Rapid Fire with Prashanth Southekal: Data Strategy and Analytics Insights

​On Rapid Fire Prashanth responds to these questions:

  1. ⚪ How can data be a liability for a business?
  2. ⚫ What is the purpose of a data strategy?
  3. ⚪ Who should be at the center of our Data & Analytics initiatives?
  4. ⚫ What qualities are required to successfully apply Data & Analytics in your business?
  5. ⚪ What are the top 3 reason CFOs succeed in their Data & Analytics initiatives?


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CFO Talk:  The Perils of Ignoring the Income Trap

CFO Talk:  The Perils of Ignoring the Income Trap

Welcome to the latest episode of “CFO Talk.” In this sequel to Do You Know What the Income Trap Is? Joe expands on the lessons he shared earlier with more examples to emphasize the perils of ignoring the income trap. In the sequel the wisdom of the balance sheet takes center stage and the nightmares of the Income Trap unfold. Host Steve Rosvold and guest Joe Connors, a premier banker on the U.S. West Coast, dive deep into the world where numbers aren’t just numbers—they’re the very lifelines of our businesses.


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CFO Talkw - 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Full Production

The future of finance was vividly illustrated at the “2024 D&A and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs” LinkedIn Live event, guided by host Steve Rosvold with deep insights from industry experts - Prashanth Southekal, Arun Marar, Sanjeev Chib, and Tobias Zwingmann - who offered compelling predictions and practical prescriptions for CFOs to navigate the evolving landscapes of Data, Analytics and AI.


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CFO Talk - Leading Teams While Improving Self with Victor Ojeleye

Joining Steve on CFO Talk is Victor Ojeleye, Group FP&A and Reporting Manager at Cargill. In this episode they dive into the transformative world of leadership and personal growth.

Victor shares his compelling insights on the parallels between sports mentality and business leadership. With a focus on the criticality of short-term memory and a philosophy rooted in continuous improvement, his approach to leadership exemplifies resilience and adaptability.


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CFO Talk: The 8 Superpowers CFOs Use to Scale - with Michelle Kvello

CFO Talk: The 8 Superpowers CFOs Use to Scale - with Michelle Kvello

Welcome to CFO TALK, the podcast for finance leaders and aspiring CFOs. In this episode, titled “The 8 Superpowers CFOs Use to Scale,” our host Steve Rosvold has a fascinating conversation with Michelle Kvello, the Managing Director at Lantern Partners. Michelle shares her insights and expertise on how CFOs can better serve their SME customers and help entrepreneurs successfully scale their businesses.

Over the past twelve years, Michelle has identified eight crucial superpowers that CFOs need to possess, including the ability to see stories in the data, identifying key metrics for growth, establishing a single source of truth among others.

Tune in to CFO TALK and discover how these superpowers can elevate your role as a finance leader and drive growth at your organization.


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CFO Talk: The Key Elements for Enterprise Risk Management with John Thackeray

In this episode of CFO Talk, host Steve Rosvold interviews John Thackeray, an expert in risk management. Thackeray discusses the seven key elements of effective enterprise risk management (ERM). He emphasizes that strategy plays a crucial role in determining risk appetite and suggests that open discussions and iterative processes can help achieve a common understanding among leaders.


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CFO Talk: Pricing Excellence and the CFO with Lynn Guinn

CFO Talk: Pricing Excellence and the CFO with Lynn Guinn

Welcome to CFO Talk, our podcast dedicated to bringing you insights and expertise from industry leaders for the finance world.

In this edition of CFO Talk Steve interviews a special guest from Wichita, Kansas, Lynn Guinn. Lynn is a seasoned business leader with a diverse background in accounting, operations, and trading. With his extensive academic background in finance, accounting, and agricultural economics, and advanced degrees in strategy and innovation, Lynn has built an impressive career.


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CFO Talk -  Data Management: The New Frontier with Prashanth Southekal

Last year Prashanth’s FInEx Talk was on data management.

He shocked us all when he explained that data’s steady state is a liability. It must be crafted and managed to convert it to an asset.

Fortunately, he shared with us three attributes that must exist to make data an asset. He kicks things off in this CFO Talk by reviewing what those attributes are.

Enjoy the CFO-centric pearls on data and analytics that Prashanth readily delivers to our community. He is a globally renowned expert in this space.


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CFO Talk: The Power of Strategic Influence with Gary Laney

In this CFO Talk Gary helps us understand the importance of strategic influence and how to grow it.

He responds to the question, How do you get influence? this way. “Number one, you need to figure out how to get access to it. And number two, once you get access to it, how do you use that properly. So the person that gave it to you will want to let you use it again. Because people who have influence don’t want that reputation to be tarnished. They want it to be upheld, they want it to have a positive impact on them and you. So imagine someone says that means I can trust you, I’m gonna give you more opportunity to use my influence, which reflects well on them and you. From then on you begin to create your own influence, through reputation and through trust that people have in you. So influence is a progressive thing. It doesn’t happen all at once. It happens slowly, bit by bit over time, it might pick up speed, you build momentum. And all of a sudden you become a person of reputation, a person of influence.


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CFO Talk: Improving Cash Flow with David Safeer

David Safeer , (https://cfo.university/library/contributor/david-safeer), is passionate about improving cash flow and maximizing the profits of his clients. In this CFO Talk he tackles these questions,

1. In your piece, Cash Flow Management: Being Unconventional, you note some dangers in following traditional cash flow advice. Would you fill in the blanks on why being unconventional is so important?

2. You propose a basic structure for implementing a solid cash management program. What are the steps?


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CFO Talk:  Analytics Based EPM with Gary Cokins

In this CFO Talk CFO.University Contributor, Gary Cokins describes,

1.The forces that are forcing CFOs to implement Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) methods.

2. How rapid prototyping solves key problems frequently faced in EPM implementations.

3. Why operations trained staff understand costing better than accountants. (yep, you read that right) .

4. Lessons from his past EPM successes.

Enjoy the CFO Talk with Gary and visit his library on CFO.University, https://cfo.university/library/contributor/gary-cokins


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CFO TALK -  Talent: Don’t Be Left Without It with Greg Hodge

Turmoil is taking place in the recruiting war. The battle for talent, executive level talent especially, seems to be tougher than it’s ever been.

Greg Hodge, and Executive Director at Russell Reynolds Associates, tackles these questions in this CFO Talk:

1. What advice would you give finance leaders about career management?

2. If a finance leader is in job search what specific advice would you give them?


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CFO TALK - Evaluating Our Most Valuable Resource with Dave Bookbinder

Dave Bookbinder, a business valuation expert, author of the new ROI Return on Individuals and host of the Behind the Number show delivers an insightful message on how leaders can manage their talent as their most important asset, rather than the traditional method of treating talent as an expense.

In fact, Dave argues our accounting methods in general do a poor job of capturing the true value of human capital.

Watch Dave’s CFO Talk for more on evaluating our most valuable resource.


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CFO TALK - The Analytics Business Partner - with Jesper Hybholt Sorensen

In this CFO Talk Jesper describes the next evolution in finance partnering, the Analytics Business Partner, as the intersection of great communication skills and powerful insights.

He provides the roadmap for how finance leaders can make the case and create the budget for building a great analytics team.

He answers the question what tools belong in the Analytics Business Partner’s toolbox.


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CFO Talk: Accelerating Finance Transformation with Andrew Codd

Andrew Codd, a global expert who combines deep finance knowledge with data & analytics to accelerate finance transformations, tackles questions like these in his CFO Talk with Steve:

1. What does the traditional vs modern approach to a data & analytics transformation look like, and why should CFOs care?

2. What is so important about outside vs internal investments in this area?

3. On how to leverage our core skills to keep transformations on the rails

4. How is the diamond organizational structure and why does it better support finance teams today than the traditional pyramid structure?

5. Andrew reflects on how learning from a guild formed back in the 13th century can help us today.

6. Team. Talent. Leadership. Culture.

Visit Andrew’s library on CFO.University here:https://cfo.university/library/contributor/andrew-codd


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CFO Talk: A Case Study in Digital Transformation

In this CFO Talk with Tamer Abomosalam we explore Tamer’s digital transformation journey as the Global Services Supply Chain CFO at NCR. Tamer is responsible for the data aggregation and reporting for 86 countries. His frustration with legacy systems, disparate data and a fortuitous conversation with a friend were the catalysts behind his successful adventure.


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CFO Talk: Improving the Bottom Line - Part II

CFO Talk: Improving the Bottom Line - Part II

Organizations strategically manage 80% of their spending that frequently fall with roughly 20% of their suppliers. The other 20% of spending falls in tail spend category. Frequently this area is overlooked and have potential savings in the range of 10-40%. Dileep addresses how to tackle tail spend, common expense categories that make it up and same case studies to help you visualize the potential for tail spend savings at your company.


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Analytics Through the Lens of the CFO

In his presentation, Analytics Through the Lens of the CFO, to a class at The Analytics Academy Steve describes how the convergence of data analytics, accounting and finance is creating excitement in the CFO suite.

The CFO’s historical role as chief fact officer coupled with their more recent responsibilities as chief future officer have put data analytics in the CFO’s bullseye.


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CFO Talk: Learning from Crisis. Building a Robust Supply Chain with Dileep Kulkarni

Dileep Kulkarni, a supply chain expert with a finance background joined us for the second time on CFO Talk. A few months ago Dileep shared his thoughts on How the Manage Your Supply Chain During a Crisis In this Talk he shares his perspective on how finance leaders can help Build a Robust Supply Chain as we exit a crisis. He defines the “critical supply chain”, what you should expect of your suppliers and how to evaluate supplier risk.


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CFO Talk: The “Business CFO” with Anand Soni

Anand Soni shared a few of his insights regarding the changing role of the CFO in this CFO Talk – The “Business CFO”.

He explains the changes in the role over the past 5 years and how that change seems to be accelerating. The roles of compliance and reporting aren’t going away, while the strategic and commercial aspects of the role keep growing.


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Forward Looking Financials

How do we use our financials to look forward and make better guesses about our company’s ability to achieve growth goals? Purposeful action to grow requires a modern skill set of financial literacy and strategic thinking. Jess Dewell discusses the necessity of forward-looking financials with guest Steve Rosvold, Founder of CFO.University.


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