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Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Reviews
What is it like working as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO)?
April 2016
Leadership.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO):
Interact and collaborate with others. Talk face to face or by telephone rather than email and text.
March 2016
Key indicators of the business performance.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO):
Keep it simple. Key indicators of the business performance.
March 2016
Hard work and continuing education will help you succeed.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO):
Review all your systems and discuss the shortcomings with the staff that uses them. Work with staff to get their buy-in on the new systems and their support in implementing the new systems.
February 2016
Develop Strategic Thinking capabilities.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO):
Most people who qualify to become a CFO have all of the financial stuff down cold and hopefully reasonably good leadership capabilities in both finance and IT. However, I typically see (and this was in myself too) a lack of strong strategic vision and the ability to partner with the CEO effectively in this area. This is a skill that can be developed through research, study, and experience.
January 2016
Grant Accounting.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO):
Take some additional course in Grant Accounting.
January 2016
You Don't Have to Know Everything.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO):
You don't have to know or pretend you know everything. But it is important to know what you don't know and that you will find the answers quickly. Educated guesses are ok as long as they are qualified and followed up with subsequent confirmation. But don't BS.
December 2015
Chief Financial Officer (CFO):
BE A GOOD LISTENER AND KNOW WHAT YOUR BOSS EXPECTS FROM YOURSELF.
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