Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets

In this episode of Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets, Mike chats with FloQast’s reigning Controller of the Year,  Ashley Griesshammer of e-commerce brand Lovevery about her path from Finance to Accounting, Lovevery’s path to automating as much as possible (and how important automation is for accounting teams in 2023 and beyond), and whether the title “Controller” adequately reflects all the work Controllers really have on their plates.

Shivang Patel was on track to make audit partner when a client poached him to join his team at a rapidly-growing, soon-to-IPO tech company. After learning the books, Shivang was thriving in his role as Accounting Manager, fully overseeing the Month-End Close, when a chance meeting to discuss a software solution designed to streamline the Close change his professional trajectory forever.

Nearing his seventh-anniversary at FloQast, learn how Shivang transitioned from audit to accounting, and from accounting to sales. In this episode of Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets, Mike and Shivang discuss how he got to FloQast, learning to sell, launching FloQast's Sales Engineering organization, and taking on a new role as Senior Director, Growth Markets, and just what that entails.

In times of economic uncertainty, accounting teams need to be nimble enough to pivot should the time com, while consistently delivering accurate financial figures to impact the direction of the business — both in the short and long term. 

On this episode of Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets, guest host Stefan van Duyvendijk, a former controller, and FloQast CFO Razzak Jallow discuss what accounting teams should be doing during times of economic uncertainty and recession, based on first-hand experience and best practices observed over the years.

When meetings and billable hours start eating into your sleep schedule and overall wellness on, say, the week of your wedding, something's got to give. And, with fewer students taking an interest in accounting, the time for change was yesterday. Join FloQast CEO Mike Whitmire and Katie Thomas, CPA, founder and owner of Leaders Online LLC – both Ernst & Young veterans – as they sketch out a better, kinder future for the field (universities, take note), and share bright and dark spots from their respective careers. Plus, get to know more about Leaders Online, and the unique skill set Katie and her team can offer your firm.

On this episode of Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets, Mike is joined by Zane Navratil, world #1 Pickleball player and former Deloitte auditor. Zane talks about picking up pickleball while working in audit, helping grow the sport, and balancing his career as an athlete with his business and acting as an ambassador for the world's fastest growing sport.

Being a CFO in 2022 is probably a lot different than it was just a few years ago. The demands are greater and deadlines are tighter, resulting in added pressure throughout the office of the CFO. In this conversation, FloQast CFO Razzak Jallow, Co-founder and CEO Mike Whitmire, and Accounting Operations Evangelist Stefan van Duyvendijk discuss the evolution of accounting leadership over the last several years, how to effectively structure an efficient accounting organization (within a rapidly growing tech company), and how they see those expectations changing in a tumultuous economic environment.

On this week's episode of Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets, FloQast Accounting Operations Evangelist Stefan van Duyvendijk guest is joined by Dante Giannini, Corporate Controller of Actian Corporation, to discuss the rise of the operational controller and what that role will look like as controllers add more value to their organizations.

Mike is BACK, and this week, he's joined by veteran Corporate Controller and FloQast's new Accounting Operations Evangelist Stefan van Duyvendijk.

On this episode, Mike and Stefan talk about Stefan's experience at Skullcandy and Kodiak Cakes, what led him to leave his controller role for FloQast, and how the accounting profession has changed significantly in the last several years

Mike and Kristen talk memes, audit horror stories, and moving to industry.

Mike is joined by early FloQast investor and advisor Rob Meinhardt to look back at how FloQast got to where it is today, a unicorn company in a boom LA tech community.