From Big Four to Fiverr: How Esti Levy Dadon scaled Finance at the Gig Marketplace

Episode notes

Esti Levy Dadon, Executive VP Finance, Fiverr ,started in public accounting at Ernst and Young, before leading the finance function at Fiverrr. Since joining the global marketplace in 2016 she steered the company to a successful IPO in 2019. In her words: “In almost 10 years at Fiverr I’m still waiting for things to be boring and repeatable, but it never happens because things change all the time” In this episode: Building finance from the ground up at Fiverr The path to IPO and the financial work required Challenge of building a robust forecasting model for a public company Creating a finance team to last Business partnering process at Fiverr Traits for hiring in FP&A at Fiverr Mindset FP&A perspective shift to connect you to the business

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