision you make now has balance sheet implications.
CFOs Emphasize Efficiency, Reaching 2020 Highs
The year of efficiency is back Chief financial officers at large U.S. companies mentioned “efficiency” at least once on 307 conference calls in the latest quarter as of March 26, up from 219 a year earlier and the highest level...
CFOs Must Plan Their Exit Before M&A Closes
Congrats, a sale is imminent. While it ain't real until the check clears, as Mozart used to say, let's talk about what happens to you personally when the deal goes through. In 8 out of 10 acquisitions, the CFO gets...
Executive Bonuses Should Reward Revenue, Not Stock Hype
I get why companies do it, but ... me no like incenting executives on stock price / market cap as opposed to operating metrics like revenue and profit. They can miss their target and multiples expand enough the bonus stil pays....
One Budget, Three Functions: Design Over Discipline
One budget. Three jobs: set targets, reflect reality, and allocate resources. Pieter van Loosbroek asks: Is the issue really discipline—or budget design? 🔗 Read here: https://t.co/t2jvTdo9Fq #fpatrends #planning #budgeting https://t.co/NqZNGPdDAK
IGG Beats Expectations, Launches £125m Buyback Amid Volatility
#IGG results taken well by the market and increased volatility from Iran crisis adding to activity. Interesting comments about product range, cost reduction, customer acquisition etc. New share Buyback programme of £125m. Strategy Review to report in the Autumn.
Hyperscalers Bet $575B on AI, Need Explosive Revenue
For every dollar hyperscalers earn from AI today, they’re spending twelve dollars to build more capacity. That’s the bet embedded in $575 billion of capital expenditure this year. How fast does AI revenue need to grow to pay back this...
Marc Lore's Winning Streak Continues with New CFO
"Don't bet against Marc Lore" is an obvious take for good reason. Welcome Gabrielle to @wonder, bringing years of CFO experience from Worldpay, PayPal, and Williams Sonoma. 🍽️🍽️🍽️ https://t.co/mOFAMDKnBY
Finance Lessons From Disney+ Launch: Forecast, Retention, Board Clarity
The surprisingly true story of launching Disney+ (as told by their finance team) 👇 Here are 5 lessons that stuck with me. 1. Even a beloved brand doesn't make the forecast easier 2. A good launch number can hide a...
Röko: Undervalued Serial Acquirer Poised for Growth
The holding company that almost no one talks about, yet it might be one of the most efficient compounding engines. RÖKO owns 29 niche, traditional businesses, runs at 21% margins, generates 14.5% returns on capital, and keeps acquiring new companies every...
ARR Hides Five Metrics; Track Them All
Most SaaS founders know their ARR. Very few can explain where it came from. I've sat in dozens of board meetings where someone says "ARR is up 20%" and the room nods. Then a board member asks "how much of that...
Finance Leaders Stress Data Foundations Over Analytics
Most FP&A teams don’t struggle with analytics. They struggle with data. 💡Finance leaders from PepsiCo, BILL, and Workday shared how they build strong data foundations and a single source of truth to enable AI and predictive decision-making: https://t.co/FnD9BnrjT6 #fpatrends
Netflix Gains $2.8B After Dropping Warner Deal
Netflix, After Walking Away From Warner Bros. Deal, Will ‘Move Forward’ With ‘$2.8 Billion in Our Pocket That We Didn’t Have a Few Weeks Ago,’ CFO Says https://t.co/ztTl2wiPxD via @variety
Netflix CFO Confident Regulatory Approval for Warner Acquisition
"We had high confidence" of getting through regulatory, says Netflix CFO Spencer Neumann on pursuit of Warner's studios and streaming operations.
Netflix CFO Says Company Remains Small, Poised for Organic Growth
Netflix CFO Spencer Neumann says at Morgan Stanley conference that the streaming company "is small" with a runway for organic growth.
Berkshire Will Buy Back Shares Below Intrinsic Value
Greg Abel: "Share repurchases are another important capital allocation option. We will buy back Berkshire shares when they trade below our estimate of intrinsic value, conservatively determined, ensuring that repurchases enhance per-share value for continuing owners."
Financial Visibility: Why Small SaaS Firms Struggle to Track Revenue
Many small SaaS companies can’t clearly answer: “How much money are we actually making?” In Ep. 234 of The SaaS CFO Podcast, Helen Hastings shares why financial visibility shouldn’t be this hard. Watch 👇 https://t.co/BnQYh8fzzR #SaaS #AI #Quanta https://t.co/ftZ3u32GPX
Efficiency Revolution: Companies Will Trim Workforce by Half
Could you operate your company with half the people? Jack Dorsey’s announcement yesterday, reducing Block’s headcount from 10,000 to 6,000, should provoke this question in every management team. The stock surged 24%. Dorsey’s memo framed it as inevitable : Within...
Claude for Excel Cuts Model Building Time to Zero
Here’s the most impressive thing about Claude for Excel: It’s intuition on how to structure a model and build input levers at exactly right level, and outputs in the right format is very impressive. Better than a typical analyst. That means not only...
CIOs Must Deliver Defensible, Audit-Ready Budget Forecasts
#CIOChat Q3: Yet CIOs still owe CFOs defensible numbers and audit-ready plans. How are you reconciling professional budget requirements with uncertainty. Are you using rolling forecasts, dynamic reserves, probabilistic models, or something else? https://t.co/OO17dBefNJ
CFO Guide: Guardrails for Secondary Tender Offers
How much money is too much money for employees to take out in a secondary? What are the appropriate guard rails to run a tender offer as a CFO? And is the rise of SPVs helping or hurting the reputation...
Instant Cash Insight: One Dashboard Beats Spreadsheet Chaos
"How's cash looking?" If that question makes you nervous, you need this dashboard. Every finance leader gets asked this. Most scramble for the answer. Let me show you what I mean. Four KPIs at the top. Revenue, COGS, Opex, Ending Cash. Each one...
Beyond ARR: Key Metrics for Usage‑Based SaaS
What financial metrics do usage-based companies track when ARR isn’t the North Star? From revenue growth to NRR, AI adoption signals & RPO — here’s what truly matters 📊 Watch the full breakdown ➡️ https://t.co/g5IoWwadNz #SaaS #UsageBasedRevenue #SaaSMetrics https://t.co/hz15OquSg6
Embed FP&A Early to Drive Decision Enablement
FP&A creates real impact when embedded early — not after decisions are already taking shape. Jagan Kallaganti (Questas Group) discusses FP&A’s shift from stewardship to decision enablement and why many teams remain credible, but not truly influential: https://t.co/jaR4Oo66Wk https://t.co/4eeRpVrUe1
Build Resilient Models: Separate Data, Use Named Ranges
I used to lose an entire day just updating last month's numbers. Not because the model was complicated. Because I hadn't built it to survive the roll forward. Most models break the same way every month. A new account shows up that...
FP&A Software
Once you use an FP&A solution, you never want to go back. Spreadsheets always have their place, but FP&A software dramatically increases FP&A productivity. Here are the highlights from my latest tech stack report. - 37 forecasting and budgeting solutions...
Customer Concentration and Founder Dependency Hide SaaS Risks
Customer concentration + founder dependency = hidden SaaS risk. In Ep. 233 of The SaaS CFO Podcast, Luca Cartechini breaks down what acquirers really look for beyond growth and EBITDA. 🎧 Watch here: https://t.co/CvZiAzWspt #SaaS #AI https://t.co/NnzH4dkR4I
Separate Revenue Streams for Accurate SaaS MRR
Is your MRR a mystery? Many companies I help struggle with revenue accuracy. Are one-time services muddying your recurring revenue? Co-mingled revenue streams aren't just confusing; they're a "big SaaS sin" impacting valuation and strategic planning and metrics. Clean up...
Spend at Your Marginal Frontier, Not Just More
Your CFO wants more efficiency. Your CMO wants more volume. They're both right. And both wrong. The real question isn't "what should our target be?" It's "where are we at on our marginal frontier?" Spending power = the amount you can increase spend before...
Boards Urge CFOs to Embrace Stablecoins for Crypto Adoption
Great to be back on with @MariaBartiromo discussing Ripple’s banner year and accelerating momentum as we start 2026. Already, we are actively seeing Boards and CEOs pushing their CFOs and treasurers to understand how they can leverage and benefit from...
Seek 5% Annual Edge, Keep Cash Out
Francois Rochon on being fully invested "If we continue to find companies that we believe can do five percentage points better than that on an annualized basis over many years, why would we hold cash?"
AI May Reverse Dilution From Slowing Revenue Growth
Your slowing revenue growth has created a stock-based comp (dilution) problem AI is destroying software multiples, but it may also be the only thing that can solve our dilution problem. https://t.co/8EiZueMtNK
Master These 5 SaaS Metrics for Sustainable Growth
Every SaaS leader should master these 5 metrics. Bookings, retention, margins, OPEX, and efficiency — the core numbers behind durable growth and valuation. 🎥 https://t.co/ViVeSCTLXx #SaaS #SaaSMetrics https://t.co/bvoRB24XES
Stand Out in FP&A: Unique Capabilities Beat Plateau
Why do FP&A careers plateau? Not because of performance—but because, at promotion time, top finance talent starts to look alike. Nicholas Bell (Clyde & Co), on the capabilities that set him apart on his path to Head of FP&A. 🔗 https://t.co/w8xraVQKjD #fpatrends #FinanceCareers https://t.co/BYjczXwbsO