FP&A Today AI must look for work your finance team hates to do – Hyoun Park
Mar 20, 2025
In this insightful discussion, Hyoun Park, CEO of Amalgam Insights, shares his journey from CRM administrator to a finance tech expert. He addresses how AI can optimize tedious tasks like invoice processing and contract management. Listeners will learn about the challenges of rising cloud costs and the implications for budgeting. Hyoun also explores the balance between AI job displacement and new opportunities, plus his predictions for the future of finance in the age of technology. Tune in for a mix of real-world advice and futurist insights!
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Hyoun Park's Startup Learning Journey
- Hyoun Park started as a CRM administrator and self-taught SQL to shift towards databases and payments over six years.
- Early roles in startups let him rapidly learn and adapt across multiple tech and finance systems.
Challenges in Cloud Cost Management
- Cloud costs often balloon due to duplicated services and engineers leaving instances running.
- Finance struggles to map cloud spending to business units, causing budgeting inefficiencies.
Automate Work Employees Hate
- Identify the work employees hate doing as prime AI automation candidates.
- This improves efficiency by automating tedious, repetitive tasks that still need completion.