Ford Motor Co. said it would buy back up to $5 billion in high-priced debt, a move that comes as finance chief John Lawler works to overhaul the car maker’s balance sheet and improve its credit rating.

TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. said Chief Financial Officer Shou Zi Chew will step down from that role to focus on his position as chief executive of the popular video-sharing platform, a move that comes as ByteDance is reorganizing its business.

The Biden administration is floating a 1% excise tax on corporate stock buybacks.

For Square, bitcoin is the leading contender to be the internet’s native currency and the company is positioning its business accordingly, CFO Amrita Ahuja told me for The Wall Street Journal.

Tesla Inc. has won over equity investors, but it still has work to do to convince ratings firms.

Finance chiefs are boosting salaries and recruitment spending, offering more in the way of perks and expanding their equity plans as they joust to attract—and retain—workers.

General Motors Co.’s finance chief is working to build out the company’s forecasting and planning capabilities to help the car maker achieve its long-term goals and better explain its business transformation to investors.

Lordstown Motors Corp. has hired a new finance chief, a move that comes as the electric-truck startup works to evaluate new financing options and bring its first pickup to market.

A year into her role as finance chief of Stripe Inc., Dhivya Suryadevara is working to build out the payment processor’s finance team, strengthen its reporting capabilities and invest in its business, leaning on some of the insights she gained during her years at General Motors Co.

Covestro AG’s finance chief is working to boost the specialty chemicals maker’s margins, review its performance metrics and offset higher raw material and energy costs.