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721: Every Transformation Begins with Listening | Melissa Ballenger, CFO, Mosaic

"It's all about integrity—always." –Melissa Ballenger, CFO, Mosaic When Melissa Ballenger stepped into a deputy CFO role for TD Bank’s U.S. subsidiary back in 2011, she did so knowing that she had been recruited to be a change agent. Having recently generated business headlines from acquiring two sizable banks in the U.S., TD Bank had…
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720: Build a Function That Drives | Beth Clymer, CFO, Jobcase, Inc.

"Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you and work hard to help them to grow and shine." – Beth Clymer, CFO, Jobcase, Inc. It was one of the last pieces of advice that CFO Beth Clymer left us with—an item that we snagged with one of our favorite questions: What advice do you…
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719: Achieving New Finance IT Synergies | Madhu Ranganathan, CFO, OpenText

“The aspiration to become a CFO was always there,” says Madhu Ranganathan, executive vice president and chief financial officer of OpenText, a leader in information management based in Waterloo, Ontario. “I just didn't know what the journey would look like." Along the way, Ranganathan says, she learned that while technical acumen remains critical to a successful career, collaboration…
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718: An Appetite for Impact | Sean Mulloy, CFO, Level Ex, Inc.

"Whenever you face setbacks and failures, view these as what they are—an opportunity to learn and grow. While talent and skill are certainly important, the most important skill is resiliency." –CFO Sean Mulloy When asked when he knew that he wanted to become a chief financial officer, Sean Mulloy tells us that he knew from…
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Ep 1: A Cut Above FP&A | Planning Aces

This Episode Features FP&A Insights & Commentary from: Chad Gold, CFO, SalesLoft Maria Manrique, CFO, O’Reilly Media Harmit Singh, CFO, Levi Strauss & Co. Andrew Kenny, CFO, Scoular Unedited Transcript This podcast has been made possible by Prophix software inside the financial planning and analysis realm. Long days often turn into long weeks for finance […]

717: Minding Your Workflows | Nathan Winters, CFO, Zebra Technologies

Looking back, Nathan Winters says that his appointment as CFO of GE Healthcare’s global supply chain was in every way a milestone in his career—a high-calorie leadership stint that would ultimately propel him into the CFO office at Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a publicly traded provider of digital workflow and tracking solutions. Says Winters: “It…
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