Episodes

  • Why Professional Judgment Is the Accountant’s Greatest Differentiator

    Why Professional Judgment Is the Accountant’s Greatest Differentiator
    Oct 6 2026
    In this episode of CFO Weekly, Kerrie Jones, Financial Controller at Peak Living, joins Megan Weis to explore why professional judgment, not just technical expertise, is what makes accountants trusted business advisors. Drawing from her experience leading accounting teams through growth and change, hiring and developing more than 50 accountants, and serving on a nonprofit board, Kerrie shares how finance leaders can use AI as a decision support tool while still owning every decision.
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    21 mins
  • The CFO as Decision Architect

    The CFO as Decision Architect
    Sep 29 2026
    In this episode of CFO Weekly, Shirley Shu-Hurley, Chief Financial Officer at Hillsborough Transit Authority (HART), joins Megan Weis to explore how today's finance leaders are shaping strategy, strengthening governance, and building the organizational capacity businesses need to grow and adapt in an increasingly complex world. Drawing on two decades of experience across the energy sector, entrepreneurship, and global nonprofit finance, Shirley shares her framework for becoming a decision architect rather than a financial operator.
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    29 mins
  • Why CPAs Make Great CFOs

    Why CPAs Make Great CFOs
    Sep 22 2026
    In this episode of CFO Weekly, John Wise, Director of Finance and Accounting at The Armstrong Company, joins Megan Weis to explore how the CPA designation can become a foundation for strategic business leadership, the cultural growing pains that come with scaling a middle-market business, and where finance leaders should start when transforming a decentralized finance function into one built for growth.
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    30 mins
  • How CFOs Use AI and Real-Time Data to Make Faster Decisions

    How CFOs Use AI and Real-Time Data to Make Faster Decisions
    Sep 15 2026
    In this episode of CFO Weekly, Mark Gaudiosi, Chief Financial Officer at Burro, joins Megan Weis to explore why AI adoption in finance succeeds or fails on one question: what decision does this actually change? Drawing on more than twenty-five years scaling finance functions at Gopuff, Medical Guardian, and now an outdoor autonomous robotics company, Mark shares how CFOs can separate real AI value from hype, why data ownership is shifting from IT to finance, and how operational data from robots is becoming a core financial metric.
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    28 mins
  • Why AI ROI Has Become a CFO Problem, Not a Tech Problem

    Why AI ROI Has Become a CFO Problem, Not a Tech Problem
    Sep 8 2026
    In this episode of CFO Weekly, Mike DePrisco, President and CEO of IMA (Institute of Management Accountants), joins Megan Weese to explore why AI cost and ROI are becoming CFO problems rather than pure technology problems, drawing on IMA's own research showing 63% of finance leaders have now deployed AI and 37% of CFOs still don't trust their own data, and outlining what it really takes to evaluate AI investments and build measurable business value.
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    27 mins
  • Why AI-Native Finance Beats Bolted-On AI Tools

    Why AI-Native Finance Beats Bolted-On AI Tools
    Sep 1 2026
    In this episode of CFO Weekly, Bojan Belejkovski, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Voltava, joins Megan Weis to explore why AI adoption in finance is fundamentally about data discipline and operating-model design, not the AI tools themselves, drawing on his path from law to treasury, his work leading major ERP transformations, and his book, Treasury 2.0: Future-Proofing Finance with AI.
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    26 mins
  • Building a Scalable Finance Function

    Building a Scalable Finance Function
    Aug 25 2026
    In this episode of CFO Weekly, Jessica Trimmer, Senior Director of Revenue and Transformation at Intapp, joins Megan Weis to explore what it really takes to build a finance organization that scales, how leaders should think about people, processes, systems, and governance as companies grow, and why finance operating models must evolve alongside the business. Drawing on more than twenty years of experience leading enterprise-wide finance transformation, Jessica shares why the operating model, not headcount, is usually the real constraint on scale.
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    23 mins
  • Why the Best CFOs Think Like CEOs

    Why the Best CFOs Think Like CEOs
    Aug 18 2026
    In this episode of CFO Weekly, Abir Syed, Co-Founder of UpCounting, joins Megan Weis to explore why the best finance leaders move beyond producing numbers to actively shaping business decisions, drawing from his path from Big Four auditor to hands-on ecommerce operator and fractional CFO for high-growth direct-to-consumer brands.
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    24 mins