What builds a high-performing finance team during growth?

Most answers emphasize hiring great people or building strong relationships, while others highlight operational maturity, collaboration, and empowering teams with technology.

7 answers

Answers

  • Tom Steer

    Chief Financial Officer · Sokin

    Hiring great people

    Tom Steer says hiring really good people has been important, taking time and saying no when he had doubts to find the right fit.

    CFO THOUGHT LEADER · CFO THOUGHT LEADER · Listen at 15:32

  • Barbara Larson

    Chief Financial Officer · Workiva

    Building relationships

    Barbara Larson says building relationships held as part of her core plan; she made sure to build relationships before moving things around and would do that again.

    Workiva · Watch on YouTube

  • Claire Bramley

    Chief Financial Officer · Xero

    Hire great people

    Claire Bramley says the key is to hire really good people who are experts in areas she is not, because leaders bring leadership and experience rather than pretending to be the expert.

    Run the Numbers · Run the Numbers · Listen at 7:25

  • Matthew Ostrower

    Chief Financial Officer · Link Logistics

    Empower with AI analysts

    Matthew Ostrower says the answer is to give each decision-maker 40 "analysts all named Claude," expanding the circumference of what each person can do, because this is about empowering people rather than lowering headcount.

    CFO THOUGHT LEADER · CFO THOUGHT LEADER · Listen at 42:28

  • Andrew Korn

    Chief Financial Officer · Eliseai

    Trust and partnership

    Andrew Korn says trust and partnership mattered more than anything else, saying he should have spent all his time on the sense of partnership and candor with the management team rather than half on business diligence, because being in the trenches with people who trust you and respect you mutually is important to being successful.

    CFO THOUGHT LEADER · CFO THOUGHT LEADER · Listen at 34:28

  • Samantha Greenberg

    Chief Financial Officer · AlphaSense

    Drive operational maturity

    Samantha Greenberg says leaders should assess and drive operational maturity, which she calls the most important thing a leader can do in their first 30 days.

    CFO THOUGHT LEADER · CFO THOUGHT LEADER · Listen at 44:56

  • Daniel Kang

    CFO · Mercury

    Cross-functional collaboration

    Daniel Kang says the best marker of a successful finance team is cross-functional collaboration, which he calls a bigger marker than forecast accuracy.

    Run the Numbers · Run the Numbers · Listen at 18:11

More Finance questions

View all →