From fiction as a mental escape to deep dives into leadership, health, and emerging technologies, CFOs featured on the CFO Thought Leader podcast in September shared a diverse range of book recommendations. Their selections offer valuable perspectives on balancing business demands with personal growth. ADP CFO Don McGuire recommends Getting Things Done by David Allen, […]
Transforming Financial Strategy: From Static Budgets to Dynamic Planning
Revvity CFO Max Krakowiak emphasizes three core areas of focus at Revvity: improving budgeting processes, optimizing working capital performance, and increasing internal investment. Recognizing the inefficiencies of static budgeting, he aimed to create flexibility for unexpected needs throughout the year. Additionally, he prioritized improving free cash flow conversion, which historically lagged at PerkinElmer, by addressing […]
485: Finding a Cure for the IPO Blues | Mark Lee, CFO, Forge
Before joining Goldman Sachs back in the late 1980s, Mark Lee was a finance manager at Hewlett-Packard Co. Today, Lee fondly recalls being mentored by a senior controller while situated deep inside the technology behemoth's computer support division. The finance executive, explains Lee, viewed controllership as a strategic role where executives could acquire and build their…
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471: When a Megatrend Came Knocking | William Acheson, CFO, GWG Holdings
From a career development standpoint, one of the best things that William Acheson did to reach the CFO office was stepping away from corporate finance and accounting for 15 years. After coming up on the public accounting track, the GWG Holdings finance chief immersed himself in investment banking, the residential mortgage industry, capital markets, risk…
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336: All Eyes on Cash | Tony Tripodo, CFO & Author: “The Successful CFO”
There was a time when Tony Tripodo envisioned building a finance career around his tax expertise. The decision to step beyond his specialization and onto a broader finance leadership path was not one he took lightly, but one from which he would perhaps garner greater satisfaction in the years ahead as it challenged his relationship-building…
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