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1194: Why Curiosity Creates Better Finance Leaders | Stacey Jenkins, CFO, Aerotek

Each day, Stacey Jenkins watches a different set of indicators than the quarterly financial results that eventually appear on a report. Candidate applications, recruiter activity, and other throughput measures help tell the story of where Aerotek's business may be headed. Financial results are "the lagging indicator," Jenkins tells us. That perspective reflects how she views…
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Ep 50: Discipline at the Heart of Innovation

In this episode of Planning Aces, we spotlight FP&A insights from three CFOs leading innovation with discipline: Chris Sands (InvoiceCloud), Steve Sutter (Celigo), and Niels Boon (Cint). Each shares how finance is shaping AI, go-to-market models, and data-driven transformation without losing rigor. From building an “AI Ops” function and embedding finance in sales strategy, to […]

Balancing Profitability and Expansion in SaaS | Andrew Casey, CFO, Amplitude

At ServiceNow, Andrew Casey learned that transformation succeeds through disciplined change management, not speed. By focusing on three major initiatives—comp plans, territory design, and customer success—he drove customer‑centric growth while reinforcing the right behaviors. This “rule of three” approach now guides multi‑year transformations at Amplitude, aligning teams, processes, and metrics for sustainable ARR expansion. Andrew […]

1118: Partnering for Growth: Finance Meets Customer-Centricity | Andrew Casey, CFO, Amplitude

Andrew Casey remembers a moment when colleagues truly looked to finance for leadership. At ServiceNow, a then‑$400 million company with little go‑to‑market infrastructure, the team faced a long list of missing elements: no functioning comp plan, no partner ecosystem, and no clear strategy for scaling sales. “Whenever people said they didn’t know how,” Casey recalls, “I…
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1069: Driving Value Through Agile Finance Leadership | Lior Maza, CFO, Priority Software

Early in his career, Lior Maza chose to immerse himself in smaller, venture-backed startups rather than large enterprises—a move that exposed him to a range of responsibilities, from fundraising and recruiting to crisis management. “When you’re in a small team,” Maza tells us, “you end up doing everything, and that’s where the agility mindset really…
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751: The March Goes On | Dave Damond, CFO, March of Dimes

When does a mission-driven CFO initiate the crucial turnaround of an erstwhile nonprofit that’s been losing money for years and has a legacy pension plan dragging down its balance sheet? Before he’s even been offered the job. Or at least that’s how you take care of business if you’re March of Dimes Senior Vice President…
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458: Championing a Vision of What Change Looks Like | Tony Tripeny, CFO & EVP, Corning, Inc.

Mastering the Public Aspect of the CFO Tony Tripeny’s remarkable career at Corning can be defined by some impressive numbers: 33 years of service in every aspect of corporate finance at the 167-year-old company whose cutting-edge materials reside in nearly every cell phone and flat screen, among so many other products. Yet the veteran EVP…
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