Career path: CPA ➡ CFO ➡ CEO 🎙 Live at Sage Intacct Advantage

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Show Notes

• 01:39 – Laura outlines her career path from school to VP of Finance
• 02:30 – Laura liked using the Sage Intacct product so much at a former company that she wanted to become part of Sage Intacct 
• 04:25 – What's the difference between accounting and finance departments? 
• 05:22 – Laura's excited to work on the tools that will help 'eliminate' the month-end close
• 06:15 – Laura talks about what CFO 3.0 means for her and her team
• 06:52 – You really have to open up your mind to new possibilities and see things from different angles in order to embrace the new technologies
• 07:57 – Those who get into accounting in order to get the bird's-eye view of a company are the ones likely to move into higher positions as they progress
• 08:41 – Wanna be a CFO? Don't be a tree. Move around, meet people, and learn new things, constantly
• 10:40 – Laura's passion and big focus centers around mentoring, and making sure employees feel like they're learning,  growing, and contributing
• 12:26 – Are employees an asset or an expense? Laura and Blake disagree | Harvard Business Review
• 13:21 – Laura talks about the gender gap in accounting, and what Sage is doing to turn that around
• 14:50 – We talk about why women-led businesses excel | CNBC 
• 15:11 – Diversity is great, but you need to have the open, transparent culture to back it up, otherwise, you're going nowhere
• 15:45 – As former guest, Jina Etienne, stated, there's no diversity if you're not free to just be yourself, no matter what your ethnicity, or gender
• 16:23 – Laura's advice for women entering the accounting industry - be confident, know your strength, own your voice, and don't be afraid! 

Connect with Laura

• Laura Wiler, VP of Finance & Business Operations, Sage Intacct
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurawiler/

Episode Art Photo Credit: 

• April Blankenship
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  • https://twitter.com/aprilblnknshp/status/1187023281687130112/photo/2

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