“We have to know the market, not to a granular level, but in a big, good overview, which is linked to the second part. How those numbers translate into business value, because then that's how we can make a difference.”

According to today’s guest mentor Jing Zhang, who also helps us deconstruct on the #sitn podcast:

- How Jing started her finance career by moving from a US public accounting firm to a Chinese corporate and now as a leader of an Asian corporation.

- How to best support business stakeholders in meeting the business objectives.

- The importance of translating data to numbers, to stories and to business values.

- The key habits and behaviours of finance professionals in career development.

- Actions to take on ensuring a successful IPO.

Check out https://sitnshow.com/ for detailed time stamped show notes, transcripts, links to resources and more guest mentor episodes and Monday Memos.

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Ask Your Developer!

That’s what Finance teams should be doing. In this bite-sized episode I share some three thoughts on how Finance teams and professionals can harness the power of software developers to win in the 21st century.

Link to book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0063018292

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“We have to think about ultimately taking what we do in person, which is creating connections, building the know, like, and trust and translating that online.”

According to today’s guest mentor Katie Thomas, who also helps us deconstruct on the #sitn podcast:

- How Katie started her career in marketing and now focuses on helping other professionals become online thought leaders.

- The 4Cs process of creating connections. (Choose, Connect, Convert, Create)

- How know, like and trust works in the digital era of marketing.

- How to build and connect your online presence to other key influencers.

Check out https://sitnshow.com/ for detailed time stamped show notes, transcripts, links to resources and more guest mentor episodes and Monday Memos.

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What’s the Year of the Ox have in Store for Finance Professionals?

Given we’ve just moved from the Chinese Year of the Rat, and all the turbulence that we’ve just experienced during it, what might the Year of the Ox have for finance and accounting professionals?

In this bite-sized episode our #SITN co-host Wei Chien & I come together to share some thoughts on what the year of the Ox might hold in store and look like for finance professionals as well as sound out some good areas for us to focus on before we go into the year of the Tiger in 11 months’ time.

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“You’re only as good as the people gathered around you. And therefore if you put amazing people around you, how good do you look? So be confident in that and build the team around you that are absolutely amazing.”

According to today’s guest mentor Stephen Sutcliffe, who also helps us deconstruct on the #sitn podcast:

- his career strategies and how he finally became the head of the largest F&A Shared service in the world.

- The importance of having a solid foundation in the technicals for successful financial career development.

- The significance of teamwork, mentorship and leadership in reaching success in the organization.

- How to bring value and skills to the benefit of the organization.

- The influence and future impact of technology in finance

Check out https://sitnshow.com/ for detailed time stamped show notes, transcripts, links to resources and more guest mentor episodes and Monday Memos.

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What’s a Cameraman & Helicopter Got To Do With Your Finance Career?

During the week I had a conversation helping a fellow finance professional through their career bone diagram and we got onto the tricky question of how best to create value and develop skills around that to get from where he was to where he wanted to get to so he could deliver the outcomes and key success factors expected of him in his new role. It brought up an analogy of the cameraman and helicopter pilot.

So in this bite-sized episode I share some thoughts on a framework that has served me well to help answer these questions enabling you to relentlessly focus on delivering the right value in your career.

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“There's a lot of youth out there that need mentoring and help. And, if it is not up to us to support these individuals, who's going to bring talents up in the future?”

According to today’s guest mentor Hiten Keshave, who also helps us deconstruct on the #sitn podcast:

• How Hiten started his career in finance and entrepreneurship

• How to ensure a good return of investment through marketing

• The importance of mentorship as well as knowing your reasons for seeking it out.

• How to steer people through cultural change.

Check out https://sitnshow.com/ for detailed time stamped show notes, transcripts, links to resources and more guest mentor episodes and Monday Memos.

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How do you make sure that you’re implementing the right strategy you want to implement?

You watch where your resources flow, what we call the resource allocation process. If this is not supporting the strategy you’ve decided upon and built goals around then you run the risk of hitting some serious problems.

In this bite-sized episode I share some thoughts on 3 areas we can avoid mistakes in our own resource allocation process.

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“Really ask the tough questions and see where the value can be created. And then often there are opportunities.”

According to today’s guest mentor Tom Fencl, CFO of PriceFx, who also helps us deconstruct on the #sitn podcast:

- Answering the question who is responsible for pricing and its 3 dimensions.

- The Important qualities of good finance professionals and a great tip on learning quickly.

- The important distinction value and cost, as well as how one helps you maximise/optimise and the other you tend to minimise.

- How Finance can gain leverage by better adopting technology to streamline the business process.

Check out https://sitnshow.com/ for detailed time stamped show notes, transcripts, links to resources and more guest mentor episodes and Monday Memos.

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Can Finance Save the World?

This was the title of a book that came to my attention by Bertrand Badré and which I read over the Holidays. As much as it was directed at the global financial system and was a nice refresher of some of the challenges we have to conquer as a society. It also got me thinking, can the #finance team save the world too?

In this bite-sized episode I share some thoughts on 3 areas we can help.

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Link to book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Finance-Save-World-Bertrand-Badre/dp/1523094214