The CFO Show
by Vena
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Global Growth, Integration and AI: Lessons from Grant Thornton’s CEO
Global Growth, Integration and AI: Lessons from Grant Thornton’s CEO
About this podcast
With today's increasingly challenging business conditions, finance leaders are taking on more responsibilities and facing more change than ever.
Join Vena’s CFO Melissa Howatson for The CFO Show, a monthly podcast featuring interviews with forward-thinking finance and business leaders.
Get timely commentary on today’s biggest issues in business, hear from finance leaders on how their work is transforming their organizations and get practical advice for ushering your finance team into the future.
The CFO Show isn’t just a podcast; it’s your forecast for the future of finance.
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Episodes
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- Global Growth, Integration and AI: Lessons from Grant Thornton’s CEO · 41 min · Episode 94Growth often looks impressive from the outside. New markets, new capabilities and new headlines. But as organizations scale, leaders quickly discover that growth is the visible…
- How CFOs Build Resilient Careers: Lessons from Banking, M&A and GoFundMe · 42 min · Episode 93The path to becoming a CFO is rarely linear. In today’s environment of constant change, finance leaders are expected to move between strategy, operations, and capital markets…
- Business Agility in Finance: How CFOs Can Thrive in Volatility and Uncertainty · 27 min · Episode 92Business agility has become a defining capability for organizations operating in today’s environment of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA). But while many…
- ERP Transformation Strategy: How CFOs Avoid Failure, Hidden Costs and Legacy Risk · 31 min · Episode 91One of the most consequential decisions a CFO will make is selecting and implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform. Yet beyond vendor comparisons and licensing…
- Managing Costs, Complexity, and Change in Healthcare Finance · 21 min · Episode 89Healthcare finance leaders are operating under unprecedented pressure. Rising costs, staffing shortages, payer complexity, and constant uncertainty. Matthew Ennen, Senior Vice…
- The Hallmarks of a Modern, Mature Finance Team · 14 min · Episode 88What separates good finance teams from great ones? In this special episode, host Melissa Howatson brings together insights from more than 20 finance leaders to answer one…
- Beyond the Close: How Financial Consolidation Creates Strategic Advantage · 28 min · Episode 87Financial consolidation has long been treated as a “back-office necessity,” but in today’s complex, data-dense businesses, it’s becoming a strategic engine. Craig Schiff…
- The FP&A Trifecta: How Finance, Data and Systems Drive Strategic Growth · 35 min · Episode 86Finance doesn’t need to chase a mythical “best-in-class” model; success comes from mastering the fundamentals. In this episode of The CFO Show, Charlie X.W. Liu, Founder and…
- What 35 Years in Finance Taught Kelly’s CFO About Change · 32 min · Episode 85Career growth isn’t always a straight line, and sometimes the biggest leaps come from taking a step sideways. Troy Anderson, Chief Financial Officer at Kelly, shares the…
- How AI Is Reinventing Enterprise Finance · 24 min · Episode 84AI promises efficiency, automation, and smarter decision-making, but for large enterprises, the journey is far more complex than simply adopting the latest tool. In this episode…
- The Hidden Power of Procurement · 23 min · Episode 83Procurement is no longer just about cutting costs. It’s about creating value, building partnerships and helping finance teams make smarter, faster decisions. On this episode of…
- Integrating Finance and IT: Insights From the CIO of Brookfield Residential · 31 min · Episode 82In this episode, Brookfield Residential CIO Brandon Sharp joins host Melissa Howatson to share his unique career journey and to reveal why tighter alignment between finance and…
- From Series C to G: Carta’s CFO on Adapting to Change · 30 min · Episode 81How do you scale finance operations to keep pace with a business that’s doubling in size every few months? In this episode of The CFO Show, Carta CFO Charly Kevers shares how he…
- ERP Migration Without the Chaos: What Finance Leaders Need To Know · 35 min · Episode 80ERP migration can make or break your finance function. From outdated systems to cloud-based solutions, the stakes are high, and the risks are real. In this episode of The CFO…
- Balancing Stability and Innovation: The CFO Playbook From Thumbtack · 23 min · Episode 79What does it take to lead a high-growth company through economic uncertainty, while still innovating for the future? Larry Roseman, Chief Financial Officer of Thumbtack, joins…
- What Makes a Top-Tier Private Equity CFO? · 59 min · Episode 78Stepping into a PE-backed CFO role? You're not just signing up for financial reporting; you're stepping onto a burning platform. Scott Engler, CEO & Co-founder of Sync Executive…
- Annual Planning: Beyond Numbers to Business Growth · 39 min · Episode 77Are you leveraging the full potential of strategic finance in your annual planning process? In this episode of The CFO Show, Igor Stelea, Director of Strategic Finance…
- Beyond Silos: Uniting FP&A and Controllership for Impact · 35 min · Episode 76What if the secret to financial agility lies in reimagining the relationship between FP&A and Controllership? Tom Seegmiller, CFO at Texada Software, returns to explore the…
- How Finance Teams Are Learning to Lead with AI · 34 min · Episode 75Are you leveraging AI to its full potential in your finance department? In this episode, we dive into the practical application of AI in finance with Anton Medvedev, former…
- From Fear to Framework: Safe AI Implementation for Businesses · 39 min · Episode 74In this episode, host Melissa Howatson welcomes Steve Browning, VP of Data Privacy and Corporate Security at Vena, and Kaz Takemura, Managing Director of FP&A Technologies at…
