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103: Cloudy with a Chance of Added Margin: CFO Renée Hornbaker Arms Stream Energy With a Dynamic Monthly Forecast

What's it like to be CFO of a $7 billion energy firm that's grown largely by word of mouth? Join us as Renée shares her CFO mind-set and quickly advances a 21st Century finance function inside a fast-growing energy upstart. Sponsors BlackLine Systems Financial Close Suite helps finance executives rapidly reconcile millions of transactions per minute. View…
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102: Why Finance Leaders Must Walk the Floor, Jackie Barry Hamilton, CFO, Intronis

What's it like to serve as a CFO of a large-enterprise firm versus an emerging-growth firm? Join us as Jackie shares her CFO mind-set and reveals how her finance leadership has evolved from one career milestone to the next. Sponsors BlackLine Systems Financial Close Suite helps finance executives rapidly reconcile millions of transactions per minute. View…
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101: Identifying Your CFO Blind Spots, Harry Feuerstein, Merryck & Co

Where do many CFOs experience blind spots? Join us as Harry Feuerstein explains how CFOs must routinely review the needs of their various stakeholders as they seek to enhance their roles and become more strategic. Sponsor BlackLine Financial Close Suite helps finance executives rapidly reconcile millions of transactions per minute. View a free demo today visit  www.CFOthoughtleaderdemo.com…
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100: The Data-Driven Firm: Five CFOs Share Their Big Data Visions

What role should the CFO play in a data-driven business? Join us as five of our CFO Thought Leaders share insights into how their leadership is helping their firm's advance as data-driven organizations. Sponsors BlackLine Systems Financial Close Suite helps finance executives rapidly reconcile millions of transactions per minute. View a free demo today visit  www.CFOthoughtleaderdemo.com Midmarket…
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099: Prepared for Growth: When it was Time to Expand, These Six CFOs Were Ready

Most every company doggedly pursues growth, but is every company prepared for growth when it arrives? Join us as six of our CFO Thought Leaders share insights into how finance pulled the lever when it was time to  expand their firms. Sponsors BlackLine Systems Financial Close Suite helps finance executives rapidly reconcile millions of transactions per…
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The Drucker Curse: How Finance Became Management’s Blind Eye

Long ago, before tribes of management gurus inhabited industry’s every corner, there was an automaker widely admired as the largest and most innovative company in all the land. Then, one day — during the final days of a world war — the firm’s CEO told the firm’s CFO that he would like to retire. The […]

098: The Power of the CFO Voice: Five CFOs Explain Their Firm’s Competitive Edge

Are you able to explain your firm's competitive advantage in a clear and enticing manner? Join us as five of our CFO Thought Leaders demonstrate their communication savvy as they articulate the competitive edge their firm enjoys over its competitors “Yet while he was universally admired throughout the company, and known as a truly wise…
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Imagine Being a CFO Who Doesn’t Read Books: Welcome to the Bean Counters Club

                    I’m never surprised when our CFO guests tell us that they don’t read books. Like many senior professionals, they have little time to pursue extra reading, and, well, it’s been my experience that as a group CFOs tend to be dreadfully honest and tell it […]

091: A World at Risk, Tarun Chopra, CFO, Clements Worldwide

How can a company measure its business exposure in all parts of the world? Join us as Tarun shares his CFO mind-set and the steps he took to rebuild a finance team and establish a function that incorporates three key skills. Sponsors BlackLine Systems Financial Close Suite helps finance executives rapidly reconcile millions of transactions per…
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090: On Lowering the Costs of Facilities, Healthcare, Barak Ben-Gal, CFO, Findly (Part 2)

Looking for novel ways of eliminating waste? Join us as Barak recalls how his team identified WiFi usage as a key measure of office activity when determining the costs of different office space across Findly’s operations. Sponsors BlackLine Systems Financial Close Suite helps finance executives rapidly reconcile millions of transactions per minute. View a free demo…
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089: Building a Strategic FP&A Function, Barak Ben-Gal, CFO, Findly (Part 1)

How do you lay the foundation of a strategic FP&A function? Join us as Barak shares his CFO mind-set and recounts the steps that Findly has taken over the last year to establish a robust financial planning and analysis function. FP&A: Under the Hood “This is our first year, so we have focused on obtaining the…
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