EPISODE · Feb 12, 2023 · 26 MIN
Do Accountants Make the Best CFOs? Steve Rosvold
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"Do Accountants Make the Best CFOs? Steve Rosvold."Steve Rosvold is the Founder of CFO.University, a professional development platform for finance leaders. He spent 20 years leading corporate finance teams honing his ability to drive change, improve profitability and ensure long-term financial health for businesses before creating an advisory practice that grew into CFO.University.The company’s foundation is built on the four pillars of CFO success: Accounting, Finance, Treasury and Leadership and its mission is to deliver practical, performance enhancing and convenient professional development to finance leaders all around the globe.In this episode, we discuss how accountants and CPAs are dialed into governance, financial control and historical reporting, but how this often locks them out of future focus, predictions, and analytics. If accountants and CPAs don't have the right skills, what do they need?Steve shares the four pillars of success in COF University that lead to mastery as a senior financial officer and an even stronger accountant. The Four Pillars are made up of:Accounting – Governance & Controls, Transaction Recording and ReportingFinance – Business Planning, Financial Forecasting and Investment AnalysisTreasury – Cash Management, Funding (Capital Raising) and Risk ManagementLeadership – Self Awareness, Team Building and Strategy & CultureWe explore how the CPA or chartered accountant qualification used to be a route to CFO status and positions but no longer. And we look at what is. Lots of goodies here to help accounting professionals appreciate and even step into the financial expertise required by modern businesses.Steve lives in beautiful Vancouver, Washington and is an avid bicyclist. On his longest one-day trek he pedaled 275 miles from Seattle to Spokane, Washington.https://www.linkedin.com/in/steverosvoldhttps://www.cfo.university/◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢The Accounting Influencers Podcast drops every Monday to accounting professionals, finance specialists, software vendors, tech providers and influencers across 150 countries in the accountancy, CPA and bookkeeping space. To participate in our international virtual speed networking events for the accounting community, go to https://accountinginfluencers.com/events and book your place at the next gathering. Great to build your personal brand and make valuable industry connections. ◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢You can watch this episode and more on our YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@accountinginfluencersJoin the Accounting Influencers community and get invitations to our international speed networking events to build your personal brand and network in the accounting, finance and tech world: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencersFor videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://bit.ly/AI-youtubeThanks to our sponsors:ADVANCETRACK OUTSOURCING. Transform your accounting firm with AdvanceTrack. Our top-tier offshoring solutions free your team from mundane tasks, allowing you to focus on growth and client engagement. Experience seamless scalability and expert support. Visit advancetrack.com and elevate your practice today. https://www.advancetrack.comACCOUNTEX. Join us at Accountex London, the pinnacle of fintech innovation, May 15-16, 2024! Discover ground-breaking solutions from 295+ brands and gain invaluable insights at our CPD-accredited sessions. Connect with 10,000+ finance professionals. Elevate your practice – attendance is free, plus earn up to 16 CPD points! https://www.accountex.co.uk/londonDEXT. Streamline your accounting practice with Dext! Our cutting-edge tools, Dext Prepare, Commerce, and Precision, revolutionize data handling, saving you precious time and ensuring accuracy. Connect seamlessly with leading software like Xero and QBO. Join 500,000+ customers transforming their practices. Start your free trial and embrace efficiency today! https://dext.comIf you'd like to sponsor the show and elevate your brand with our audience, reach out to show host Rob Brown on LinkedIn and his team will reach out to fix up a chat to explore. https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrown
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Welcome to the Accounting Influencers Podcast, going live every Monday to 150 countries and 30,000 accounting practitioners, fintech specialists and influencers in the accountancy, CPA and bookkeeping space. In today's episode 2 of our new season "Do Accountants Make the Best CFOs? Steve Rosvold." You can also watch this on youtube here: https://youtu.be/xp9pokrbOjQ Steve Rosvold is the Founder of CFO.University, a professional development platform for finance leaders. He spent 20 years leading corporate finance teams honing his ability to drive change, improve profitability and ensure long-term financial health for businesses before creating an advisory practice that grew into CFO.University. The company’s foundation is built on the four pillars of CFO success: Accounting, Finance, Treasury and Leadership and its mission is to deliver practical, performance enhancing and convenient professional development to finance leaders all around the globe. In this episode, we discuss how accountants and CPAs are dialed into governance, financial control and historical reporting, but how this often locks them out of future focus, predictions, and analytics. If accountants and CPAs don't have the right skills, what do they need? Steve shares the four pillars of success in COF University that lead to mastery as a senior financial officer and an even stronger accountant. The Four Pillars are made up of: Accounting – Governance and Controls, Transaction Recording and Reporting Finance – Business Planning, Financial Forecasting and Investment Analysis Treasury – Cash Management, Funding (Capital Raising) and Risk Management Leadership – Self Awareness, Team Building and Strategy and Culture We explore how the CPA or chartered accountant qualification used to be a route to CFO status and positions but no longer. And we look at what is. Lots of goodies here to help accounting professionals appreciate and even step into the financial expertise required by modern businesses. Steve lives in beautiful Vancouver, Washington and is an avid bicyclist. On his longest one-day trek he pedaled 275 miles from Seattle to Spokane, Washington. https://www.linkedin.com/in/steverosvold https://www.cfo.university/ ◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢ If you like the show, we'd truly appreciate a review on whatever platform you listen. We'd love to get to know you! Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://bit.ly/AI-youtube https://www.instagram.com/accinfluencers https://twitter.com/accinfluencers https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers Thanks to our sponsor: Accountex. Accountex will return to ExCeL London UK on the 10-11 May 2023. Bringing together 250+ top fintech companies and cutting-edge start-ups, visitors can browse new software and stay up to date with the latest technology, tools and ideas in accountancy and finance. Alongside the exhibition, attendees will take away actionable tips from the CPD-accredited seminar programme, led by 200+ thought leaders shaping the profession. Accountex is Europe’s largest annual event for the accounting and finance profession. It attracts 8,000+ attendees and 250+ exhibitors. Attendees can get up to 16 CPD hours with 200+ free seminar sessions across 12 theatres. https://www.accountex.co.uk/london/
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