A Finance Strategic Moment
Seeing poor collaboration with shared‑service finance teams, Steinberg realized relational capital drives strategic finance. He set up an office at the remote site, spent two days weekly with tax, accounting and compliance leads, listening and co‑solving issues. The strengthened partnerships lifted quality and helped to ready IONOS for a smooth IPO.
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Now Watch the Complere Episode Featuring CFO Matthias Steinberg
MindBridge CFO Matthias Steinberg describes how the company’s AI-driven decision‑intelligence platform automates journal‑entry testing for auditors like KPMG and continuously monitors enterprise financial flows to flag payroll errors, vendor overcharges, and revenue leakage. He explains that every AI initiative must answer two questions—usable use cases and provable ROI—so his team built a Use‑Case Navigator to quantify savings before deployment and track verified impact afterward. Steinberg recounts raising new capital from PSG Equity to recapitalize the Ottawa‑born firm and further professionalize operations. Throughout the discussion, he emphasizes disciplined experimentation, metrics‑based decision‑making, and deep collaboration with customers to translate anomalies into advantage daily.
| CFO’s Strategy Playbook |
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| • Quantify ROI before greenlighting AI spend |
| • Turn anomalies into actionable business insights |
| • Forge investor partnerships to fuel innovation |