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The longer the accounting shortage continues the worse things will get with the University of Maryland’s Dr. Rebecca Hann

February 7th, 2024  |  23 mins 28 secs

accounting, career, finance

Dr. Rebecca Hann discusses her research on how internal control issues will worsen as the accounting pipeline crisis continues.

Auditing your holiday meal and accounting for a global food crisis with Dr. Lisa Jack

November 21st, 2023  |  50 mins 38 secs

accounting, finance, food crisis, research, supply chain

In this episode we speak with Dr. Lisa Jack about the effects of accounting and performance measurement practices on the industry, and on society more widely.

What California’s new sustainability disclosure laws mean for coming SEC rules with Persefoni’s Kristina Wyatt

November 17th, 2023  |  22 mins 43 secs

accounting, carbon, esg, sustainability

Persefoni's Kristina Wyatt discusses how California's new carbon disclosure laws could reshape coming federal rules.

Leveraging automation in the close and taking the mystery out of tech in accounting with FinOptimal’s Jesse Rubenfeld and Tom Zehentner

November 8th, 2023  |  32 mins 31 secs

accounting, finance, technology

How tech automation is remaking accounting with FinOptimal's Jesse Rubenfeld and Tom Zehentner

Why finance and procurement need to collaborate for success with Fine Tune’s Matthew Smith

October 18th, 2023  |  41 mins 37 secs

cfo, finance, procurement

With the economy heading into uncertain times and profits getting squeezed, how companies approach expense management will become a top priority.

Looking past the paycheck

October 11th, 2023  |  37 mins 51 secs

Tamara Sword makes case for prioritizing company culture over pay.

AI, SOX and getting control of internal controls with Protiviti's Andrew Struthers-Kennedy

October 2nd, 2023  |  31 mins 6 secs

While Sarbanes Oxley is over two decades old, the development of new technologies and the constantly evolving regulatory landscape means that compliance remains a moving target.

Will hot strike summer heat up the human capital debate? with Harvard’s Ethan Rouen

September 20th, 2023  |  28 mins 24 secs

accounting, cfo, finance, labor, strikes, sustainability

In this episode of the podcast we speak with Ethan Rouen, an researcher on the intersection of financial reporting, accounting and income equality.

Tractor Supply’s Kris Bybee on middle-American finance, the explosion in rural lifestyle brands and the happiness of “Chick Days”

September 6th, 2023  |  40 mins 10 secs

accounting, cfo, finance

We kick off our series on how rural and middle-American financial executives are thriving in the new economy with a discussion with Tractor Supply's Kris Bybee.

We are making some changes

August 18th, 2023  |  51 secs

The Financial Executive Podcast is now the FEI Weekly Podcast

What a new finance workforce lacks, leaders need to teach

July 26th, 2023  |  32 mins 22 secs

career, finance, human resources, management, recruiting

In this sponsored episode of the podcast week speak with Jill Silman Chapman, Director of Early Talent Programs at Insperity, about how to recruit and retain the next generation of talent.

Accounting fraud and how to model it with Dr. Daniel Beneish

June 28th, 2023  |  34 mins 54 secs

In this episode of the podcast we speak with the model’s namesake – Dr. Daniel Beneish of Indiana University– about the accuracy and limitations of the M-score and what it’s saying about earnings manipulation heading into the next 12 months.

Commercial real estate: warning signs and opportunities with EisnerAmper’s Lisa Knee

June 14th, 2023  |  20 mins 13 secs

banks, cfo, commercial real estate, cre

The headlines around the commercial real estate market are dire, either because of the work from home shift or a drying up of capital as regional banks struggle. For financial executives that either work in the real estate industry or are just trying to figure out their organization's footprint for the next fiscal year, the outlook is confusing.

Bedrock AI’s Kris Bennatti on adapting language models to filings, disclosure “inflation” and replacing critical audit matters with 💩

May 31st, 2023  |  29 mins 58 secs

artificial intelligence, cfo, disclosure, investing

Bedrock AI’s CEO Kris Bennatti on how AI can navigate a world of "over disclosure" along with ideas regarding how the current financial reporting industry will need to adapt.

Governments vs. The League Of Extraordinary Accounting Measures

May 10th, 2023  |  39 mins 31 secs

accounting, debt default, finance, governments

As the US slips closer – again – to the threat of default, one of the ways policymakers talk about delaying the crisis is the use of “extraordinary accounting measures.”
We quickly jump into why extraordinary accounting measures is not really "a thing", how the federal and looming economic crisis will affect state and local government and we also get into the weeds of how governments on adopting XBRL for financial reporting.

Revisiting The Fair Value Debate

March 29th, 2023  |  30 mins 53 secs

accounting, banks, finance

MIT's Robert Pozen discusses how the debate around fair value in banking should be focused on disclosure.