Podcasts by Spend Culture: CFOs on People, Cash, and Organizations

Using Technology to Bridge the Gap Between Finance and Business With Darrell Cox from 2021-08-25T10:35:23

In this episode of Spend Culture Stories, Darrell Cox, CFO at Vena Solutions, explains how technology is bridging the gap between finance and everyone else, why self-created uncertainty can be a...

How Procurement Can Be an Innovation Centre with Anna Mcgovern from 2021-06-24T14:22

In this episode, Anna McGovern, the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Food Bank for New York City and procurement/supply chain influencer shares how procurement can truly have a seat at the executiv...

Adopting an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Accounting and Finance from 2021-05-20T10:05

Twyla Verhelst joins us to chat about how accounting leaders can adopt an entrepreneurial mindset to their work, and how to elevate themselves to become better business partners to the organizat...

How to Prepare for Your First ERP Project - Sam Gupta from 2021-04-26T10:43:57

In this episode, Sam Gupta, the Principal Consultant at ElevatIQ and host of the WBS Rocks podcast joins us to discuss how growing companies can identify whether they are ready for an ERP, and a...

Elevating Women in Finance and the Future of Payments With Pamela Steer, CFO of Payments Canada from 2021-03-11T12:42:30

Pamela Steer, CFO of Payments Canada and CFO of the Year™ award winner for 2019 joins us in this episode to chat about the newest developments in Payments, and also her experiences being a woman...

How Softbank's VC CFO Navneet Govil is Making Finance Strategic from 2021-02-24T10:25:54

In this episode, Softbank Vision Fund's CFO and Managing Partner Navneet Govil shares his insights on scaling the vision fund's finance team, how he was able to use technology to make finance st...

How Softbank's VC CFO Navneet Govil is Making Finance Strategic from 2021-02-24T10:25:54

In this episode, Softbank Vision Fund's CFO and Managing Partner Navneet Govil shares his insights on scaling the vision fund's finance team, how he was able to use technology to make finance st...

The Future of Budgeting and Forecasting with Evan Wells of Jirav from 2021-02-18T08:15

In this episode, Evan Wells, the VP BizOps & Financial Services at Jirav shares the biggest challenges organizations face when budgeting in a remote world.
We discuss how finance leaders can m...

The Future of Budgeting and Forecasting with Evan Wells of Jirav from 2021-02-18T08:15

In this episode, Evan Wells, the VP BizOps & Financial Services at Jirav shares the biggest challenges organizations face when budgeting...

How Small-Medium Businesses Can Make the Road to Recovery in 2021 With Scott Omelianuk, Editor-in-Chief of Inc. from 2021-02-03T11:19:44

In this episode, Scott Omelianuk, Editor-in-Chief of Inc. joins us to chat about the biggest learnings business owners had from 2020, an...

Leading the Finance Function at a People-First Tech Company With Pinder Sekhon, Sr. Director of Finance at Unbounce from 2021-01-22T08:00

In this episode, Pinder Sekhon, the Sr Director of Finance at Vancouver-based company Unbounce shares her experience as a people-first finance leader who made her transition from the more bureau...

How to Onboard as a New CFO While Leading a Remote Team With Shouvik Roy, CFO at Drop from 2021-01-06T12:10:54

Shouvik Roy, the CFO of Drop joined the company during the 2020 pandemic, having to adapt to a new team and environment while being completely remote. As a seasoned financial executive in the ...

CFO Lessons Learned from Zapier and Mailchimp With Jenny Bloom from 2020-12-11T15:06:10

In this episode, Jenny Bloom, the Chief Financial Officer at Zapier shares her learnings as a seasoned finance executive at multiple fast-growing tech companies. She chats with us about how to...

How to Prioritize People and Manage Financial Operations in a Remote Work Culture from 2020-11-26T11:57:15

Wajdi Goussoub, the Director of Finance at Plooto gets honest about the changes and sacrifices made during the pandemic, and how he built a successful spend processes that empowers the individua...

Managing Hypergrowth and Achieving IPO in a Downturn Economy - Jim Kelliher, CFO at Drift from 2020-11-20T09:15

Managing Hypergrowth and Achieving IPO in a Downturn Economy

In this episode, Jim Kelliher, the CFO at Drift shares how Drift became the fastest growing tech company in Boston, and how they navi...

Why Finance Leaders Should Stay Informed, Connected, and Humble With Kingsley Chan of Finn AI from 2020-11-10T10:00

Why Finance Leaders Should Stay Informed, Connected, and Humble

In this episode, Kingsley Chan, Director of Finance at Finn Ai shares his insights on what makes a forward-thinking, strategic fin...

Category Management Must Knows for Biotech Procurement Professionals from 2020-11-02T16:22

In this episode, Dana Small, the Senior Category Manager, Head of Global Commercial Strategic Sourcing at BioMarin Pharmaceuticals, and procurement blogger join us to chat about how women in pro...

Why Building a Brand is the Best Investment Against a Downturn - John Tabis, Founder&Chairman of the Bouqs Company from 2020-10-15T07:00

In this episode, John Tabis, the Founder of The Bouqs Company shares his thoughts on why building a long-lasting brand is the best investment against a downturn, and his fundraising journeys thr...

Bridging the Business Gap Between Finance and Procurement With Karthik Rama from 2020-09-30T09:24:57

In this episode of Spend Culture Stories, Karthik Rama joins us to chat about how procurement can find alignment with finance and work together as business partners, and how procurement leaders ...

Procurement and Contract Management Horror Stories With Daniel Barnes from 2020-09-17T15:38:20

In this episode of Spend Culture Stories, Daniel Barnes chats with us on procurement and contract management horror stories he's seen throughout the years, and how to combat the biggest blockers...

How to Validate a Business Idea Before Seeking Investment Capital With Cynthia Del'Aria from 2020-08-27T08:00

In this episode of Spend Culture Stories, Cynthia Del'Aria shares the challenges of launching a startup as a tech CEO, and how to determine the product-market fit for your organization and to va...

How to Fundraise and Use Your Startup Capital for Growth With Roy Stein, CEO of BabelBark from 2020-08-06T15:38:53

How to Fundraise and Use Your Startup Capital for Growth

In this episode, Roy Stein, the CEO and Co-Founder of Babelbark shares how to set a healthy foundational spend culture for early-stage st...

Category Spend Management Lessons Learned from Zuora&Salesforce - Maria Centeno, Head of Procurement, Zuora from 2020-07-16T11:46:36

Category Spend Management Lessons Learned from Zuora & Salesforce

In this episode, Maria Centeno, Head of Procurement at Zuora shares her learnings from her ...

How Future Driven CFOs Approach Crisis Management - Adam Metzger, Managing Manager, ACM Consultants from 2020-07-02T12:58:43

How Future Driven CFOs Approach Crisis Management

In this episode, Adam Metzger, Managing Partner at ACM Consultants and ex-financial trader shares his unique perspective regarding what sets top...

5 Steps for Scenario Planning in The New Normal - Debbie Rosler, Burkland&Associates from 2020-06-11T14:25:24

Scenario Planning for the New Normal

In this episode, Debbie Rosler, Outsourced CFO at Burkland & Associates chats with us about best practices for scenario planning, how to get started with an ...

Lessons Learned from a Fully Remote Virtual CFO Firm – Jody Grunden, CEO of Summit CPA from 2020-06-03T12:21:19

Lessons Learned from a Fully Remote Virtual CFO Firm

In this episode, Jody Grunden, the CEO and Co-Founder of Summit CPA shares his tips on successfully working remotely as a pioneer in the virt...

How Forward-Thinking Accounting Teams are Adapting In The New Normal - Ryan Lazanis from 2020-05-20T09:00

In this episode, Ryan Lazanis, the forward-thinking founder of Future Firm shares his insights as a veteran fully remote accounting firm owner on how accounting and finance teams can adapt to th...

For This CFO, HR is Part of the Job - Steve Watson, CFO of CFSS from 2020-05-11T11:25:36

In this episode, Steve Watson, the CFO of CFSS Arizona shares his insights as the wearer of two pivotal hats - the CFO and CHRO. As a healthcare CFO, Steve shares the challenges of adapting to a...

How to Mitigate Risk for Your Finance Team During a Recession - Helina Patience, CEO of Entreflow from 2020-04-23T11:28

In this episode of Spend Culture Stories, Helina Patience, CEO of Entreflow joins us to talk about her experience scaling Canadian tech and manufacturing organizations. implementing best practices ...

Do You Have The Right Finance Role for Your Organization? from 2020-04-15T13:32

Having the right finance leader is more critical than ever in these uncertain times. John Kasian, Director of Operations at Signature Analytics breaks down the 'who does what' in key finance leader...

How to Hire Your First Procurement Executive from 2020-03-31T17:00

In this episode, executive recruitment expert Nakita Gates shares her best practices and insights on finding the right procurement leader for your organization, and what makes a strong candidate st...

How to Manage a Finance Team as a Remote CFO from 2020-03-18T10:00

In this episode, seasoned remote CFO and finance executive Suzanne Shifflet of Gym Launch joins us to chat about strategies on managing spending and finance teams in a distributed workforce, and ho...

How C-Suite Can Empower Their Procurement Heroes from 2020-03-03T10:30

In this episode, Anthony Clervi, the CEO & Managing Partner at UNA Purchasing solutions shares his thoughts on why the C-Suite needs to empower procurement as a function, and the role of group purc...

What The New Generation of CPAs Actually Care About from 2020-02-18T12:25

Anna Sun, CPA is a former auditor at PwC and now is the newest member of our finance team at Procurify. In this episode, she shares why many CPAs are flocking to startups, and why she refuses to wo...

How High Growth Startups Can Create Your First Procurement Strategy from 2020-02-04T13:44

In this episode, John Evans, the CEO of leading procurement consulting firm Procureability discusses how high growth companies can develop the right procurement strategy to properly track spending ...

How Procurement Can Re-invent Itself In the Workplace from 2020-01-21T14:42

In this episode, Kelly Barner from Buyer's Meeting Point chats with us on the new role of the procurement executive, and how procurement can reclaim itself as a key function in an organization. She...

Measuring The Impact of Finance Digital Transformation from 2019-09-04T16:20

Nilly Essaides, the Senior Research Director of Finance at the Hackett Group chats with us and discusses what digital transformation looks like for the finance function, how tech will impact future...

WTF is The Uniform Guidance Policy? from 2019-08-01T11:59

In this episode, Veronica Cook, the Audit Senior Manager at Peterson Sullivan shares all you need to know about the Uniform Guidance in a straightforward and engaging way, and how to align your pro...

How People Can Make or Break Your Spend Culture from 2019-07-11T23:20

Mason Brady is a finance and operations leader who is passionate about empowering finance leaders to act as strategic partners within an organization. In this episode, Mason shares how an inquisiti...

Going Public as a Late Stage SaaS Startup from 2019-07-02T12:00

In this episode, Barry Jahansetan, serial CFO for late-stage SaaS startups, shares his learnings for what a SaaS startup needs to know before going public, including the top KPIs to take note of, w...

From Seed to Series B: How Startups Should Build a Finance Function from 2019-06-24T11:40

In this episode, Jim Gellas, VP Finance and CFO for hire at Kruze Consulting shares the biggest challenges and growing pains startups face when building their finance function. Jim shares the bigge...

How This CEO is Changing Banking and Personal Finance with AI from 2019-06-05T14:22

In this episode, Jake Tyler, the CEO of Finn.ai, talks conversational banking, scaling a business effectively with spend culture, and balancing growth perspectives while also being financially resp...

How to Take Your Cannabis Business Public from 2019-05-22T11:03

In this episode, Sabas Carillo, the CEO of Adnant Consulting shares his insights with Aoife Kelly on KPIs to track and what to look out for when going public in cannabis, and how Spend Culture in c...

How to Land Your First CFO Role from 2019-05-14T13:48

In this episode, Lisa Rangel, executive resume writer, job search expert, and executive recruiter extraordinaire shares the secrets behind a well-written resume for a C-level finance hire, as well ...

A Cannabis CEO Shares How to Build a Profitable Cannabis Business from 2019-05-07T10:32

In this episode, Steve Gormley, the President and CEO of International Cannabrands, Inc. shares his perspective on running a profitable cannabis business, considerations on taking a cannabis busine...

What Cannabis CFOs Need to Know About Bill 280E [CANNABIZ SPECIAL] from 2019-04-25T17:40

Bruce Joliff, cannabis CPA and CFO for hire, shares his insights to establishing internal controls and compliance requirements for tax bill 280E for cannabis CFOs.

What Technological Tools Do Cannabis Business Owners Use? [CANNABIZ SPECIAL] from 2019-04-22T15:14

Scott Berdell, the CEO of cannabis business Stryps and former dispensary CFO shares his views on software and technological tools that cannabis business owners use, and his learnings on operating a...

Cash Flow Lessons Learned from a Cannabis Dispensary Owner [CANNABIZ SPECIAL] from 2019-04-10T12:39

In this episode, Chris Cody, CEO of Highly Functioning LLC and former cannabis dispensary owner shares his insights on how to manage cash flow and the mistakes cannabis small businesses make when i...

What Cannabis Businesses Need to Know About Best Accounting Practices [CANNABIZ SPECIAL] from 2019-04-03T11:34

In this episode, chartered professional accountant Andrew Hunzicker, the founder of Dope CFO shares his insights on what cannabis business owners get wrong about accounting, and how to properly set...

The New Role and Challenges of the Healthcare CFO - Perry Wiggins from 2019-03-28T11:26

In this episode, Perry Wiggins, the CFO of APQC discusses the changing face of the healthcare industry, and the new role and challenges of the CFO. Perry also shares his insights on adopting an unr...

How to Align Spend Culture With Your Company Culture from 2019-03-20T11:30

In this episode, Jon Brodsky, the Country Manager of Finder.com shares his insights on understanding the why behind company spending, how to manage multi-locational teams, and how to align your cul...

Why a Deloitte Accountant Made the Switch From Big Four to Tech Startups from 2019-03-13T11:00

Brittany Nasso is a Financial Controller at Voices.com. Before Voices.com, she worked with Deloitte as a Chartered Accountant before moving into the world of tech. In this episode, Brittany shares ...

The President of Procurious Shares How to Advance Your Career In Procurement from 2019-03-06T11:11

Tania Seary is the president and founder of Procurious, the world’s first online community dedicated to procurement and supply chain professionals, which now has 60,000+ followers and members in 14...

Former Director of P2P At Coca-Cola Shares How to Track Company Spending from 2019-02-27T11:22

Lilia Stoyanov is the CEO of Transformify.com, a recruitment platform. Prior to founding Transformify, Lilia led a team at Coca Cola, where she implemented digital transformation processes in P2P. ...

A Museum CFO Shares The Hidden Costs Behind a Jackson Pollock Painting from 2019-02-21T11:00

Kate Motonaga, CPE, is the current COO/CFO of Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art. Prior to joining MoCA, Kate led finance teams in billion dollar companies in steel, mining, and CPG. In this e...

The Tech Stack of a CFO - Why ERPs and "One Size Fits All" Solutions Are Dying from 2019-02-13T10:57

CFO. Finance Consultant. Digital Evangelist. Regional Director of the CFO Centre. Paul Riegel, CPA, CGA is the Regional Director at the CFO Centre, a firm that provides the skills and experience o...

UCLA Law CFO Shares How To Get Promoted from an Accounting Assistant to a CFO from 2019-02-05T10:47

Steve currently serves as the CFO and Assistant Dean at UCLA School of Law where he has worked for the past 21 years. Steve oversees the $90 million budget and 200+ staff at UCLA Law. Learn about S...

IBM's Head of Digital Procurement Shares Why Your Tech Stack Shouldn't Inform Your Strategy from 2019-02-05T10:34

Digital transformation officer. IBM Executive. Procurement strategist. Hans Casteels is the Head of Digital Procurement at IBM, and has over 25 years of professional experience working within and w...

A COO/CFO's Advice on Scaling Your Charter School's Purchasing Process - Rob DiBacco(NEW 2019!!) from 2019-01-09T11:47

Serial traveller. The “problem fixer”. Generalist. Constant Learner. Rob Dibacco is the COO/CFO of The Arizona Charter School Association. Learn how Rob manages the financial operations of a non-p...

Why This CFO Entrusts Every Employee With Their Own Credit Card - Lindsey Head from 2017-12-18T14:55

Lindsey Head is the CFO of J Public Relations - and she has figured out her way to financially manage an efficient and lean PR agency. Rather than asserting controls or pushing a budget onto the op...

What Jack Welch Taught This CFO About Leadership - Michael Dinkins from 2017-11-30T13:59

In the seventies and eighties, GE was the training grounds for overachievers who would go on to head other companies and challenge the status quo. It was Jack Welch who famously said, “I’m desperat...

What This VP Finance Says About Breaking Workplace Silos - Peter Gebert from 2017-11-10T16:03

Peter Gebert is an unusual Finance leader. Right from his beginnings as an accountant working at mining sites in the Arctic Circle, to his astonishing successes leading Finance departments for bill...