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71. Building an impactful & commercially focused finance team with Monica Arora, EVP of Commercial Finance, Sage

71. Building an impactful & commercially focused finance team with Monica Arora, EVP of Commercial Finance, Sage

FromCFO 4.0


71. Building an impactful & commercially focused finance team with Monica Arora, EVP of Commercial Finance, Sage

FromCFO 4.0

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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Mar 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On this week’s episode of CFO 4.0, we have returning guest, Monica Arora, EVP of Commercial Finance at Sage. Monica has been at Sage for almost six years helping build and develop out the commercial finance function and supporting the shift to a subscription focussed organisation. Prior to that she also worked for both Schneider Electric and Invensys PLC.In Monica's current role at Sage, she sits on both the CFO leadership, as well as the COO leadership and we talk about what it takes to grow and develop an impactful commercial function.  Also covered in this episode:How has the commercial part of finance developed over the last few yearsThe changing criteria Sage now use to recruit people who give the right kind of insightHow to identify the commercial skillset during the interview processTop tips on developing existing finance talent into more commercial rolesImportance of educating the wider organisation on core finance skillsLinks referenced in this episode:Monica's LinkedIn 
Released:
Mar 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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