March 22 - How university CFOs survived 2020 | Look 2 years ahead, CFO says

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Daily Dive March​ 22,​ 2021 | Today's news and insights for finance leaders   BROUGHT TO YOU BY — Paystand Payments-as-a-Service for the Modern CFO Our 2021 Guide to Automating Accounts Receivable is packed with strategies for eliminating fees and manual processes. Save 50% on AR costs. Read now.   Note from the editor COVID-19 has put higher education CFOs to the test. Many of the decision-making options for-profit CFOs have at their disposal simply aren't available to finance leaders at colleges and universities. Financial decision-making can be a hot potato of responsibility, changing hands based on secondary factors that are non-issues in the private sector. Over the past several weeks, we've dug deep into the intricacies of finance leadership in higher ed. What keeps these CFOs up at night? How much of the endowment can they spend in times of emergency, like the pandemic? How many people must sign off before CFOs can make spending or cost-cutting decisions? How much harder is leading the finance function at a college than at a for-profit company? Today's Deep Dive includes insights from the finance chiefs at the University of Alabama—Tuscaloosa, Denison University in Ohio and Washington University in St. Louis. They answer our questions, correct our assumptions and challenge our understanding of how colleges have kept the wheels turning in a time of historically unprecedented disruption. We hope you find our coverage useful and insightful. As always, thank you for reading. Were you referred to this newsletter? You can sign up here: https://www.cfodive.com/signup/insiders/?signup_referred_by=5f93078d7aa51972095c9316 Jane Thier Associate Editor, CFO Dive Twitter | Email Deep Dive How university CFOs survived the 2020 pandemic The pandemic has shown the limitations of endowments as a resource, the risks of too many people in charge, and the intricacies of decision-making as a higher ed CFO. You're behind if you're not thinking two years out, CFO says As a first-time CFO at AI company Uniphore, Stephane Berthier leans on 20 years' experience helping companies go public and execute on M&A. SEC charges co-founders of Biotech company with $60M fraud Company executives concealed improper practices by directing employees to provide insurers with backdated and misleading medical records.  Sponsored Content by VersaPay Is your business prepared for what comes after COVID-19? Finance leaders share advice for effective post-pandemic planning in our virtual event. Register today. GE's first female CFO to become Cargill's first female CFO Jamie Miller will begin work at the nation's largest agricultural corporation at the beginning of its fiscal year, on June 1. CFO's rise reinforces networking role While planning and accounting skills are irreplaceable, the ability to build a network is often what gets professionals into the top finance seat. 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