FEI Podcast

Financial Executives International presents the FEI Podcast: an audio digest focusing on the ideas and strategies in finance and accounting.

FEI Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Financial Executives International, with 178 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Financial Executives International hosts FEI Podcast, a business show with 178 episodes published.

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  The Reaction Tax: Why Finding Out Too Late Is Costing Your Company

  Aug 3, 202634 min

  This episode explores the reaction tax, a concept describing the hidden costs businesses pay when decision windows close before leadership sees the warning signs. Thomas DeFabrizio, CFO of Impellam Group Americas, walks through the KPIs, shared definitions, and compensation strategies financial leaders can use to move from reactive firefighting to proactive, future-focused leadership, along with how AI and outcome-based business models are reshaping finance. Special Guest: Thomas DeFabrizio.

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  Raised to Never Quit: Mentorship, Belonging, and Building Your Network with Dolly Lalvani

  Jul 27, 202634 min

  Dolly Lalvani, a CPA and FEI Central Pennsylvania Chapter Leader, joins the FEI Podcast to share how a promise to her father shaped her path to the CPA license, why she treats mentorship as a two-way commitment rather than a transaction, and what active involvement in FEI Chapters, state boards, and NASBA has taught her about belonging to a profession. The conversation closes with her perspective on staying grounded and building relationships as AI reshapes the way financial leaders work. Special Guest: Dolly Lalvani.

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  Why AI Alone Won’t Fix Your Finance Function’s Biggest Problem – with Alex Curran

  Jul 20, 202641 min

  What if your AI strategy is already at risk, not because your team is behind on AI, but because finance is trying to run the future on systems built for the past? In this episode, Alex Curran, CEO of Aptitude Software, discusses why AI success in finance is an architecture issue, a data issue, and a leadership issue. Curran shares her SCALE framework for assessing whether a finance function is ready to support AI, explains the emerging finance ERP category, and offers guidance for financial leaders who feel they are running out of time to modernize. Special Guest: Alex Curran.

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  From CPA to Founder: Why This CFO Says It's Time to Take More Risk – with Chrissy O'Hara

  Jul 13, 202633 min

  What happens when a CFO trades the structure of a traditional corporate finance career for the unpredictability of a startup? In this episode, recorded live at FEI's Financial Leaders Forum in San Antonio, host Heather Cole sits down with Chrissy O'Hara, CFO of SoftLedger , to talk about the real tradeoffs of entrepreneurial freedom: cash flow stress, family members who keep asking when the “real job” is coming, and the discipline it takes to keep pivoting when plans change. O'Hara also shares how she learned to let go of the perfectionism her CPA training instilled, how she and her team use AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT day to day, and why she believes more finance and accounting professionals need to step into entrepreneurship and be in the room shaping the next generation of tools, rather than waiting for someone else to make those decisions for them. Special Guest: Chrissy O'Hara.

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  From Job Fear to Competitive Edge: How One CFO Is Leading with AI – with Kevina Purmanund

  Jul 6, 202627 min

  What happens when a CFO realizes AI could replace her job, and decides to master it instead? In this episode, host Heather Cole sits down with Kevina Purmanund, CFO of the 1826 Group, live from the FEI Financial Leaders Forum in San Antonio. Purmanund shares how a single conversation with an investor sparked her AI journey, how she now runs ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot side by side to compare results, and how a revenue-per-head report that used to take a week now takes 30 minutes. She also opens up about the mistakes AI has caused, the review process she built to catch them, and how she brought a skeptical accounting team along with weekly demos and hands-on projects. Along the way, they cover data security and compliance, what to look for in AI training, and why investing in coaching and peer networks has been just as important to her growth as any AI tool. Whether you are just starting to experiment or already building your own tools, this conversation offers a candid look at what it takes to lead through change. Special Guest: Kevina Purmanund.

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