The CFO Show

Balancing Stability and Innovation: The CFO Playbook From Thumbtack


Listen Later

What does it take to lead a high-growth company through economic uncertainty, while still innovating for the future? 


Larry Roseman, Chief Financial Officer of Thumbtack, joins us to explore the modern finance leader's role in balancing resilience, agility, and long-term value creation. With a career spanning investment banking, accounting, and tech, Larry shares how he's redefined capital allocation, empowered decision-making across teams, and built a finance organization that thrives on trust and flexibility. 


Learn how to lead with clarity, empower innovation (without waste), and turn volatility into opportunity. 


Discussed in This Episode: 

  • Why CFOs must shift from fixed annual planning to rolling investment cycles 
  • The power of decentralized decision-making in fast-moving companies 
  • How to empower teams with "envelope budgeting" and shared accountability 
  • Why flexibility and financial discipline must go hand-in-hand 
  • How to balance profitability and growth through portfolio-style capital planning 
  • Tactics for encouraging innovation without a near-term ROI


For CFO insights, episode show notes and exclusive blog content, visit thecfoshowpodcast.com.   

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The CFO ShowBy Vena

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

17 ratings


More shows like The CFO Show

View all
Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Freakonomics Radio

32,044 Listeners

HBR IdeaCast by Harvard Business Review

HBR IdeaCast

1,839 Listeners

CFO THOUGHT LEADER by The Future of Finance is Listening

CFO THOUGHT LEADER

124 Listeners

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel by Esther Perel Global Media

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

14,934 Listeners

The Accounting Podcast by Blake Oliver & David Leary

The Accounting Podcast

337 Listeners

HBS Managing the Future of Work by Harvard Business School

HBS Managing the Future of Work

104 Listeners

Inside the Strategy Room by McKinsey & Company

Inside the Strategy Room

168 Listeners

Suze Orman's Women & Money (And Everyone Smart Enough To Listen) by Suze Orman Media

Suze Orman's Women & Money (And Everyone Smart Enough To Listen)

323 Listeners

CFO 4.0 - The Future of Finance by Hannah Munro

CFO 4.0 - The Future of Finance

2 Listeners

CFO Weekly by Personiv

CFO Weekly

44 Listeners

A Bit of Optimism by Simon Sinek

A Bit of Optimism

2,196 Listeners

Coaching Real Leaders by Harvard Business Review / Muriel Wilkins

Coaching Real Leaders

679 Listeners

If Books Could Kill by Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

If Books Could Kill

9,226 Listeners

HBR On Leadership by Harvard Business Review

HBR On Leadership

167 Listeners

Secrets of Rockstar CFOs by Jack McCullough

Secrets of Rockstar CFOs

16 Listeners