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Welcome to a special edition of the CFO 4.0 podcast, brought to you in partnership with the ACCA. In this live panel event, host Hannah Munro is joined by an expert panel of ACCA members, including Hannah Williams, Becky Glover, Andi Lonnen, and Jess Harcourt. Together, they share their insights and experiences on how finance and business awards can propel your business and personal brand to new heights.

In this engaging and informative discussion, our panellists delve into the following topics:

• Discover the key elements that make an award-winning application and learn how to showcase your achievements effectively
• Finance and business awards to look out for
• Top tips for preparing for the awards
• The impact of winning awards on your business and personal profile
• How to get involved in the judging side of awards

Links mentioned:

• Digital Finance Function awards
• Celebrating Members Success Hub
• Find out more about the ACCA

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This week’s episode of the CFO 4.0 podcast is part of our monthly Financial Transformation Live series, how to map out your finance integration project! 

Part two of our integration series, Hannah Munro covers what options for integration you have, and shares her top tips for building out an integration strategy paired with some helpful examples!

Also covered in this session:

• Key areas to focus on before building out your integration strategy
• Why it’s important to plan out your data dependencies 
• Hannah’s top tips for building out an integration strategy
• Best practice for approaching field mapping 
• Integration things to think about when looking for new finance software

Links mentioned:

• Part One: Integrating your Finance systems
• Upcoming Financial Transformation Live in April
• Learn more & subscribe to FTL alerts
• Join our Financial Transformation Live Community LinkedIn Group
• On-demand webinar: Automate your finance team with Sage Intacct

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Back due to popular demand, Darren Woods, CFO at Freedom Fibre sits down with Hannah Munro to discuss useful tips and advice for both brand new and new into role CFOs! 
Together they discuss the influence you have as a CFO that is new into role, how soon is too soon to start that financial transformation journey and how to prioritise your transformation efforts. 

Also covered on this episode:

• Darren’s ambition for finance 
• What is finance’s hierarchy of needs?
• Why you need to understand the problem you are trying to solve before you try to solve it?
• How do you speed up your time to value as a CFO?
• Why you need to know the 3 things that keep your CEO awake at night

Links referenced in this episode 

• Freedom Fibre website
• Freedom Fibre LinkedIn
• Darren’s LinkedIn

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Returning to the CFO 4.0 podcast this week with Hannah Munro is Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Maynooth University, Dr. Jon Gruda! 

Jon and Hannah dig into the concept of conflict, discussing how to best navigate specific scenarios within finance teams, particularly during change. 

Also covered in this episode:

• What is conflict within an organisation? 
• How do you approach a disagreement between team members
• What are the key components of good decision-making?
• Tips for structuring the way you deal with conflict 

Links referenced in this episode:

• Jon Gruda’s website
• Jon Gruda’s university profile page
• Jon’s LinkedIn
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In this week’s episode of the CFO 4.0 podcast, Cécile Parker, Group CFO at Vital Energi Utilities Limited, sat down with Hannah Munro to share her story and talk about everything from finance’s carbon footprint through to integrating your finance team with the rest of the business.
 
 Also covered in this episode
 
 • Why finance need to stop underestimating the power of automation
 • Finding your niche as a CFO
 • The importance of integrating your finance team with the rest of the business
 • How to develop the skills and knowledge within your finance team
 
 Links mentioned in this episode.
Cécile’s LinkedIn
Learn more about Vital Energi
Vital Energi on LinkedIn

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This week’s episode of CFO 4.0 brings the first Financial Transformation Live session of 2023, Flash Reporting: Everything you need to know!

Hannah Munro explains what flash reporting is, why it is important and breaks down the differences between flash reporting and normal month-end reporting.

Also covered in this session:

• Best practice for implementing flash reporting 
• Our top tips for flash reporting
• What metrics should you be including in your reporting
• Why you should use the ‘Goldilocks principle’ to plan out your reporting needs

Links mentioned:

• Explore previous Financial Transformation Live sessions
• Sign up for monthly Financial Transformation Live email alerts
• Follow us on LinkedIn
• Join our Financial Transformation Live community group on LinkedIn

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In this week’s episode of CFO 4.0 Hannah Munro is joined by Clive Webb, Head of Business Management at the ACCA to dissect the latest report from the ACCA around the future of the finance function!

Also covered in this episode: 

• Why CFOs need to start focusing more on the future and not just the past.
• The importance of being agile when it comes to financial reporting.
• 7 Key areas to focus on when it comes to budgeting & planning.
• Is it time to ditch the spreadsheet? 
• Why CFOs need to become comfortable with the dynamism that required around budgeting & planning.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Clive’s LinkedIn 
• Learn more about ACCA 
• Planning and performance management paradigm report
• Implementing Beyond Budgeting: Unlocking the Performance Potential
• Grow the Pie

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In this week’s episode of CFO 4.0 Hannah Munro is joined by David Brandeis, CFO at PowToon to chat about the challenges David faces as a CFO of a bootstrap organisation as well as his unique journey to becoming a CFO.

Also covered in this episode
• Where to begin building out a finance team from nothing
• How bootstrap companies measure success
• The affect Covid-19 has had on software-based companies
• How to balance strategy and being hands-on as a CFO

Links mentioned in this episode.
• David’s LinkedIn
• Learn more about PowToon

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In this week’s episode of CFO 4.0 Hannah Munro is joined by Chris Ortega, CEO of Fresh FP&A, together they share their passion for financial transformation and discuss their ideas on what the future could look like for finance leaders.

Also covered by Chris and Hannah in this episode:
• Chris’ journey to becoming a Fractional CFO
• How much change has the pandemic driven in finance?
• The benefits of healthy friction in finance teams
• What does good finance business partnering look like?
• Why CFOs need to start stepping out of their comfort zone

Links mentioned in this episode:
• Chris’ LinkedIn
• Learn more about Fresh FP&A

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In this week’s episode of CFO 4.0, Tony Martignetti, a self-proclaimed recovering finance professional, now a Chief Inspiration Officer at Inspired Purpose Coaching talks to Hannah Munro about how finance leaders can manage stress and burnout in their finance teams. 

Also covered on the podcast

• The importance of planning and structure to avoid overwhelm in the New Year 
• Why finance leaders need to strike the balance between optimism and realism 
• Identifying the different types of stresses within your finance team
• How to recognise when your team are heading into burnout territory
• The importance of a work-life balance to alleviate stress and burnout 

Links mentioned in this podcast

• Tony’s LinkedIn 
• Inspired Purpose Coaching
• Tony’s book Climbing The Right Mountain 
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