Steve and Jack discuss how the FP&A realm is becoming a world where data expertise and insights are as widely sought after as traditional budgeting and forecasting skills. Meanwhile, Steve urges finance professionals to take an enlightened view of robotic process automation (RPA). Rather than replace the work of humans, the adoption of RPA offers […]
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CFO Guest: Pat Dillion Episode: #826 Along the CFO Continuum
827: The Leap Beyond Tax | Debbie Schleicher, CFO, EasyKnock
When Debbie Schleicher tells us that a football game between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Clemson Tigers became her door-opener to the CFO office, we can’t help but want to listen. Back in 2014, she and her family were invited by a former client and serial CEO to one of the rivalry's most anticipated…
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Keep it Simple: “That One Metric” | Pat Dillon, CFO, Freight Flock
CFO Guest: Pat Dillon of Flock Freight Episode: #826: Along the CFO Continuum | Pat Dillon, CFO, Flock
826: Along the CFO Continuum | Pat Dillon, CFO, Flock Freight
When Flock Freight CFO Pat Dillon thinks back to his investment banking days at Morgan Stanley and considers the variety of CFOs from whom he once sat across, the banking veteran is struck by how at times the CFOs seem to have had little in common with one another. “What I saw was that their…
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825: With the Intent to Help Others | Bona Allen, CFO, KBD Group
Bona Allen was never a country doctor—but he recollects feeling like one at one point in his finance career. Or, rather, being paid like one. By the early 2000s, Allen had served in multiple CFO/controller roles, a series of consecutive appointments that from time to time had led different Georgia business owners to seek…
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