From Finance Specialist to AI-Enabled Generalist with Chris Garber, CFO at Guild

Episode notes

In this episode of CFO Weekly, Chris Garber, Chief Financial Officer at Guild, joins Megan Weis to explore how AI is reshaping the CFO role from technical specialist to cross-functional business generalist. Chris brings a unique perspective shaped by fifteen years working with a transformational mentor across multiple companies, leading diverse functions from FP&A and analytics to sales operations, IT, and workplace experience. With deep experience across SaaS, public companies, IPOs, and large-scale business transformation at Guild, LiveRamp, and Acxiom, Chris shares how AI and automation are accelerating the shift away from traditional finance specializations toward more versatile, business-minded leaders. Currently serving as CFO at Guild, a company transforming workforces for Fortune 1,000 companies, Chris discusses why the future belongs to finance leaders who can move from being scorekeepers to coaches, from producing numbers to telling strategic stories, and from managing teams to driving cross-functional impact.