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Finance Gets a Heavy Workout

CFOs worry that burnout could hurt morale as accounting and finance professionals take on more and more responsibilities.

By Staff Writer | Updated on June 30, 2008

Finance and accounting professionals are stressing out over their mounting responsibilities, according to a survey of 1,400 finance chiefs by staffing firm Accountemps. Not surprisingly, this trend is stressing out CFOs.

“There is an overwhelming feeling by CFOs that their duties are now far greater than they have been during traditional accounting cycles and traditional projects than at any time in the recent past,” says Susan Afan, senior regional manager for Robert Half International, Accountemps’ parent company. “And they worry that as the increased work trickles down the corporate ladder, team members are becoming overburdened with responsibilities.”

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