How Finance Leaders Are Preparing for What’s Ahead

Featured Guests in Order of Appearance:

• [00:00], [01:53] Dan Crumb, Chief Financial Officer, Kansas City Chiefs
• [00:48],  [11:40]  Harjot Ghai, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Delbridge Solutions, Inc.
• [03:05] Jesse Funes, Senior Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, New Horizons
• [03:53], [09:05] Eugene Fedorinov, MBA, CFA, Sr. Manager, Finance Database & Budget Analysis, Arizona Cardinals
• [04:13] Pat Jones, SVP, Corporate Controller, PetIQ
• [04:51] Sultan Akif, Unicorn Account Executive,  Microsoft
• [06:34] Carrie Self, Senior Director of Business Intelligence, Tacala Companies
• [07:26] Brian Krause, Chief Financial Officer, Community First Solutions

• The state of business operations at various organizations, including recent process improvements and investments, as well as ongoing challenges
• How CFOs plan to adapt their financial strategies in the second half of the year to navigate potential economic shifts or market volatility
• Strategies CFOs and other finance leaders are implementing to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of financial reporting processes and prepare their organizations for growth
• Where CFOs feel they need to make continued investments in the year ahead, including AI and other technologies

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