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The FENG is where senior finance leaders share their expertise in real time. Through The Financial Executives Journal, The Financial Executives Edge Podcast, and The FENG's YouTube library, our ideas crystallize into lasting insight move. Tune in for a continuous stream of practical, peer-driven thought leadership for today’s financial executive.

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Spotlight: The Risk Awakening

Risk management extends far beyond compliance—it’s a critical, organization-wide discipline. Explore practical approaches, methodologies, and emerging trends to help leaders anticipate challenges, mitigate risks, and drive long-term success.
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Vital Signs – Healthcare Trends, Challenges and Innovations

From rising costs and drug pricing to employee benefits and AI/biotech breakthroughs, we unpack the forces shaping the care we depend on.

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The Interview Mindset: Master Your Career!

Stay top of mind with your network, conduct informational interviews, nail the executive job interview, or land a new board role with a reputable company.

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Career Management Editorials

Impacting the lives of others

Over the course of our own lives, we are often unaware of things we have said and done that have positively affected the lives of those we know. A moment of caring. A word of advice. Sometimes just listening when that is needed. For the person on the receiving end, it just may be something that they will replay in their minds for the rest of their lives.
Feb 17, 2026

Facilitating communication

I don’t know how many of you go for humorous movies. There aren’t too many good ones, but when there is a good one, the part I enjoy the most is “the running gag.” In the movie Airplane, for example, Lloyd Bridges playing the part of McCroskey starts by saying: “Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue!” He then continues variations on this theme throughout the movie. Here at world headquarters the running gag is “This calls for Matt’s secret decoder ring!” You see a lot of folks are apparently unaware of the importance of providing their name anywhere in the messages they send. In addition, there just is no substitute for providing your phone number, if you want someone to call you, or your email address if you want someone to write. Mysterious email writers are only a small part of the problem. If you have sent what might be considered “a call to action” make it easy for me to get to you. I know you believe that your name is at the top of your message, but it isn’t always. Have you actually seen messages you send? You ought to have someone scan one back to you. Frequently members haven’t set up their own mailboxes and their spouse’s name is at the top. This really doesn’t look professional if you are sending your resume in for an important job. What’s worse is that in addition, a very high percentage of the notes I get aren’t even signed, or if they are signed, they are signed John or Joe. This may surprise you, but I know a lot of Johns and Joes. It is possible your friends do too? I am not going to paste in my “outgoing signature” tonight. I have done it in the past. Just know that setting up an outgoing signature in any email system is very easy, and you CAN do it. It will make your correspondence look more professional. Just as business casual at work can make it hard to tell who is the boss, so too, unprofessional correspondence can diminish a very impressive attached resume. Facilitating communication has implications for name badges as well. I know many of our members feel that it isn’t “cool” to have a typed badge. I guess if you do have one that means you are serious about looking for a job. Well, if you are, you might want to have one that looks like you are serious. The same goes for “tents,” those place cards we use at meetings. Neatly presented “labels” facilitate communication because they make it easier for me to remember and say your name. If you prefer to be called Bill, don’t use William on your name badge or tent. If you want to facilitate communication with other human beings, make it easy for them to call you by your right name. It is a little off putting to be “corrected” at the beginning of a conversation. “Oh, call me Bill” may seem warm, but getting others to call you Bill from the start is a lot better. If you have an ambiguous first name, make sure it is clear somewhere in your message that it is Mr. or Ms. Don’t force others to guess. Like the Saturday night skit about “Pat,” it can cause embarrassment on the part of others to be put in the position of being surprised or caught being wrong. The key to facilitating communication is making it easy to reach you. I am always surprised when folks don’t put their cell phone on their resume. I guess if an important job came up and a recruiter called them, they wouldn’t take the call if they didn't recognize the phone number. Well, don’t let these things happen to you. Who knows, Santa Claus may be trying to reach you right now, if only he could figure out how. Santa Claus is someone who might offer you the “perfect job.” (Tell him I’ll call him back! I’m too busy right now. And, I have an unlisted phone number!) Regards, Matt
Feb 15, 2026

The clock is always ticking

As accounting professionals we always remember to ask: “What is the deadline?”
Feb 12, 2026

Member Testimonials

After being unexpectedly let go from a senior financial leadership role at age 40, Steve found himself navigating a job search he had never prepared for. Without a roadmap, he struggled — until he joined The FENG. Through peer-level support, disciplined networking, and proven career strategies, Steve rebuilt his confidence and approach. Within six months, he landed the best role of his career. Today, he continues to support The FENG so other financial executives can find clarity, connection, and their next great opportunity.

Steve Cary, Inside Out Partners

Marty joined The FENG in 2015 after a prolonged period of financial instability and layoffs at his company finally resulted in his own job loss. Introduced to the organization by a co-worker, he used FENG’s guidance to navigate periods of transition, taking on temporary assignments he may have otherwise overlooked. Through the newsletters and practical job-search discipline he learned, Marty stayed engaged even after landing a role that lasted seven years.
Years later, when his next employer began facing financial trouble, Marty began preparing early — using FENG’s resume approach. That preparation paid off: a recruiter found him, driven by the depth of his full career history, not just recent roles. He secured a new leadership position and started within weeks. Marty credits The FENG for helping him stay ready, visible, and strategically positioned throughout his career.

Marty Kierzek, Director of Finance, Axelent, Inc.

After spending more than two decades building a stable executive career with a global energy company, Steve’s role was eliminated following a major corporate merger at age 46. Suddenly in transition, he joined The FENG and fully committed to the process — attending chapter meetings, refining his resume, and applying disciplined networking strategies from the nightly newsletters.
After nearly a year of searching, Steve discovered a role through a FENG newsletter listing that was not posted anywhere else. He secured the position and went on to spend 16 years with the company, achieving greater professional and financial success than he thought possible. Even in retirement, Steve continues to support The FENG, crediting the organization with changing the trajectory of his career.

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The Power of Networking. The Power of Friendships.

Born from one executive’s simple idea, The Financial Executives Networking Group began in 1991 as a small circle of twelve finance leaders who believed in one uncommon principle: generosity first. In the early years, Matt Bud joined the group and soon took on a leadership role, helping nurture the philosophy that would guide its growth into a worldwide community of more than 25,000 senior-level professionals — all still connected by the same spirit that launched it.
At The FENG, our mission is simple and human: to support one another through every chapter of a financial career — working, searching, transitioning, consulting, and even into retirement. We are a community built on lifelong networking, knowledge-sharing, and the understanding that no executive should navigate their career alone.
And at the heart of it all is reciprocity. We have a shared expectation that every member gives as much as they receive. This ethos has guided our community from day one and continues to shape who we are today: a network of leaders lifting one another up, one connection at a time.

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