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Building the “First Team”: How Cross-Functional Leadership Drives Vanta’s Success

Building the “First Team”: How Cross-Functional Leadership Drives Vanta’s Success

Inside The Mentoring Round, David Eckstein shares insights on the collaboration between CFOs and CEOs, emphasizing the importance of shared vision and cross-functional partnerships. He highlights how CFOs, like himself, play a pivotal role in executing long-term strategies by identifying operational levers. Eckstein discusses his focus on building Vanta’s annual and three-year plans, aligning leaders around a unified strategy, and creating a “frictionless organization.” He stresses the CFO’s role as an enabler of smart investments to drive sustainable growth.

1,046: Transforming Finance from Reactive to Proactive Leadership | David Eckstein, CFO, Vanta

Filed Under: Video Episodes Tagged With: annual operating plan, capital utilization, CEO chemistry, cfo growth, CFO Leadership, company building, frictionless organization, investment decisions, partnership importance, product investment, scaling organization, Series C round, Vanta priorities, vision execution

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