Inside The Mentoring Round, CFO Bob Purcell emphasizes the importance of having a comprehensive set of metrics and KPIs to effectively monitor and guide the company’s operations, akin to a pilot’s dashboard. CFO Purcell stresses the necessity of providing customers with exceptional experiences, enabling them to concentrate on their core business without concerns about back-office […]
When the Metrics Signal It’s Time to Derisk | Aneal Vallurupalli, CFO, Airbase
Watch as CFO Aneal Vallurupalli reflects on an earlier career chapter when he was tasked with prioritizing hiring and assessing the state of the business at a prior company. At the time team the company’s metrics were aligning well and Vallurupalli suggested to the co-founder that they should raise funds. Despite the co-founder’s initial reluctance, […]
Ep 20: Keeping Leadership in Step with Workforce Priorities
Brett & Jack discuss how the economy’s is sending the hiring environment mixed signals and how the inefficiencies of the recruitment function continue to be a drag on industry aspirations for building a more productive workforce. Featuring the commentary and insights of workplace champions CFO Adam Swiecicky, of Brex, CFO Manish Sarin of Spinklr, CFO Jason Keen […]
Transforming the Recruiting Function | Manish Sarin, CFO, Sprinklr
Guest: Manish Sarin, CFO, Sprinklr Episode: #20: Keeping Leadership in Step with Workforce Priorities
Ep 19: It’s About the Team
Brett & Jack discuss how employee teams may hold the key to improving employee morale and retention, and why the growing popularity of remote hiring is likely to lead many more managers to leverage the powers behind objectives and key results (OKRs). Featuring the commentary and insights of workplace champions CFO Ryan Van Hatten of Prophix, CFO […]
How Managers Impact Employee Retention | Efrain Rivera, CFO, Paychex
Ep 17: Employers Dropping Degree Demands
Brett & Jack discuss why a 4-year degree isn’t quite the job requirement it used to be and how finance leaders are reworking their company’s talent equation. Featuring the commentary and insights of workplace champions CFO Brandon Maultasch of Moloco, CFO Steve Vintz of Tenable and CFO Kent Kelley of Unanet.
789: Always Be Hiring | Jonathan Sides, CFO, Fleetio
Among the many SaaS CFOs with whom we have spoken, few have listed their finance leader priorities for us as simply and concisely as did Jonathan Sides, CFO of Fleetio, a Birmingham, Alabama, software company that helps companies to track and manage their fleet operations. “My personal defect is always wanting to take on more—without…
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Ep 16: Hiring for Hypergrowth
Brett & Jack discuss how finance leaders of high growth firm’s are becoming increasingly focused on the ebb and flow of their firm’s talent pipelines. Featuring the commentary and insights of workplace champions CFO Gina Mastantuono of ServiceNow, CFO Josh Siegel of CyberArk and CFO Sarah Spoja of Tipalti.
Ep 14: When HR Becomes a Borderless Function
Brett and Jack discuss how the leadership narrative benefits hiring, and why department hiring budgets may someday soon be replaced. Featuring the commentary and insights of workplace champions CFO Cassandra Hudson of EngageSmart, CFO Nitesh Sharan of Soundhound and CFO Michael High of Shell’s Deep Water Gulf of Mexico.
Ep 3: Making Your Next FP&A Hire
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. […]
654: The Path to Being IPO-Ready | Drew Vollero, CFO, Allied Universal
When Drew Vollero arrived in the CFO office of Snap (formerly Snapchat) in 2015, the executives occupying the tech world’s traditional IPO talent bench no doubt raised a few eyebrows. Having spent the previous 25 years inside the corporate corridors of Mattel, Inc., and PepsiCo, Vollero had a resume chock-full of strategic planning initiatives that…
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