Stephen McLain

The Finance Leader Podcast

Business EN ↓ 252 episodes

Organizations have a greater chance of success when Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Accounting, Operations, and the Executive Senior Leadership are more strategically aligned. Developing Finance Leaders capable of growing partnerships across the organization and leading positive change are the goals for this podcast. The host is Stephen McLain, a U.S. Army-Retired Finance Officer. After retirement, Stephen transitioned to working as a Business Consultant in Corporate FP&A and Accounting. Topics will be dedicated to finance leadership development, "The CFO Mindset", improving processe...

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Stephen McLain

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Four Key Finance Leader Responsibilities 21.01.2020 24:17

Episode #2: Leadership can be your defining characteristic to help advance your career . In this episode, I talk about the four key areas of responsibility that Finance Leaders must be doing every day: 1) influencing, 2) growing your people, 3) achieving results, and 4) seeing the future. Influencing is about achieving buy-in about a big idea you have or creating positive change in your organizat...

Developing Leaders in Finance and Accounting 05.01.2020 28:16

Episode #1: This podcast is for Finance and Accounting professionals to develop and enhance leadership skills. You are working in a complex and critical organizational function with very tight deadlines and most likely a hectic monthly close process. You are forced to use old accounting and finance systems that do not work to serve the current needs of the business. We are going to build a great c...