Soft Skills for the Modern Office of Finance | Meg Bear

New technologies are changing finance roles, freeing up time for more analysis, strategy, and storytelling. As these roles evolve, so too do the soft skills financial professionals need to do their jobs well. Meg Bear is a Controller at Turner Enterprises, and has more than 20 years of experience leading finance teams and redesigning business processes. In this episode, Meg talks to host Melissa Howatson about how CFOs and finance leaders can adapt their leadership styles and hiring standards to better fit the modern FP&A team. Learn how finance leaders should prioritize soft skills as they build the future office of finance.Discussed In This Episode:Cultivating a work setting where empowerment and meaningful tasks are the foundationStrategies for ensuring your team feels valued as you implement new systems and processesExploring the reasons behind the formation of siloes and how finance leaders can work to dismantle them for improved interdepartmental collaboration and integrated business strategy.The significance of possessing essential soft skills and maintaining transparency throughout the hiring processHow leaders can be a talent magnet, building and retaining teams that work well together