936. Insights: What your finance team is really thinking

Feb 13, 2025

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Søren Lonning

Guest

Betsy Samuel

Guest

Jovi Overo

Join Søren Lonning, CFO at Pleo, Betsy Samuel, CMO at Thredd, and Jovi Overo, CEO of Vault, as they explore the often-overlooked collaboration between finance and other departments. They discuss insights from extensive research revealing how better teamwork can unlock growth. The trio highlights the crucial role of transparency and data-driven decision-making in navigating financial challenges and emphasizes finance teams as strategic partners rather than back-office functions. Listen in for fresh perspectives on enhancing synergies within fintech.

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INSIGHT

Finance Team Challenges

Finance teams face pressure to balance growth with efficiency and cash flow.
Macroeconomic uncertainty requires agility, resilience, and securing funding.

ADVICE

Data-Driven Agility

Finance teams must be agile and data-driven.
Spend smarter, not less, and adjust plans based on data and real-time impact.

ADVICE

Team Alignment

Align teams on common goals for agility.
Regularly review objectives to enable informed pivots and prevent decision paralysis.

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About this episode:

In this episode, in association with Pleo, we're taking a look at one of the most important but often under appreciated aspects of any organisation: the collaboration between finance teams and the rest of the business.

Finance teams are often viewed as the gatekeepers of budgets and numbers, the guardians of growth but what’s really going on behind the spreadsheets?

To help us uncover the truth, we’ve partnered with Pleo, which has commissioned and published some fascinating research with nearly 3,000 medium-sized businesses across seven European countries to find out what finance teams across a wide variety of industries are really thinking and how better collaboration can unlock growth and success for everyone.

This week's guests:

Søren Lonning - Chief Financial Officer at Pleo
Betsy Samuel - Chief Marketing Officer at Thredd
Jovi Overo - CEO of Vault

This episode is sponsored by Pleo

Poor financial decisions are a common challenge—60% of UK businesses link them to a lack of collaboration. Pleo’s Finance and Business Synergy Report shows how better teamwork between finance and other departments boosts decision-making, financial resilience, and growth. With 76% of UK businesses recognising spend management platforms as key to success, the right tools matter.

Download the report today for insights from 2,800 finance leaders on optimising spend and unlocking new opportunities.

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Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services.

Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including guests from Visa, Nubank, M-Pesa, Starling, and JP Morgan Chase to discuss the latest news, developments, and trends within the industry.

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