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Fireside Chat: Mastering the Relationship Between CFOs and Boards of Directors
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Fireside Chat: Mastering the Relationship Between CFOs and Boards of Directors

Building a deeper understanding of the roles, responsibilities, and viewpoints of CFOs and Boards in guiding organizations forward  What do Boards and CFOs need from each other to achieve their objectives? How should Finance leaders best prepare and organize themselves to engage with a Board on a productive, ongoing basis?  Discussing how the role of the CFO within large organizations is evolving, and how those changes impact long-standing status quos and accepted wisdoms about the CFO-Board relationship  Illustrating best practices and lessons learned based on real-world examples of exceptional Finance leadership  Teri List Board Member & Retired CFO Gap Inc. …

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Manage the “X” to get the “Y”
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Manage the “X” to get the “Y”

Generate superior shareholder return through growth and greater efficiency of cost and cash  Drive the operational vision of the enterprise by managing critical KPIs  Build a strong, empowered team that drives accountability and action  Monish Patolawala EVP and Chief Financial Officer 3M  With more than 25 years of experience leading the financial operations of industrial and healthcare businesses, Monish understands what it takes to drive profitable growth in an ever-changing environment. Monish was drawn to 3M for its history of innovation, ethics and global reach. Prior to his role at 3M, he spent 26 years at GE where he held…

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Changing Role of CFOs and Leadership Strategies for Continued Success
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Changing Role of CFOs and Leadership Strategies for Continued Success

Outlining the impact financial leaders will continue to have and how to use that influence to drive effective growth  Talking about how the role of leaders has changed with the rise of shared services and remote working, and how these impact leadership and ways of working  How will shifts in resourcing impact leadership capabilities? What can be expected in the future?  Johanna Honeyfield SVP, Corporate Finance Diageo  Jo is SVP Finance and Strategy and Diageo North America. She joined Diageo in 2007 and has worked in various finance and management roles in Ireland, Singapore, Japan and the US. Prior to…

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Monitoring and Tracking Spend in Real-Time — A Conversation with Hunter Nielson of Divvy
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Monitoring and Tracking Spend in Real-Time — A Conversation with Hunter Nielson of Divvy

At the 2021 edition of the North American Finance Executive Summit series held November 1-3 in Scottsdale, AZ, we spoke with Hunter Nielson of Divvy about how CFOs and other Finance leaders are leveraging technology to improve visibility on spending in real-time. — Divvy The Divvy Visa® Business Card is the smarter, simpler way to manage business expenses. With Divvy’s free, card-plus-software solution, small and medium-sized businesses save time and money by automating expense reports, setting budgets, and processing reimbursements — all in one place. Track company spend in real-time, and never have to save a receipt again. getdivvy.com

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How Zayo Group Transformed Finance with OneStream
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How Zayo Group Transformed Finance with OneStream

With over 45 acquisitions since its inception in 2007, the Zayo Group was continuously managing integration strategies, whether it’s a company, new system or organizational change strategies. The company had been using several CPM applications and Excel spreadsheets to manage the financial close, reporting and forecasting processes. Join this session to learn how Zayo Group implemented OneStream as a one-stop-shop to simplify its financial systems and processes while ensuring instant availability of financial and operational data to all stakeholders. Kathleen Le Director of Finance Zayo Group Kathleen Le, Director of Finance at Zayo Group. Kathleen has been with Zayo group…

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The Resurging Finance Leader: What is it Going to Take?
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The Resurging Finance Leader: What is it Going to Take?

Demonstrating Finance leaders’ role as a resurgent force within their organizations who are best positioned to steer their businesses forward in a data-driven world Discussing key lessons learned during the pandemic, and how to build up your team post-pandemic Showcasing processes that transforms data collection from a chore to an asset Illustrating how investment in both technology and educating people to best use that technology go hand in hand during digital transformation Offering steps to co-create the future of your business while delivering agile, scenario-based budgeting and forecasting process to inform decision-making and align finance with sales, operational, and strategic…

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Rerouting to Recovery: Navigating the 2021 Economy for Obstacles and Accelerating Past the Risks that were Never There
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Rerouting to Recovery: Navigating the 2021 Economy for Obstacles and Accelerating Past the Risks that were Never There

Revisiting the impact of the pandemic on the U.S. automotive industry and its ecosystem Evaluating how the early days of pandemic crisis management called some risks and missed others Building resistance to the economic slowdown and understanding the impact this will have on costs and prices Approaching the intersection of global economic recovery with systemic industry change Chris Condon Group VP Controlling & Services Volkswagen Chris Condon is the Vice President of Group Controlling and Services at Volkswagen Group of America. As VWGoA is the American National Sales Company for Volkswagen AG, he serves at the Corporate Controller for Volkswagen,…

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Mastering Disruption: Achieving Higher Efficiency Through Change
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Mastering Disruption: Achieving Higher Efficiency Through Change

Exploring how finance is evolving and changing Highlighting the significance of digital transformation and common barriers to observe Looking at the changing roles, skills and organizational cultures and how these changes will impact employee engagement and morale Becoming strategic enablers for both the entire organization and future finance talent Chris Suh CVP/CFO Cloud + AI Microsoft Chris Suh is the CVP/CFO Cloud + AI. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing Microsoft’s infrastructure, applications and data businesses which includes Azure, Dynamics and SQL Server. From 2013 to early 2018, Mr. Suh was head of Investor Relations, responsible for Microsoft’s…

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Leadership Strategies to Survive and Excel in a Post-COVID World
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Leadership Strategies to Survive and Excel in a Post-COVID World

What are some of the unexpected lessons —good and bad— we have taken away from 2020 and 2021? Discussing examples of innovations created by necessity during the global pandemic that will continue on long into the future Taking this chapter in our working lives as an opportunity to re-evaluate, reconsider, and rethink some of the finance processes and strategies we had in place before COVID-19 How should we adjust our approach to communication, coordination, mentoring, and management in the emerging ‘new normal’ of work? Valdis Lenss Head of Finance, Marketing & Core Services Uber Valdis joined Uber in 2017 and…

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Change Leadership in the 21st Century
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Change Leadership in the 21st Century

One of the only constants in business is that your company must continually change and adapt to survive. Change Management is not a new concept. However, in the 21st Century, companies need to evolve beyond the age old cliché of Change Management to Change Leadership. To efficiently implement change and capture all of the benefits associated with the change you want to make, employees must want the “change” as much or more than you do. To unlock the power of change in ways that will unleash the maximum potential from your employees, we will look at the difference between making…

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Walking the Ice: How Finance leads Amazon Devices & Services
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Walking the Ice: How Finance leads Amazon Devices & Services

As Amazon Devices & Services scales with additions of new customer offerings while facing supply chain challenges, the role of Finance must keep pace How do we engage with customers to ensure we are innovating on their behalf How are we using technology to improve our tools and processes How we measure financial success when traditional GAAP doesn’t work — Enerino “Rino” Caruccio VP, WW Analytics and Planning, Amazon Devices & Services Amazon Enerino “Rino” Caruccio is currently Vice President Worldwide Analytics for Amazon Devices & Services based in Seattle, WA. His team is responsible for developing, implementing and delivering…

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