FEI Weekly Podcast

Discussions and thought-provoking ideas from Financial Executives International

About the show

Financial Executives International presents the FEI Weekly Podcast: an audio digest focusing on the ideas and strategies in finance and accounting.

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Episodes

  • Episode 103: Generative AI and Finance: Opportunities and Challenges

    May 17th, 2023  |  27 mins 52 secs
    executives, finance, generative ai, technology
  • Governments vs. The League Of Extraordinary Accounting Measures

    May 10th, 2023  |  39 mins 31 secs
    accounting, debt default, finance, governments

    As the US slips closer – again – to the threat of default, one of the ways policymakers talk about delaying the crisis is the use of “extraordinary accounting measures.”
    We quickly jump into why extraordinary accounting measures is not really "a thing", how the federal and looming economic crisis will affect state and local government and we also get into the weeds of how governments on adopting XBRL for financial reporting.

  • Using "Water Accounting" to Understand California's Balance Sheet

    April 19th, 2023  |  20 mins 4 secs
    california. accounting, climate, finance, water crisis
  • How Can Organizations Drive Operational Resilience?

    April 5th, 2023  |  21 mins 41 secs
    finance, operational, resilience, stakeholders
  • Revisiting The Fair Value Debate

    March 29th, 2023  |  30 mins 53 secs
    accounting, banks, finance

    MIT's Robert Pozen discusses how the debate around fair value in banking should be focused on disclosure.

  • Are You Ready For The SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule?

    March 22nd, 2023  |  23 mins 15 secs
    climate disclosure, esg, sec rule
  • Fixing The Bank Disclosure/Panic Feedback Loop

    March 16th, 2023  |  43 mins 53 secs

    Prof. Pingyang Goa, a researcher on bank panics, discusses how disclosures need to change in order to prevent the next crisis.

  • Diversify But Verify: Commercial Banking After SVB

    March 15th, 2023  |  23 mins 50 secs
    banking crisis, cfo, finance, lending, silicon valley bank

    In this episode of the podcast we speak with Jay Jung, founder and managing partner at Embarc Advisors about how financial executives need to react the the banking crisis.

  • Stopping Finance and Accounting Exodus

    March 8th, 2023  |  59 mins 46 secs
    accounting, career, cpa, education, finance

    Recorded from the most recent Financial Executives International Forward Thinking series, listen to leaders from academia, recruiting and a state accounting board discuss what can be done to fix the system.

  • China Reset: IPOs, Mergers and Audits

    March 1st, 2023  |  32 mins 52 secs
    auditing, china, ipo, m&a

    We speak with China capital markets expert WiHung Chen, partner with the law firm of Wilson Sonsini in Hong Kong, about how geopolitical changes may spillover in auditing, financial disclosers and dealflow.

  • Why Are Students Leaving Accounting?

    February 24th, 2023  |  13 mins 30 secs
    accounting, college, finance, student
  • Digital Transformation In a Time of Uncertainty

    February 14th, 2023  |  20 mins 48 secs
    digital transformation, finance

    We speak with Gina Ferguson,Senior Director of Customer Experience for Finance at Workday about how she works to leverage financial information.

  • Beyoncé Has an Accountant

    February 14th, 2023  |  31 mins 25 secs
    accounting, career, finance

    How does an accounting career fit into today's job market and what role does a mentor play?

  • Can Renewable Energy Save Us?

    December 16th, 2022  |  53 mins 56 secs
    cfo, energy, solar

    A conversation with Cypress Creek Renewables’ Chief Financial Officer, Tres Petmecky.

  • Linking Finance and Human Resources For Better Planning

    November 18th, 2022  |  27 mins 3 secs

    Coming out of the past two years of economic uncertainty, and entering an even greater period of uncertainty, means that finance and human resources need to work more closely than ever to make sure the enterprise is staffed correctly for all possibilities.

  • The Future of the Global Energy Infrastructure

    November 3rd, 2022  |  41 mins
    global energy