web02.fireside.fm Sat, 02 May 2026 09:01:52 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) FEI Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Strategy” https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/tags/strategy Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:30:00 -0400 Financial Executives International presents the FEI Podcast: an audio digest focusing on the ideas and strategies in finance and accounting. en-us episodic Discussions and thought-provoking ideas from Financial Executives International Financial Executives International Financial Executives International presents the FEI Podcast: an audio digest focusing on the ideas and strategies in finance and accounting. no business, finance, accounting, strategy Financial Executives International info@financialexecutives.org Evolution of the Finance Function: Leading Strategy, AI, and Transformation https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/183 f3012459-2f98-4d35-a737-e25d920a27aa Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:30:00 -0400 Financial Executives International full Financial Executives International Financial leaders are being asked to do more than ever before. This episode explores new research on how the finance function is evolving and what leaders must do to keep pace with AI, governance, and strategic demands. 44:10 no In this episode of the FEI Podcast, Tom Alexander and Scott Peck of CrossCountry Consulting discuss findings from the Evolution of the Finance Function Report by Financial Education & Research Foundation (FERF). The conversation explores how the role of finance is expanding beyond reporting to include strategy, transformation, and enterprise leadership. It also highlights key challenges, including low confidence in AI, gaps in governance, and the need for stronger collaboration between finance and IT. Listeners will gain practical insights on how to build transformation capability, start with focused AI use cases, and position finance teams for long-term success in a rapidly changing environment. Special Guests: Scott Peck and Tom Alexander. finance transformation, CFO leadership, AI in finance, finance strategy, financial executives, FEI podcast, FERF report, digital finance, governance, business transformation In this episode of the FEI Podcast, Tom Alexander and Scott Peck of CrossCountry Consulting discuss findings from the Evolution of the Finance Function Report by Financial Education & Research Foundation (FERF).

The conversation explores how the role of finance is expanding beyond reporting to include strategy, transformation, and enterprise leadership. It also highlights key challenges, including low confidence in AI, gaps in governance, and the need for stronger collaboration between finance and IT.

Listeners will gain practical insights on how to build transformation capability, start with focused AI use cases, and position finance teams for long-term success in a rapidly changing environment.

Special Guests: Scott Peck and Tom Alexander.

]]> In this episode of the FEI Podcast, Tom Alexander and Scott Peck of CrossCountry Consulting discuss findings from the Evolution of the Finance Function Report by Financial Education & Research Foundation (FERF).

The conversation explores how the role of finance is expanding beyond reporting to include strategy, transformation, and enterprise leadership. It also highlights key challenges, including low confidence in AI, gaps in governance, and the need for stronger collaboration between finance and IT.

Listeners will gain practical insights on how to build transformation capability, start with focused AI use cases, and position finance teams for long-term success in a rapidly changing environment.

Special Guests: Scott Peck and Tom Alexander.

]]> Dana Bober on Strategy, AI, and Leading Finance Transformation https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/181 a828d9c2-48a5-4380-b33d-1bb82137f0a4 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:00:00 -0400 Financial Executives International full Financial Executives International Dana Bober shares leadership insights on executing strategy, navigating AI disruption, and building alignment across global finance organizations. 36:17 no In this FEI Podcast Icons episode, Dana Bober, retired EY partner and C-suite advisor, discusses how financial leaders can bridge the gap between strategy and execution, lead through influence, and adapt to the rapid rise of AI. Drawing on decades of global experience, she explores the importance of listening, stakeholder alignment, and building future-ready finance teams. This episode is part of FEI’s Icons series and supports the virtual replay of the ICONS: Leaders in Finance event on April 22, 2026. Learn more and register here: https://www.financialexecutives.org/icons2026-virtual Special Guest: Dana Bober. Dana Bober, finance leadership, AI in finance, strategy execution, CFO insights, leadership development, global finance, transformation, FEI Icons, EY leadership In this FEI Podcast Icons episode, Dana Bober, retired EY partner and C-suite advisor, discusses how financial leaders can bridge the gap between strategy and execution, lead through influence, and adapt to the rapid rise of AI. Drawing on decades of global experience, she explores the importance of listening, stakeholder alignment, and building future-ready finance teams.

This episode is part of FEI’s Icons series and supports the virtual replay of the ICONS: Leaders in Finance event on April 22, 2026. Learn more and register here:
https://www.financialexecutives.org/icons2026-virtual

Special Guest: Dana Bober.

]]> In this FEI Podcast Icons episode, Dana Bober, retired EY partner and C-suite advisor, discusses how financial leaders can bridge the gap between strategy and execution, lead through influence, and adapt to the rapid rise of AI. Drawing on decades of global experience, she explores the importance of listening, stakeholder alignment, and building future-ready finance teams.

This episode is part of FEI’s Icons series and supports the virtual replay of the ICONS: Leaders in Finance event on April 22, 2026. Learn more and register here:
https://www.financialexecutives.org/icons2026-virtual

Special Guest: Dana Bober.

]]> Episode 9: Where Will the Next Generation of Financial Executives Come From? https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/9 afe0d072-ff6f-4fe3-a920-afda9cc32bf8 Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:00:00 -0400 Financial Executives International full Financial Executives International A discussion regarding the struggle to develop accounting talent and the new path to a financial executive career. 21:02 no Companies are struggling to attract experienced hires from public accounting firms. This is particularly concerning as companies adjust to all of the accounting-rule changes in the U.S. In this podcast, we speak with Ajit Kambil, Global Research Director of the Deloitte CFO Program, and Charles Holley, Retired CFO of Walmart and CFO-in-Residence of the Deloitte CFO Program on hiring strategies, the effects of automation, and developing accounting talent. Special Guests: Ajit Kambil and Charles Holley. Companies are struggling to attract experienced hires from public accounting firms. This is particularly concerning as companies adjust to all of the accounting-rule changes in the U.S.

In this podcast, we speak with Ajit Kambil, Global Research Director of the Deloitte CFO Program, and Charles Holley, Retired CFO of Walmart and CFO-in-Residence of the Deloitte CFO Program on hiring strategies, the effects of automation, and developing accounting talent.

Special Guests: Ajit Kambil and Charles Holley.

]]> Companies are struggling to attract experienced hires from public accounting firms. This is particularly concerning as companies adjust to all of the accounting-rule changes in the U.S.

In this podcast, we speak with Ajit Kambil, Global Research Director of the Deloitte CFO Program, and Charles Holley, Retired CFO of Walmart and CFO-in-Residence of the Deloitte CFO Program on hiring strategies, the effects of automation, and developing accounting talent.

Special Guests: Ajit Kambil and Charles Holley.

]]> Episode 6: Capital Planning in the Age of Uncertainty https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/6 164aeb96-a814-4e29-87ae-0b1a6652418e Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:00:00 -0400 Financial Executives International full Financial Executives International Uncertainty is not the friend of the financial executive, especially when it comes to long-term capital planning. 17:52 no Uncertainty is not the friend of the financial executive, especially when it comes to long-term capital planning. What taxes will you pay, what businesses will be in demand and what regulations you will face are all subject to similar uncertainty as policies and programs are hammered out in Washington? In this episode of the Financial Executives Podcast we talk with Robert Fry, Chief Economist of Robert Fry Economics LLC. Mr Fry, who recently retired as Senior Economist at DuPont and currently teaches economics at the University of Delaware, will discuss what financial executives how financial executives can deal with the uncertainty dominant the current economic climate. Special Guest: Robert Fry. Uncertainty is not the friend of the financial executive, especially when it comes to long-term capital planning. What taxes will you pay, what businesses will be in demand and what regulations you will face are all subject to similar uncertainty as policies and programs are hammered out in Washington?

In this episode of the Financial Executives Podcast we talk with Robert Fry, Chief Economist of Robert Fry Economics LLC. Mr Fry, who recently retired as Senior Economist at DuPont and currently teaches economics at the University of Delaware, will discuss what financial executives how financial executives can deal with the uncertainty dominant the current economic climate.

Special Guest: Robert Fry.

]]> Uncertainty is not the friend of the financial executive, especially when it comes to long-term capital planning. What taxes will you pay, what businesses will be in demand and what regulations you will face are all subject to similar uncertainty as policies and programs are hammered out in Washington?

In this episode of the Financial Executives Podcast we talk with Robert Fry, Chief Economist of Robert Fry Economics LLC. Mr Fry, who recently retired as Senior Economist at DuPont and currently teaches economics at the University of Delaware, will discuss what financial executives how financial executives can deal with the uncertainty dominant the current economic climate.

Special Guest: Robert Fry.

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