(Sharecast News) - Sage Group said chief financial officer Jonathan Howell would step down at the end of the year to focus on non-executive work and be replaced by Jacqui Cartin, currently financial controller at EVP Group.

Howell has been with the accounting software company for 12 years, with five of those as a non-executive director, and then seven years as CFO.

Reporting by Frank Prenesti for Sharecast.com