app01 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:58:43 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) FEI Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Talent Strategy” https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/tags/talent%20strategy Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0500 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 Paying Down Manual Debt: Jill Eubank of Randstad on Operational Insurance https://feipodcast.fireside.fm/195 171ccf5c-5dee-4f7a-951f-f24c11c72f86 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0500 Financial Executives International full Financial Executives International Jill Eubank of Randstad explains how manual debt stalls finance transformation and how operational insurance keeps daily operations running while teams build for an AI-driven future. 34:28 no <p>What happens when a finance team lacks the capacity to keep transformation moving? Host Heather Cole talks with Jill Eubank, Executive Vice President of Randstad Professional Talent Solutions, about manual debt – the legacy workarounds, brittle processes, and key person dependencies that hold back AI ROI – and the operational insurance that keeps daily work flowing while teams transform.</p> <p>In this episode:</p> <ul> <li>Three ways manual debt shows up: capacity overload, the transformation trap, and tribal knowledge risk</li> <li>Why 88% of CFOs call manual debt their biggest barrier to AI ROI</li> <li>Operational insurance and the discipline to say no</li> <li>The accountant and architect mindsets in finance</li> <li>How a publicly traded solar company removed 28 hours from every monthly close</li> <li>A three-question reality check for financial leaders</li> <li>A “glocal” approach for multinational finance functions</li> </ul> <p>Resources mentioned:</p> <ul> <li>2026 Finance Leader Playbook: Capitalizing the AI-Driven Finance Function: <a href="https://www.randstadusa.com/business/business-insights/guide/finance-playbook/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.randstadusa.com/business/business-insights/guide/finance-playbook/</a></li> <li>30-second diagnostic tool to benchmark your current operational maturity: <a href="https://share.hsforms.com/2_Fp8Hmq8RFOfBDhjrqgEfw29irg" rel="nofollow noopener">https://share.hsforms.com/2_Fp8Hmq8RFOfBDhjrqgEfw29irg</a></li> <li>Randstad website: <a href="https://www.randstadusa.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.randstadusa.com/</a></li> <li>Randstad on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/randstad/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/company/randstad/</a></li> </ul><p>Special Guest: Jill Eubank.</p> manual debt, operational insurance, AI ROI, finance transformation, CFO, talent strategy, contract talent, key person dependency, tribal knowledge, ERP, close automation, Randstad, Jill Eubank What happens when a finance team lacks the capacity to keep transformation moving? Host Heather Cole talks with Jill Eubank, Executive Vice President of Randstad Professional Talent Solutions, about manual debt – the legacy workarounds, brittle processes, and key person dependencies that hold back AI ROI – and the operational insurance that keeps daily work flowing while teams transform.

In this episode:

  • Three ways manual debt shows up: capacity overload, the transformation trap, and tribal knowledge risk
  • Why 88% of CFOs call manual debt their biggest barrier to AI ROI
  • Operational insurance and the discipline to say no
  • The accountant and architect mindsets in finance
  • How a publicly traded solar company removed 28 hours from every monthly close
  • A three-question reality check for financial leaders
  • A “glocal” approach for multinational finance functions

Resources mentioned:

Special Guest: Jill Eubank.

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In this episode:

  • Three ways manual debt shows up: capacity overload, the transformation trap, and tribal knowledge risk
  • Why 88% of CFOs call manual debt their biggest barrier to AI ROI
  • Operational insurance and the discipline to say no
  • The accountant and architect mindsets in finance
  • How a publicly traded solar company removed 28 hours from every monthly close
  • A three-question reality check for financial leaders
  • A “glocal” approach for multinational finance functions

Resources mentioned:

Special Guest: Jill Eubank.

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