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While a flexible work schedule continues to be the norm, companies across the board have been requiring more days in the office with each passing month.

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

A new survey by the nonprofit Controllers Council aims to quantify talent concerns in corporate F&A.

Finance professionals expect to scale agentic AI within the next three years, but few employees in a new global survey are open to being managed by AI agents.

Security incidents involving shadow AI accounted for 20% of data breaches globally and were more expensive for companies to resolve.

Employers enforcing return-to-office mandates could lose talent and are less likely to retain top performers.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is sparking questions from employees and payroll departments about how to handle the various tax breaks, including on overtime pay.

Unlike robotic process automation, intelligent process automation has advanced AI that can assist with judgments previously only CPAs could handle.

It’s still an employers’ job market for now, but more employees may be getting restless in their roles, data suggests.

Employees with shorter workweeks are more likely to experience positive health changes and better work fulfilment, and those improvements can provide workforces with job resources to accelerate professional and personal growth.

Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said Monday that it plans to postpone the effective date of a rule bringing certain investment advisers within the standards of its anti-money-laundering and countering-the-financing-of-terrorism (AML/CFT) programs as it revisits the rule.

Productivity is lacking in the workplace, according to a Microsoft survey, with technology posing both as the problem and the solution.

Just about eight in 10 of respondents in a recent survey by enterprise tech firm Zuora said their finance teams are “swamped” with manual tasks.

Organizations with specific, crafted plans for AI adoption are already seeing tangible ROI, according to a large survey of professionals.

The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025 acknowledges the 4.9% global unemployment rate — the lowest since 1991. Behind this figure, though, is a decrease in the rate for middle-income countries but an increase for low-income countries. In addition, the fall in women’s unemployment to 5.2% lags behind the fall to 4.8% for men from the 2020 peak of 6.6% for both men and women.

The House passed the Senate’s version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature. The bill extends many of the expiring provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), P.L. 115-97. It also addresses other tax priorities of the Trump administration, including providing deductions to eliminate income taxes on certain tips and overtime pay.

Completing the monthly or quarterly close activities can be lengthy and cumbersome. Many steps are repetitive and manual, which leads to inefficiencies making it difficult to close the books in a timely manner. The good news is there have been significant technology advancements enabling organizations to shorten the financial close cycle while enhancing accuracy and efficiency. Various technological solutions can streamline financial close operations while maintaining financial information integrity. There are specific actions you can take to move forward in terms of people, process, and technology to create efficiencies, reduce cost, and improve employee morale all while maintaining proper controls.

Business concerns around cybersecurity and data privacy risks have increased over the past year, and many leaders feel unprepared to weather the storm.

CFOs at middle-market companies can expect a base salary of at least $350,000 a year, according to new research by executive search firm JM Search.

As companies strive to stay nimble and deliver on critical business initiatives, new research from talent solutions and business consulting firm Robert Half shows that hiring is becoming increasingly time-consuming—and costly. In a survey of more than 2,200 U.S. hiring managers, nearly all (93%) said the hiring process takes longer now than it did just two years ago.