Faces of the Future-Ready
Faces of the Future-Ready
Podcast Description
The path to future-ready financial operations is paved with inspiration from unexpected places. Innovations in one industry can come crashing into another and wreak positive havoc.
In each episode, we’re joined by disruptive thinkers, doers, and makers championing change in their industry to explore what the finance sector can learn from them.
Our series covers everything from technical innovation, people and culture innovation, business model innovation, and more.
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Content Themes
The series delves into topics such as technical innovation, people and culture innovation, and business model innovation, exemplified by episodes like the one featuring Russ Laraway that examines leadership standards and employee engagement strategies, emphasizing actionable insights from diverse industries.
Sounds Accurate cuts through the noise in Finance & Accounting to bring today’s Office of the CFO the conversations that truly matter.
Each episode features candid discussions with industry leaders, innovators, and experts tacking real challenges – efficiency, transparency, technology.
No buzzwords, just clarity and insights you can act on to lead with confidence in a fast-changing world.
This week, host Emily Campbell, CMO at BlackLine, sits down with Craig Richey, the Americas Chief Financial Officer at Accenture. His career offers a powerful roadmap for any leader navigating the profound shifts in the finance profession.
The core of our conversation is the journey of reinvention—how finance leaders can transform their teams from a traditional back-office function into a strategic, front-office architect of enterprise value. Craig argues that this transformation is not about technology alone, but is fundamentally centered on people, talent, and culture.
In our conversation, we explore:
The key moments that define a modern CFO's journey.
What the ”back-office to front-office” shift actually looks like in practice.
How to balance the demand for innovation and speed with the need for absolute control.
How AI is reshaping the future of finance and the talent required to lead it.
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