The Diary of a CFO

This podcast offers behind-the-scenes CFO leadership insights through candid conversations about finance decision-making, board-level communication, and scaling without burnout. For PR pros, it’s a strong platform to place practical finance and FP&A experts—especially those who advise companies or teach industry best practices.

61 episodes, Irregular, 5.0 rating

<1k, Female, USA

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Wassia Kamon

Management, Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Marketing

CFO/finance leadership experience (often with board exposure), deep functional expertise in FP&A/finance ops/reporting systems, or advisory/fractional roles; commonly with direct experience in fundraising, M&A, IPOs, and/or procurement/implementation of finance software; credible track record (e.g., 10+ years leadership or 50+ deals; teaching/training thousands; recognized industry authority).

CFO or fractional CFO roles, Board director or governance experience, Advising or training large numbers of finance professionals, Documented deal experience (M&A/exits/IPO), Published frameworks/tools (implied through consulting, training, or widely tested products)

Fabian Ferrada - Board Reporting Process Improvement; Disclosure/reporting Accuracy And Cycle Time; Presenting Bad News To Boards; Board Vs Investor Reporting; Case Example Reducing Disclosure Timelines., Paul Barnhurst - When To Move From Excel To Fp&a Software; Software Buying Mistakes And Demo Red Flags; Ai’s Real Role In Finance And Hype Differentiation; Deterministic Vs Generative Ai; Future Of Fp&a; Soft Skills For Finance Leaders., Julianne Averill - Fundraising Mistakes; How Investors Evaluate Across Seed-to-ipo Stages; Debt Vs Equity Pitfalls; IPO Dynamics; AI Impacts On Investor Discovery/evaluation; Ideal Finance Team Structure For Scaling.

Cfo, Finance, Fp&a, Board Reporting, Fundraising, Capital Markets, Financial Leadership, Corporate Governance, Startup Finance, Financial Operations