CFO Weekly What Makes a Great CFO with Chris Ortega
Dec 27, 2022
36:57
As CFO, you are responsible for managing the organization's financial operations. You’ve got to be able to develop and implement strategies that will help your company achieve its financial goals. You might think your only role is dealing with the numbers, but that’s far from the truth. For Chris Ortega, the role of a modern CFO expands beyond finance and accounting. He joins Megan to share what makes a great finance leader.
Chris is the CEO of Fresh FP&A, a consultancy organization focused on finance transformation and scale solutions for businesses. He is a dynamic and empathetic financial leader with extensive experience in finance, accounting, FP&A, strategic planning and financial leadership. Before starting Fresh FP&A, Chris was the VP of Finance at Unsupervised and Emarsys, FP&A Manager at WebLink International, Senior Financial Analyst at Covance, Accounting Manager at ChaCha and Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young.
In this episode, we discuss:
- A fresh perspective on FP&A
- Understanding financial transformation
- The six key pillars of financial transformation
- How can finance play a part in the decision-making process?
- The benefits of getting a fractional CFO on board
- What makes a great financial leader?
- Tactical mistakes CFOs should be aware of
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