Steve & Jack talk FP&A hiring and the challenges related to connecting people spread across an organization. Featuring FP&A insights & commentary from Planning Aces: Ian Charles, CFO, Flexe, Beth Clymer, CFO, Job Case, Mark Shifke, CFO, Billtrust, Mike Rasic, CFO, Synapse. Unedited Transcript Speaker 1:Hi, it’s Jack Sweeney, and I’m here with Steve player. […]
734: The X Factor: Being Approachable | Geoff Brannon, CFO, Oversight Systems
"Your experiences over the past 20 years have prepared you well for this role. But this doesn't mean that you'll have previously encountered all of the issues that you'll face as a CFO. Relying on your network to provide their thoughts and perspectives on certain issues will serve you well and help you to make…
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733: Eyes Wide Open | Laurence Capone, CFO, Pipedrive
"Strive to grow, learn, take risks, and make a positive impact." –CFO Laurence Capone Back in the early 1990s, Laurence Capone was a Paris-based public accountant serving a distinguished list of oil and gas industry clients when she heard about an audit assignment unlike any that she had taken on before. It turned out that…
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732: A Walk on the Creative Side | Matthias Tillmann, CFO, Trivago
It was little more than 6 months after Matthias Tillmann first joined Trivago—and shortly after the travel booking company’s December 2016 IPO—when the company’s future CFO decided to step away from his senior IR role in order to head up Trivago’s creative production function. However, the jump to the creative side was not triggered by…
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Ep 10: Where Corporate Culture Trumps Exec Comp
Brett and Jack discuss the highs and lows of executive compensation, and why corporate culture may trump all. Featuring the commentary and insights of workplace champions CFO Gregg Clevenger of LiveVox, CFO Charles Freund of FLEETCOR and CFO Jill Klindt of Workiva. Unedited Transcript Speaker 1 (1m 43s): Hello I’m here with Brett Knowles. And […]
731: When It’s All Systems Go | Vicki Dudley, CFO, TTX Company
Having previously held a succession of finance leadership roles inside Chicago’s ever vibrant financial services sector, Vicki Dudley was perhaps more surprised than anyone to find herself accepting a CFO position with Yancey Bros. Co. of Atlanta, the oldest Caterpillar dealer in the country. Nevertheless, the job hop drew Dudley into a world of opportunity…
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