Training FP&A Skills to Finance Teams and Business Leaders with Christian Wattig

$7 Things to Know Before Hiring a Fractional CFO w/ Charley Devany: Fractional CFOs (AKA, virtual CFOs) are the gig workers of the financial world. And whether you’re looking to hire or become a fractional CFO, there are few things you need to understand about the role first. That’s why we brought in Charley Devany, a jack of all trades (yoga, writing, acting), but most importantly, a fractional CFO of 15 years. Charley answers questions about… -The responsibilities of a fractional CFO -Advantages of hiring a fractional CFO as opposed to a full-time CFO -Challenges of being a fractional CFO -How to become a successful fractional CFO Brought to you by Personiv! For more interviews from the CFO Weekly podcast, check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player!$

Emotional Intelligence and the High Performing Team w/ Larry Chillemi: As we press on through the COVID pandemic, the remote work lifestyle is becoming more and more of a permanent reality for a growing number of people. Several large companies have moved to a permanent remote workforce, or at least allowed their employees the choice of whether they want a traditional working situation, or to remain working from home. And in the midst of all of this uncertainty, it’s more important than ever before to keep your high performing teams motivated, connected, and inspired. But how do you do that? What does it take to keep a high performing team operating at peak efficiency while working remotely? On this episode of The CFO Weekly, we talk to Larry Chillemi. Larry is the Chief Financial Officer at Grow West, and our conversation centered around -The importance of emotional intelligence -Keeping your high performing teams motivated -Tips for showing appreciation and recognition to your tea by CFO Weekly

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Navigating the Nonprofit World w/ Ed Goble: Like it or not, all across the business sector in the United States there is a certain stigma associated with nonprofit work. It’s often seen as the place where people go to work who couldn’t quite cut it in the for-profit world. As the do-gooders who don’t really need to make a living. Nothing could be further from the truth. Nonprofit work is just as crucial to the movement of our economy and society as for-profit work. While it might oftentimes take on different forms, just because you’re not raking in billions for shareholders doesn’t mean that you’re not a professional doing meaningful work. And on this episode of CFO Weekly, we sit down with Ed Goble. Ed is the Associate Athletic Director for Business & CFO at the University of Texas, which itself is an educational nonprofit. It’s just not the nonprofit that many people associate with traditional nonprofits. Ed was kind enough to talk with us all about His advice when considering a by CFO Weekly

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5 Things You Need to Consider Before Reopening w/ Drew Niehaus: Let’s face it. It’s a hard time for any business. So many institutions across the country are finding themselves staring at closing up shop permanently. And for those that are lucky enough to make it through all of this, they’re left asking the question, “What do we do now?” It’s a fair question. What does it look like to reopen? What does the new normal look like? What unique challenges are you going to face that you’ve perhaps not considered? On this episode of the CFO Weekly podcast, we sit down with Drew Niehaus, Managing Director at Riveron to discuss an article that he recently wrote for CFO.com around Five Accounting and Reporting Considerations you should evaluate before reopening. For more interviews from the CFO Weekly podcast, check us out on Apple or Spotify or your favorite podcast player! Presented by Personiv by CFO Weekly

20 min listen

Maximizing Cultural Compatibility: Outsource finance & accounting to the Philippines w/ Paulo Cheung: Why should you send work to someone on the other side of the world? If you do outsource, what hours will your international team be available? And how many people in another country actually want to work overnight to support U.S. hours, anyway? Most importantly, do companies that outsource get stuck with less capable talent than those who bring all their work in house? On this episode of the CFO Weekly podcast, Paulo Cheung, Executive Vice President and Country Site Head- Philippines at Personiv, discusses why the Philippines is an ideal place to outsource finance and accounting. What we talked about with Paulo: -A brief history of the Philippines, and why colonization made Filipino culture compatible with a range of culture -The three factors that make the Philippines a top outsourcing destination for most U.S. businesses -The availability of talent in the Philippines -...And why yo by CFO Weekly

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7 Reasons Why People Follow Effective Leadership w/ Roy Austin: If your friend jumped off a bridge, would you do it too? As much as we hate to admit it, mom had a point there. Leaders can influence people to do a lot of things, good or bad. It’s up to the leader to identify and develop the good qualities. In this episode of CFO Weekly, leadership coach and Managing Principal at Rockwell Business Solutions, Founder and Chair of Savannah CFO Council, and author of The Alligator Business Solution, Roy Austin joins us. He shares: -His definition of who a leader is -7 attributes an effective leader must possess -How to develop leadership skills -The benefits that result from being a good leader Brought to you by Personiv! For more interviews from the CFO Weekly podcast, check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player! by CFO Weekly

35 min listen

Why You Should Listen to CFO Weekly: The world is a strange place right now.   But regardless of the uncertainty that we’re facing, for most people, the show must go on. Work must get done - invoices sent out and books closed.  As a finance professional, have you ever wished that you could just spend time listening to other CFOs, and learning what’s working for them? Or even better, what’s NOT working for them? So that you don’t make the same mistakes?   Well you’re in luck.   Because the CFO Weekly podcast is just that. CFO Weekly is brought to you by Personiv. by CFO Weekly

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