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The day-to-day of managing a finance team as a CFO (with Jessica McClain)
The Diary of a CFO · 2025-01-16 · 31 min
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Jessica McClain, CFO of Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital, talks about her move from public accounting into a CFO role and what changed once she started leading a team. We get into what managing a finance team actually involves day to day, how leadership responsibilities shift over time, and how to build strong working relationships across the organization. She also shares what she learned navigating different environments and how that shaped her approach to leadership..
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