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708: Making FP&A Your Cross-Functional Glue | Waifa Chau, CFO, Nylas

Several actions proved key as Waifa Chau advanced from financial planning and analysis (FP&A) roles to chief financial officer positions. Collaborating with other functions, gaining an in-depth understanding of the overall business, and helping his colleagues to understand how FP&A benefits an organization have driven his success, says Chau, currently CFO with Nylas, Inc., a…
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696: Ascending the Funnel | Darrell Cox, CFO, Vena Solutions

When marketing campaigns get old, they're like polyester leisure suits that seem to fit okay but look awful, explains finance chief Darrell Cox of Vena Solutions, who credits finance with helping Vena to empty its closet. Or, to put it another way, Cox credits finance with helping Vena to fail faster. “The earlier you know…
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Growth-Minded CFOs Weigh The Costs Of Forecasting Rigor

This article was originally published on Forbes.com Thinking back to his investment banking days at Deutsche Bank, Brad Kinnish recalls having had a number of awkward conversations with corporate CFOs about their finance teams’ forecasting rigor. Kinnish, who stepped into a CFO role at Aryaka Networks in early 2020, no doubt finds himself replaying these […]