“I’ve had the good fortune to work at places like Genentech and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where we were able to implement both financial constraints and head count constraints to force ourselves to make the appropriate trade-offs between portfolio decisions and investment decisions by the organization. I believe that this actually forced higher-quality hiring […]
384: When It’s Time to Book New Business | Ed Jordan, CFO, Billtrust
Join us when Ed Jordan retraces the steps of his finance career and explains how the intersection of finance and entrepreneurship became his career-building realm of opportunity. “Our focus over the next 12 months is to improve profitability. We will be taking a new look at all of our existing activities and figuring out which…
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248: Anatomy of a SaaS Finance Function
Step inside the SaaS world of Karen Gift, Vice President/Finance, BlackLine, and Chuck Best, Vice President/Accounting Operations, BlackLine. Learn how their team is helping to advance not just new metrics, but also a SaaS frame of mind that influences decision-making across the company as it helps to determine the priorities, skill sets, and career development inside a modern finance organization. Chuck & Karen's Site…
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218: Nitin Gupta, CFO, Molecular Imaging, Siemens Healthcare
The buying patterns of few businesses have experienced greater disruption in recent years than those inside the healthcare industry, where large providers are now hurrying to respond to the changing insurance requirements of their customers as dictated by the Affordable Care Act. And few companies are as determined to decipher the newly emerging patterns as Siemens Healthcare…
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206: Why Every CFO Will Someday be a SaaS CFO, Tom Stewart, CFO, SecureAuth
Which industry is currently having the greatest impact on the evolution of the finance function? Join us when CFO Tom Stewart of SecureAuth adds his voice to the innovative clan of "Subscription Economy CFOs" who are determined to recast the mission of the finance function for generations to come. Over the next 12 months, what…
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200: Adding Discipline to a Forward-Looking Process, Marty Moore, CFO, C2 Education
What types of skills and experiences are acquired by CFOs inside private equity–backed firms? Join us when Marty Moore, CFO of C2 Education, shares his CFO mind-set and illuminates how private equity has influenced his varied career path. CFOTL: Our final question—What are your priorities as a finance leader over the next 12 months? Moore:…
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As More Midmarket CFOs Sharpen Their Customer Focus, More Are Smitten with the Cloud
A business realm long populated by headstrong entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses, the middle market is experiencing a wave of technology adoption that seems intent on further upending the traditional laws of business competition as it diminishes the size advantage that large enterprise companies have long enjoyed. When it comes to the middle market’s growing appetite […]
198: Net Promoter: The Go-To Metric for Customer-Centric CFOs, Rob Markey, Partner, Bain & Company
As more CFOs become tasked with not just reporting growth but driving it, few metrics have grown in popularity among finance leaders more than the 12-year-old Net Promoter Score. Join us when Rob Markey, Partner, Bain & Company, helps us chart the metric's evolutionary path, from its humble origins inside Bain to fueling the rise…
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195: Building a Tactical & Strategic Finance Team, Kathy Crusco, CFO, Epicor Software
When Activant and Epicor were acquired by Apax Partners and later merged into a new $800 million software company Kathy Crusco was named CFO of the newly merged firm that retained the name Epicor. Join us when Kathy reveals her CFO mindset and revisits the appointment that brought opportunities as well as challenges to a seasoned finance leader.
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Why CFOs Must Sweat the Small Stuff, Ian Charles, CFO, Host Analytics
191: Unlocking the Secrets to Customer Loyalty, Lois Martin, CFO, Ceridian
It's no secret that more companies are seeking to apply their finance team's analytical rigor to growing pools of customer data. Join us when Lois Martin, CFO, Ceridian, reflects on what a growing customer focus means for the finance function and the professionals building their careers within it. ¤
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189: Why Less Is More When It Comes to Metrics, Niclas Rosenlew, CFO, Basware
How is the customer experience influencing the role of finance leadership inside a firm specializing in e-invoicing solutions? Join us when Niclas Rosenlew, CFO, Basware, reveals how repeat customers and customer loyalty have increasingly become his finance team's metric of choice. ¤
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