Taylor Otstot
Vice President of Finance at Dashlane and author of CFO Frameworks. Former finance leader at GoDaddy, where he spent eight years scaling the FP&A team.
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Dec 26, 2023 • 45min
How to win at FP&A with Psychology, Strategy and Tradeoffs
Taylor Otstot, VP of Finance at Dashlane, shares insights on the worst budget experience, the importance of tradeoffs in finance conversations, managing an FP&A team, psychology learnings in finance, and decision frameworks. He also talks about the secrets to building a high performing team and the big sales comp revelation. The podcast covers leveraging technology, challenging safe choices, implementing tools, improving team meetings, and the benefits of using name ranges in Excel functions.
May 21, 2025 • 54min
Curiosity, Ambition, Service: FP&A at Dashlane
Taylor Otstot, Vice President of Finance at Dashlane and author of CFO Frameworks, shares his journey from GoDaddy to leading FP&A. He emphasizes hiring for curiosity, ambition, and service orientation for addressing ambiguity in finance. Discussing the interplay between strategy and FP&A, he also tackles the misconception of partnership versus accountability. Taylor introduces improv techniques as a creative tool for collaboration and highlights the value of data segmentation and machine learning in enhancing finance strategies.
