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Sarbanes-Oxley. 404. IFRS. AS5. Proxy compensation disclosure. PCAOB. You might not have liked your job much recently, but if there was one silver lining to the years of post-Enron reforms and regulatory pressure, it was the near-guarantee of employment for anyone with accounting or finance skills. But is that one solace now also in jeopardy? Turmoil in overseas markets on Martin Luther King Day had the Fed on a hair trigger to drop rates 75 basis points almost as soon as U.S. markets reopened Tuesday. With a recession increasingly likely, CFOs will be looking for cost cuts � and possibly leading by example. Hackett Finance Practice Leader Bryan Hall is featured in this article on the potential impact of a recession on each finance function: tax, internal audit, treasurer, and controller, as well as the prospects for finance employees in general, and, yes, for the CFO. Click Here to Link to Full Text of Article or visit the following URL: http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/10558689?f=search About The Hackett Group The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: ANSR), a global strategic advisory firm, is a leader in best practice advisory, benchmarking, and transformation consulting services, including shared services, offshoring and outsourcing advice. Utilizing best practices and implementation insights from more than 4,000 benchmarking engagements, executives use Hackett's empirically based approach to quickly define and prioritize initiatives to enable world-class performance. Through its REL brand, Hackett offers working capital solutions focused on delivering significant cash flow improvements. Through its Hackett Technology Solutions group, Hackett offers business application consulting services that helps maximize returns on IT investments. Hackett has worked with 2,700 major corporations and government agencies, including 97% of the Dow Jones Industrials, 73% of the Fortune 100, 73% of the DAX 30 and 45% of the FTSE 100. Founded in 1991, The Hackett Group was acquired by Answerthink, which was renamed The Hackett Group in 2008. The Hackett Group has global offices in the United States, Europe and India. More information on The Hackett Group is available: by phone at (770) 225-7300; by e-mail at info@thehackettgroup.com; or on the Web at www.thehackettgroup.com.