What does it take to be a truly transformational CFO today?

Roman Labutin, former Divisional CFO at Citigroup, joins Felicia Shakiba to unpack how the CFO role is evolving far beyond the numbers. Roman shares how modern finance leaders blend data-driven decision making with people-first leadership—building cross-cultural trust and forging strategic partnerships with HR across compensation, succession, and organizational design.

This episode explores how leadership maturity, disciplined decision making, and clear C-suite strategy elevate finance from control function to value creation engine. Roman explains why collaboration, transparency, and enterprise-wide alignment matter as much as analytics—and how business process automation and digital transformation support smarter execution without losing the human thread.

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