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CFO THOUGHT LEADER is a podcast featuring firsthand accounts of finance leaders who are driving change within their organizations. We share the career journey of our spotlighted CFO guest: What do they struggle with? How do they persevere? What makes them successful CFOs? CFO THOUGHT LEADER is all about inspiring finance professionals to take a leadership leap. We know that by hearing about the su... more

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Latest Episodes

For Anaplan CFO Hemant Kapadia, one of the more revealing measures of the company’s transformation isn’t revenue growth alone. It’s the fact that Anaplan has nearly the same number of employees it had when it was taken private in 2022—even as annual ... more

At SuiteWorld 2026, NetSuite’s founder outlines how AI is transforming business software—and what the shift means for CFOs.

When Evan Goldberg, founder and executive vice president of Oracle NetSuite, declares that ERP as we know it is over, the sta... more

When Steve Fox joined Every Man Jack in 2021, the men’s personal care brand had a new private equity owner and an ambitious growth agenda. Carlyle Group saw an opportunity: a widely distributed brand that had never invested heavily in marketing. The ... more

When Joe Iantosca arrived at Cyera as CFO, his first hire wasn't an accountant or an FP&A professional. It was a data engineer.

For Iantosca, the decision reflected a conviction formed over years of working inside technology companies: Finance canno... more

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Recent Guests

Steve Fox
CFO of Every Man Jack with experience in public accounting, retail management and high-growth businesses
Every Man Jack
Episode: 1225: Nix the Clicks: Building a Finance Function That Manages by Exception | Steve Fox, CFO, Every Man Jack
Joe Iantosca
CFO of Cyera with an operating background that includes a COO role at BetterCloud
Cyera
Episode: 1224: Building a Cybersecurity Leader for the AI Era | Joe Iantosca, CFO, Cyera
Tom Steer
CFO of Sokin with experience in fintech, corporate finance and investment banking
Sokin
Episode: 1223: Scaling Sokin: Beyond the First $100 Million | Tom Steer, CFO, Sokin
Kara Childress
CFO and president of Vensure Employer Solutions
Vensure Employer Solutions
Episode: 1222: Scaling Through Acquisitions, Integration, and AI | Kara Childress, CFO, Vensure Employment Solutions
Perry Beberman
CFO of Bread Financial
Bread Financial
Episode: 1221: Rebuilding Bread Financial’s Capital Foundation—And What It Made Possible | Perry Beberman, CFO, Bread Financial
Guy Zeltser
CFO of Hippo Insurance
Hippo Insurance
Episode: 1220: At Hippo, Growth and Risk Work Together | Guy Zeltser, CFO, Hippo Insurance
Sam Chung
Chief Customer Officer at Salesforce
Salesforce
Episode: The New Economics of Revenue | Sam Chung, Chief Customer Officer, Salesforce
Tami Wilson-Ciranna
CFO of Curative
Curative
Episode: 1219: Building a Health Plan Around What People Actually Do | Tami Wilson-Ciranna. CFO, Curative
Ken Stillwell
CFO of Pegasystems (Pega Systems), former CFO and COO
Pegasystems
Episode: 1218: Why Pegasystems Is Betting on Work, Not Tokens | Ken Stillwell, CFO, Pegasystems

Hosts

Jack Sweeney
Host of CFO Thought Leader
John Kinzer
Former HubSpot CFO; IPO experience; deep SaaS/AI finance leadership

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 198 ratings
  • extremely insightful episode. very practical advice and interesting to learn about planet fitness. great guest!

    Audible
    5
    IreneR
    United States4 years ago
  • insightful

    extremely insightful episode. very practical advice and interesting to learn about planet fitness. great guest!

    Audible
    5
    IreneR
    United States4 years ago
  • My #1 podcast!

    I am a finance professional going through an overseas assignment, navigating through my day to day work and making career decisions so this is my go to podcast! It’s full of nuggets of wisdom from so many CFOs that I would not have a chance to meet and get his/ her insights with such a thoughtful structure! You get the experience in the beginning, book recommendations at the end, I love the question about “what is your unique feature that people know you about?”

    I am looking forward for more wom... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    NagiZara
    Japan4 years ago
  • Search by a topic

    Hello Jack,

    I love your show and lot to learn from other professionals’ experiences.

    Is there a way to search by a topic? I am interested in the AEC industry episodes.

    Thank You

    Gowri

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Gowri Luxmy
    Canada5 years ago
  • Good information, obnoxious host

    It’s hard to listen to the host, especially the advertisements. His tone is incredibly obnoxious that I cringe at times. Still good material to listen to if you’re in accounting or finance.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    JJBird!
    United States5 years ago

Listeners Say

Key themes from listener reviews, highlighting what works and what could be improved about the show.

Listeners appreciate real-world finance leadership stories and crisis-case learnings.
Requests for more women CFOs and broader industry representation.
Positive sentiment on actionable CFO insights and guest quality; some critique audio quality and host delivery.

Chart Rankings

How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.

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#71
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#11
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#167
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#248
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#77
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#126
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1224: Building a Cybersecurity Leader for the AI Era | Joe Iantosca, CFO, Cyera
Q: Inside Cyera's finance organization, where is AI making the biggest difference?
AI is already helping with repetitive tasks such as reconciliations and combining data from different sources. Iantosca expects agents to automate tedious processes, potentially including parts of the month-end close.
1224: Building a Cybersecurity Leader for the AI Era | Joe Iantosca, CFO, Cyera
Q: What experiences prepared you for a CFO role?
Iantosca traces his path from Morgan Stanley to Palantir, where he learned how technology companies organize, sell and build strong unit economics. At BetterCloud, broad operating responsibilities expanded his perspective beyond finance.
1225: Nix the Clicks: Building a Finance Function That Manages by Exception | Steve Fox, CFO, Every Man Jack
Q: Where do you think the greatest opportunity to improve finances operations might be when it comes to AI and automation?
Fox described using technology and AI agents to automate transactions, with employees managing exceptions through functional command centers. The initiative, “Nix the Clicks by 26,” aims to eliminate manual transactions.
1225: Nix the Clicks: Building a Finance Function That Manages by Exception | Steve Fox, CFO, Every Man Jack
Q: You went from accounting into running a retail business at Trek, and you might want to go back in time further for us. But I just want to mention upfront, I'm like, how did that change your whole career direction?
Fox said public accounting was not a good fit, so he moved toward operational work and process improvement. Those experiences helped prepare him to work with smaller, high-growth companies.
1222: Scaling Through Acquisitions, Integration, and AI | Kara Childress, CFO, Vensure Employment Solutions
Q: Where are customers seeing meaningful value already?
Customers can use Prism AI tools to build reports and get quicker answers through chatbots. Vensure is also developing a human-capital-focused language model to provide specialized answers and improve efficiency.

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Finance leaders who are guests on this show tend to share practical leadership lessons from senior finance roles in fast-growing tech, AI, and industrial companies. Episodes often center on capital allocation, crisis management, governance, and building high-performing finance teams that partner with product, sales, and operations. The format blends career storytelling with actionable frameworks for scaling, cost management, and governance in public and private companies, with notable emphasis on AI-enabled finance, transformative initiatives, and the CFO's expanded role beyond number-crunching. A standout trait across episodes is the focus on real-world decisions, investor relations, and culture as drivers of sustainable value. The series ... more

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2. Joe Iantosca
3. Tom Steer
4. Kara Childress
5. Perry Beberman
6. Guy Zeltser
7. Sam Chung
8. Tami Wilson-Ciranna

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