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In our newest episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah chats to Howard Tunnicliffe.

Howard is Head of Finance - Subscriptions at The Economist, and he helps finance people to move up by mastering soft skills, which is the main subject of today's episode! Howard is also an experienced leader of Financial Planning & Analysis with over 15 years' tenure in global matrixed businesses.

What else is covered in this episode?

• Howard’s journey to The Economist
• Why are soft skills so important when it comes to finance?
• How to assess your finance team
• Why it’s important to be aware of soft skills
• What are the more important skills when it comes to finance?
• Top tips to develop these soft skills within your finance team

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In this episode of CFO 4.0, join Hannah as she interviews Colin McDonagh, Finance Director of TTM.  TTM Healthcare is a world-class, specialist, Irish-owned recruitment company placing candidates in the healthcare market.

Colin has focused on financial services throughout his career and has been with TTM Healthcare since 2014.

What else is covered in this episode?

• Colin’s journey to TTM
• How to approach accountability within finance
• KPIs and accountability
• How to monitor and measure accountability within finance teams
• What does the process of delegation of accountability look like?
• IROAR – what does it mean?

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On this episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah talks to Ian Schnoor, who is the Executive Director at Financial Modelling Institute.                

Ian is also a Principal and Founder of The Marquee Group, a leading provider of financial modeling training to professionals in the financial community. Ian has built The Marquee Group into a leading provider of financial modeling training, consulting, and accreditation.

Also covered in this episode:

• Ian’s journey into Financial Modelling
• What is financial modelling?
• What makes a good financial model?
• The process and framework behind a good financial model
• The skillsets people need to take on this role
• Top tips for building financial modelling capability internally

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In our newest episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah chats to Monica Arora, EVP Commercial Finance at Sage. They talk all about the research report from Sage, and how COVID has had such an impact on finance teams.

Monica has been at Sage for almost six years but has previously worked at Schneider Electic as a Finance Director.

In Monica's current role at Sage, she sits on both the CFO leadership, as well as the COO leadership.

This episode also covers: 

• Monica's journey to Sage
• Tools CFOs and other finance leaders need to shift to commercial finance support
• Do people have a natural aptitude for commercial, or can it be taught?
• What are some of the key findings from the report?
• What are some key challenges that CFOs are addressing?
• What impact has COVID had on finance teams?
• How widely has cloud been adopted, and what does this mean for organisations?
• The Digital CFO - what does it mean for organisations?

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In our newest episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah speaks to Tony Shafar, Executive and Business Coach at Shafar Coaching.

Tony has over 20 years of business experience, working in senior positions for FTSE 100 companies, and smaller businesses, along with technology start-ups.

He spent 10 years working as a Finance Director for Ogilvy, where he was a key member of the senior management team. 

Tony is now an executive coach,  working with mainly finance leaders on mindset and helping them get clarity, overcome challenges and gain confidence. 

What else does this episode cover?

• What is a growth mindset?
• Challenges of having a fixed mindset
• Strategies you can implement to get you and your team thinking differently
• What can you do as a finance leader to help your team develop their own mindsets? 
• Creating that ‘open book’ culture

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On this week’s episode of CFO 4.0, we have CFO at greenHat, Paul van der Walt joining us to discuss the power of curiosity and what it means for CFOs.

An experienced CFO, Paul has a career shaped with a combination of analysis, business partnering, and leadership. A naturally curious individual, he wants to learn how things tick. In the past, he has worked as a CFO for Specsavers, and was a Senior Finance Manager at Heathrow Airport. 

In this session we talk all about the importance of curiosity both as a leader but also within a team culture. 

This episode covers:

• Paul’s background and his journey into the finance world
• The definition of curiosity in finance
• What does #GetCurious mean for him and why is it important in finance?
• What does a curious CFO look like?
• What are the downsides/shadow behaviours with curiosity?
• Can curiosity be taught or is it a natural ability?
• Building a culture that supports curiosity

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In this week’s episode of CFO 4.0, we talk about how Boards are now transitioning to a new way of making decisions and what CFOs need to do to support this. 

Patrick is a returning guest, the Author of “Boards”, is an Experienced Chair and Serial Social Entrepreneur. He talks us through the how's, what's and why's of how Boards are shifting to a new dynamic decision making process.

In this episode, we discuss: 

• How has the pace of decision making changed and what is driving it?
• How are Boards and senior leadership teams approaching decision making in this volatile world?
• How are CFOs required to work with the Board?
• Strategies to budget as a Board in an everchanging environment
• Systems and Processes needed to be able to cope with this change

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Is financial transformation so black and white, or is there a grey area somewhere in the middle? Today we talk about the importance of mindset to your transformation programme. 

In the latest episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah Munro chats to Rob Jackson, VP of Finance Operations at Sage about how they do financial transformation internally. 

Rob has had over 20 years of experience within the transformation roles across a range of industries. He has worked for IBM, BAE Systems, Ernst and Young, BT, and is now settled at Sage as Vice President of Finance Operations where he leads their internal transformation programme. 

This episode also covers:

• Rob’s journey into financial transformation and why he decided to move to Sage
• How Sage approaches transformation internally and some of the challenges they have faced
• Process of kicking off a new financial transformation project
• Importance of communication particularly when working with a global team
• How to build a team geared up for continuous transformation
• The team structure needed to balance both transformation and operations
• Top tips for your next transformation project

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We all know that Diversity is critical to the success of any business but why is it so hard to address?

What do leaders need to consider in their approach to building diversity and how do you know when you have achieved it beyond the typical demographic KPIs.

Kay Formanek Author and Founder of Diversity and Performances talks us through the strategic and practical aspects of building a diverse team.

What's covered in this episode?

• Definitions of Diversity beyond demographics
• Key pillars required for Diversity Success
• Building a diversity vision and value statement
• Practical examples of unconscious bias during recruitment and how they were addressed
• Leadership approach required for Diversity Success

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Kay's LinkedIn
Beyond D&I Book
Diversity and Performance Website
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In this episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah chats to Paul Lee, who is a Partner at Deloitte UK.  This episode focuses entirely on the hybrid of working at home, and at the office.

What else is covered in this episode?

• Working from home, hybrid and back to the office - what is the right option?
• What questions should finance leaders consider for hybrid workers
• What technology trends are developing to support the new world of work
• How 5g/wifi 6 going to impact the world of work

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