Inside the Mentoring Round, CFO Sandeep Aujla explains why his eight-year investment at Intuit was driven by the continuous learning opportunities and professional growth the company offered. Although he could have become a CFO sooner elsewhere, Aujla tells us chose to stay at Intuit to deepen his expertise, gain more diverse experience to better prepare […]
1,016: When Career Years Are Investment Years | Sandeep Aujla, CFO, Intuit
By the time Sandeep Aujla arrived at Intuit in 2015, he had already invested 7 career-building years as a senior finance executive at Visa, so his path to the CFO office was presumably getting shorter and shorter. Still, it would be another 8 years before he would be appointed Intuit CFO. While there's little question…
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980: A New Era for Legal Services | Eric Bouchard, CFO, Axiom
Perhaps no single experience better reveals the breadth of challenges that regularly test even the most stoic of finance career-builders than that which confronted Eric Bouchard a little more than a decade ago at Bombardier, Inc. Tasked by management with negotiating the establishment of a new aerospace facility, Bouchard navigated through complex discussions with the…
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978: From Silicon Roots to Global Routes | Jeff Woolard, CFO, Velocity Global
Looking back at his 26 years at Intel Corp., Jeff Woolard has more than a few moments of important discernment from which to choose when we ask for a single finance strategic moment. Nevertheless, without hesitation, he takes us back in time to when the giant chipmaker was experiencing a recurring mismatch between the products…
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902: Finding Your Fire | Celeste Ackert, CFO, Fairmarkit
Of all of the places future CFOs could have been employed in the late 1990s, the printing division of RR Donnelley might seem to have been among the least likely. However, what's important to note is that this period predated the wide deployment of EDGAR, the database system that electronically automates the collection, validation, and…
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Bringing a Cross-Functional Approach to Scenario Analysis | Betsy Ward, CFO, MassMutual
Ward: I actually think it might be more unique given my background to talk about a Strategic Finance moment that related to a position I was in when I was in, in actually Investment Management, which relates to those scenarios I was talking about. So while I was working in mass, Mutual’s Investment Management subsidiary, […]
884: Understanding Your Business Thesis | Betsy Ward, CFO, MassMutual
Finance leader Betsy Ward wants you to know that she doesn’t have an itchy trigger finger—but she does have an inner trigger and knows when it's been set off. There's no doubt that few professional colleagues would ever think to associate the time-tested gunslinger trope with the mild-mannered Ward, who has led insurance giant MassMutual…
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On Talent Development | Celine Dufetel, CFO, Checkout.com
Dufetel: So, you know, having grown up at McKinsey, where people people were the product, right people were the service that, that we were bringing to our clients, I’ve always grown up thinking that, who we hire, who we develop, how we coach, how we develop talent is the most important thing that we do […]
A Growing Focus on Engagement | Dan Fletcher, CFO, Planful
Machine Generated Transcript CFO Dan Fletcher: That’s a very pointed question you gave me well, finance be more important in labor considerations, although that word a lot of people, talent considerations, right, whichever you choose? No, I don’t think so I still think other groups, the people, HR team, the CEO are more important. That’s […]
Dynamic Metrics for Compensation | Jonathan Carr, CFO, Armis
Carr: I think I’ve long been a believer even prior to the CFO role that talent is super important. And by that I mean making sure that you find the right people for your organization and somebody who was great. Another organization may not be the right one for this one. And I think that […]
Ep 26: The Year of HR Slogans
Brett and Jack discuss the social application Workplace by Meta, and how social media continues to play an important role in human capital communications. Meanwhile, the different finance leaders share their insights on talent recruitment, retention strategies, and the increasing use of AI in various industries. Knowles emphasizes the importance of clear communication and the […]
Ep 22: Hires, Fires and a Stable Economy
Brett & Jack discuss how hiring challenges have led certain organizations to be more tolerant of poor employee behaviors – a development that could be putting growing numbers of businesses at risk. Meanwhile, Brett points out that new hires continue to fetch bigger salaries creating an imbalance with existing employee salaries. Also, performance is not […]