The Better Finance Podcast

By EY

What's The Better Finance Podcast about?

The EY Better Finance Podcast explores the changing dynamics of the business world and what it means for finance leaders of today and tomorrow. Hosted by EY’s Myles Corson, this series offers insights from leaders on key topics affecting the world of corporate finance.

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The Better Finance Podcast episodes:

04.16.2024
How customer connections, reporting and sustainability drive success
In this episode, Lululemon executives Meghan Frank, CFO, and Alex Grieve, CAO, engage in a captivating conversation with Myles Corson. Together, they delve into their pivotal roles in driving Lululemon's success, highlighting the significance of sustainability, customer connections, and technological...
03.21.2024
How CFOs navigate the challenges in Finance today
In this episode of The EY Better Finance podcast, we are joined by Deirdre Ryan, Global Finance Transformation Leader, and Andrea Gronenthal, Americas Strategic Tax Transformation Leader from the EY organization, to delve into key findings from the EY Global...
02.29.2024
What sets exceptional CFOs apart: unlocking the secrets of success
In this episode of The EY Better Finance podcast, Jack McCullough president of The CFO Leadership Council, joins host Myles Corson to explore what makes an elite CFO. In this episode of The EY Better Finance podcast,...
01.29.2024
Why CFO communication is important in driving organizational change
In this episode, host Myles Corson and Phil Shelley, Chairman of doc Stribute, delve into the significance of clear and consistent CFO communication across all business areas. They explore its role in attracting the right shareholders, stakeholders and employees, and...
01.08.2024
Why the human CFO is vital in the age of AI
In this episode of the Better Finance podcast, Perry Wiggins, CFO at AQPC, discusses technology’s impact on finance and what it means to be a human CFO. As the chief financial officer (CFO) for American Productivity and Quality...
12.04.2023
How the finance function can harness the power of AI
In this episode of the Better Finance podcast, Noah Barsky, Professor at Villanova University, joins host Myles Corson to explore the impact of AI across finance function. Host Myles Corson talks to Noah Barsky, a professor at Villanova University,...
10.02.2023
How businesses can maximize investor wealth for all stakeholders
In this episode of the EY Better Finance Podcast, Myles Corson is joined by Christopher Volk, business leader and author of the book, The Value Equation, a guide to wealth creation for entrepreneurs, leaders and investors. Christopher’s distinguished...
09.21.2023
What finance executives can expect with integrated performance management and reporting technologies
This episode of the Better Finance podcast features Maria Montenegro, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Wolters Kluwer, and James Paterson, Vice President and General Manager, CCH Tagetik, North America. As organizations continue to drive change management and adopt behaviors that...
09.06.2023
How ESG went from the periphery to the heart of business discourse
This special ESG episode of the Better Finance podcast features Brian Tomlinson from Ernst & Young LLP, and Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School. The environmental, social and governance (ESG) space is at a remarkable phase of...
08.10.2023
How finance is important in the age of social media and AI
In this episode of the EY Better Finance podcast, host Myles Corson is joined by Tom Hood, Executive Vice President of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). An early adopter of social media, Tom reveals how it...
06.08.2023
How tax and finance are evolving to support business and talent
In this episode of the Better Finance podcast, host Myles Corson, Victor Casalino, Americas VP and CFO at Microsoft and Dave Helmer, EY Global Tax and Finance Operate Leader, discuss changes potentially impacting tax and finance today. Results from the...
05.18.2023
Bringing the rigor of financial reporting to ESG
In this episode of the Better Finance podcast, Myles Corson talks to Prat Bhatt, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Cisco, and Ciara Lee, Cisco’s first ESG Controller, about the importance of financial rigor in ESG. Cisco’s stated...
04.12.2023
Market short-termism and its perceived impact on ESG investments
In this episode of the Better Finance podcast, Myles Corson welcomes Brian Tomlinson, ESG Reporting Managing Director at Ernst & Young LLP and Ariel Babcock, Head of Investment Stewardship at Fidelity Investments and formerly Head of Research for FCLT Global,...
03.22.2023
How to maximize the cloud for finance and tax transformations
Myles Corson, EY Global & Americas Strategy and Markets Leader, Financial Accounting Advisory Services, Dave Helmer, EY Global Tax and Finance Operate Leader, and Lyn Bird, VP, Cross-Industry at Microsoft, were guests on the EY Microsoft Tech Directions...
02.20.2023
Think ESG: a view of the EU Taxonomy
This special Think ESG episode of the Better Finance podcast features Brian Tomlinson from Ernst & Young LLP, and Nathan Fabian, Chief Responsible Investment Officer at the Principles for Responsible Investment. The discussion sheds light on the EU taxonomy: a...
01.27.2023
Think ESG: Finding the path to ESG-linked financial value
This special ESG episode features Brian Tomlinson, Ernst & Young LLP, and Tensie Whelan, Director, Center for Sustainable Business at NYU’s Stern School of Business, as they explore ESG reporting and the correlation between sustainability and financial performance. Environmental, social...
10.27.2022
How the evolving ESG regulatory landscape is impacting finance
In this episode, Myles Corson welcomes Marc Siegel, EY Americas Corporate and ESG Reporting Leader, and Brian Tomlinson, ESG Managing Director at Ernst & Young LLP, to discuss updates on ESG reporting matters, sustainable finance trends and the launch of...
09.28.2022
How finance can provide security in a world of uncertainty
In this episode of the Better Finance podcast, Myles Corson welcomes Ken Tanji, Chief Financial Officer of Prudential to discuss how to achieve financial security in a world of growing disruption, the importance of inclusivity and DEI in finance, and...
05.24.2022
How CFOs can be the drivers of organizational change
In this episode, Myles Corson welcomes Joel Bernstein, CFO, Customer Success & Head of Global Finance at SAP. They discuss SAP’s business model transformation, how finance functions adapted during the pandemic to accelerate investments in digital finance, and SAP’s strategy...
03.18.2022
Future of reporting: the journey to global ESG standards
This special episode of the Better Finance Podcast focuses on the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards in finance. Marc Siegel, EY ESG Reporting Thought Leader, and Janine Guillot, CEO of the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF), discuss the...
02.17.2022
How finance leaders are building the future of finance today
In this special episode Pat Grismer, Former CFO of Starbucks, Hyatt Hotels and Yum Brands, and Cory Hrncirik, Microsoft Modern Finance Lead, join Myles Corson for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of finance. Their conversation covers the important role...
01.06.2022
How current macroeconomic and geopolitical trends are impacting finance
Host Myles Corson discusses the impact of macroeconomic and geopolitical trends including trade disruptions with Sally Jones, EY UK Trade Strategy & Brexit Leader and Nicolas Veron, Senior Fellow at Bruegel, Brussels & Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington. They...
11.23.2021
Learn how new age data analytics is pushing private company CFOs to adapt and innovate
In this episode, podcast host Myles Corson welcomes Jennifer Crowe, CFO of CognitiveScale, and Anthony Sgammato, EY America’s Private Assurance Leader to discuss the importance of data analytics for private company CFOs. They discuss how finance leaders can leverage the vast...
10.09.2021
The CFO’s expanding role in the ESG ecosystem
In this episode of the Better Finance podcast, Myles Corson discusses the growing importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues in the real estate investment trusts (REITs) sector. He is joined by Fulya Kocak, senior vice president of...
07.02.2021
How can diverse experience enhance the career path to being a successful CFO?
In this episode of the Better Finance podcast, Myles Corson is joined by Dave O’Hara, corporate vice president and chief financial officer for Commercial Finance at Microsoft. Dave shares how his unconventional career path, going from public policy and economic...
05.04.2021
How agile forecasting and planning is evolving the role of finance
Podcast host Myles Corson welcomes Ryan Grimsland, Senior Vice President Corporate Finance and Treasurer at Lowe’s Companies, and Loren Garruto, EY Partner and Global and Americas Corporate Finance Leader. Together, they discuss how finance can enable business to better manage...
03.09.2021
Tomorrow’s CFO and the finance skills of the future
Find out more about the role of tomorrow’s CFO and the future skills of finance. Podcast host Myles Corson welcomes Simon Bittlestone, CEO of Metapraxis, a financial analytics company, and Andrew Harding, chief executive of Management Accounting at the Association...
02.11.2021
Closing the ESG gap in corporate reporting
Podcast host Myles Corson welcomes Brian Tomlinson, Director of Research, CEO Investor Forum, Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP), and Marc Siegel, a member of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and EY partner. Together they discuss the acceleration of...
12.14.2020
How technology and managed services are transforming lease accounting
Podcast host Myles Corson welcomes Michael Keeler, Chief Executive Officer of LeaseAccelerator, to discuss how technology and managed services are transforming lease accounting. Together, they take a closer look at the challenges, administrative burdens and missed cost saving opportunities of...
11.20.2020
How will ESG performance shape your future?
Podcast host Myles Corson welcomes Dr. Matthew Bell, EY’s Asia Pacific Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) Leader, to discuss his varied career path and key findings from the 2020 EY CCaSS Institutional Investor survey, How will ESG performance shape...
10.28.2020
How are political and economic disruptions impacting the tax landscape?
Podcast host Myles Corson welcomes Marna Ricker, EY Americas Vice Chair – Tax. They discuss the depth of the US government response to COVID-19 and the impact the 2020 US presidential election will have on the tax landscape and overall...
06.10.2020
How artificial intelligence is disrupting the finance function
Trust is the foundation on which organizations can build stakeholder confidence and active participation with their AI systems. However, in the finance world, one mistake, or the perception of a mistake, can harm an organization’s trust in the technology. How...
03.21.2020
Blockchain continued: The evolution of a transformative technology
Podcast host Myles Corson welcomes back Paul Brody, EY Global Blockchain Leader, to discuss the evolution of blockchain and how it is enabling seamless transactions and near real-time exchange of information, to evolve into an open, scalable, compliant and secure...
12.27.2019
Navigating the next wave of private equity
Winna Brown, Private Equity (PE) Leader in the EY Americas Financial Accounting Advisory Services practice, joins podcast host Myles Corson to discuss PE’s ability to create operational value and its long-term outlook. Though traditionally seen as a tool for financial...
10.31.2019
Reshaping statutory reporting and compliance with technology
Andrew Hay, Head of Proposition, Statutory Reporting and Shared Service Centers at Thomson Reuters, joins podcast host Myles Corson to discuss how companies can standardize and centralize global finance operations by leveraging technology. Their conversation examines how the area of...
08.29.2019
When Great Technology Meets Great Finance Professionals
This special podcast episode features an abridged recording of “When Great Technology Meets Great Finance Professionals” a panel discussion from the 2018 Current Financial Reporting Issues Conference hosted by Financial Executives International. The panel, moderated by Myles Corson, included David...
07.23.2019
Communicating long-term value: investor-driven trends in corporate reporting
Marc Siegel, a member of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), former member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and EY partner, joins podcast host Myles Corson to discuss key trends in corporate reporting. Their conversation takes a closer...
06.21.2019
The emerging role of finance in purpose-led organizations
Kris Pederson, EY Americas Governance Leader, joins podcast host Myles Corson to discuss strategic and purpose-led transformation and the importance it has in communicating long-term value. ©2019 Ernst & Young, LLP. All Rights Reserved.
05.02.2019
How can finance enable better business decisions?
Tom Shea, Chief Executive Officer at OneStream Software, joins podcast host Myles Corson to discuss the role of corporate performance management (CPM) solutions in helping CFOs rationalize data and enabling managers across the enterprise make better business decisions. ©2019 Ernst...
03.25.2019
Digital transformation: the role of the CFO
John Murphy, Executive Vice President and CFO at Adobe Inc. joins podcast host Myles Corson to discuss the role of the CFO in enabling digital transformation and its impact on the finance function. Ernst and Young, LLP © 2019.
12.07.2018
Better Insight, Better Decisions: How Emerging Tech is Evolving the Finance Function
Host Myles Corson and Chief Data Analytics Officer and Emerging Technologies Leader, Chris Mazzei, discuss the ways in which emerging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence and robotic process automation are impacting businesses and how finance executives are adapting to...
10.19.2018
Digital Transformation: Building the Finance Leader of the Future
EY's Myles Corson and Global Vice Chair of Assurance, Felice Persico, discuss how finance is being redefined, in areas from reporting to auditing, and how finance leaders need to view technology as a tool for creating the finance function of...
09.24.2018
Data-Driven Finance: From Insight to Action
EY’s Myles Corson sits down with Microsoft Americas CFO Jack Ryder to talk about the evolving role of finance. Together, they discuss integrating real-time data with human analysis as well as Microsoft’s four pillars for finance: People, Prioritization, Partnership and...
06.27.2018
Automation, Integration and Modern Finance
With automation and integrated technology on the cusp of redefining today’s accounting, function leaders need to be smart about how to efficiently and effectively implement new offerings. EY’s Myles Corson sits down with BlackLine founder and CEO Therese Tucker to...
05.30.2018
Innovation Powers Reporting of the Future
The complexities of corporate reporting are increasing, driving the necessity to utilize technology to bring innovation to reporting and the finance function overall. EY’s Myles Corson, Peter Wollmert and Dana Bober discuss this disruption and how to prepare finance professionals...
04.13.2018
Artificial Intelligence in the Working World
Artificial intelligence is on the rise, and applications like machine learning and speech recognition are positioned to transform the business landscape. EY’s Myles Corson and Nigel Duffy, Global Innovation Artificial Intelligence Leader at EY, discuss how AI can enhance human...
03.20.2018
Startups, New Tech and the Strategic CFO
Adapting and incorporating new technologies is leading the way for exponential change in companies. EY’s Myles Corson and Deepak Krishnamurthy, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President at SAP, discuss emerging technologies and the role the startup community plays in...
01.12.2018
The Future of Financial Reporting
EY’s Myles Corson is joined by Leslie Seidman, chair of the recent Pacesetters in Financial Reporting Conference and Executive Director of the Center for Excellence in Financial Reporting at the Lubin School of Business, for a discussion exploring enhancing financial...
12.07.2017
Corporate Reporting in an Age of Disruption
Financial Executive International’s 2017 Current Financial Reporting Issues Conference co-chairs, Sharon Virag and Heather Dixon, speak with EY’s Myles Corson on how the financial reporting function can help their organizations evolve and change in the era of disruption.
11.06.2017
Transformation and Innovation in Tax
Emerging technologies and innovation are changing the way tax functions operate. EY’s Myles Corson and Jeff Saviano share insights on the transformation in tax, how the tax function is evolving to be more digital and the future skill set of...

What's The Better Finance Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Better Finance Podcast episodes:

How customer connections, reporting and sustainability drive success

How CFOs navigate the challenges in Finance today

What sets exceptional CFOs apart: unlocking the secrets of success

Why CFO communication is important in driving organizational change

Why the human CFO is vital in the age of AI

How the finance function can harness the power of AI

How businesses can maximize investor wealth for all stakeholders

What finance executives can expect with integrated performance management and reporting technologies

How ESG went from the periphery to the heart of business discourse

How finance is important in the age of social media and AI

How tax and finance are evolving to support business and talent

Bringing the rigor of financial reporting to ESG

Market short-termism and its perceived impact on ESG investments

How to maximize the cloud for finance and tax transformations

Think ESG: a view of the EU Taxonomy

Think ESG: Finding the path to ESG-linked financial value

How the evolving ESG regulatory landscape is impacting finance

How finance can provide security in a world of uncertainty

How CFOs can be the drivers of organizational change

Future of reporting: the journey to global ESG standards

How finance leaders are building the future of finance today

How current macroeconomic and geopolitical trends are impacting finance

Learn how new age data analytics is pushing private company CFOs to adapt and innovate

The CFO’s expanding role in the ESG ecosystem

How can diverse experience enhance the career path to being a successful CFO?

How agile forecasting and planning is evolving the role of finance

Tomorrow’s CFO and the finance skills of the future

Closing the ESG gap in corporate reporting

How technology and managed services are transforming lease accounting

How will ESG performance shape your future?

How are political and economic disruptions impacting the tax landscape?

How artificial intelligence is disrupting the finance function

Blockchain continued: The evolution of a transformative technology

Navigating the next wave of private equity

Reshaping statutory reporting and compliance with technology

When Great Technology Meets Great Finance Professionals

Communicating long-term value: investor-driven trends in corporate reporting

The emerging role of finance in purpose-led organizations

How can finance enable better business decisions?

Digital transformation: the role of the CFO

Better Insight, Better Decisions: How Emerging Tech is Evolving the Finance Function

Digital Transformation: Building the Finance Leader of the Future

Data-Driven Finance: From Insight to Action

Automation, Integration and Modern Finance

Innovation Powers Reporting of the Future

Artificial Intelligence in the Working World

Startups, New Tech and the Strategic CFO

The Future of Financial Reporting

Corporate Reporting in an Age of Disruption

Transformation and Innovation in Tax