--- title: Leapfin Blog | CFO (2) description: CFO | The Leapfin Finance Data Platform to helps finance teams reduce time to close, uncover pockets of profitability, and more. (2) image: https://www.leapfin.com/hubfs/preview-card-22FEB2024.png --- Joining Airwallex: Leapfin's Exciting Next Chapter [ Read the Announcement ](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/leapfins-next-chapter-joining-airwallex) # Leapfin Blog [Clear](https://www.leapfin.com/blog) [Finance](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/tag/finance) [Accounting](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/tag/accounting) [Technology](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/tag/technology) [CFO](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/tag/cfo) [Leapfin](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/tag/leapfin) [AI](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/tag/ai) [Customers](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/tag/customers) [Company News](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/tag/company-news) [Events](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/tag/events) [Culture](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/tag/culture) [![](https://www.leapfin.com/hubfs/2024%20State%20of%20Automation%20for%20Revenue%20Accounting%20report%20-%20survey%20results%20-%20Leapfin.png) Accounting CFO Finance Technology ## Validation, Frustration, Motivation: The State of Accounting Automation Signals a Call for Change Where are Accounting and Finance teams struggling today? How is automation helping? Who is leading... Read more ](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/2024-state-of-accounting-automation-results) [![](https://www.leapfin.com/hubfs/blog-post_5-highlights-fireside-chat-lily-yang-strava_14MAY24.png) Accounting CFO Customers ## 30 Good Minutes & 5 Invaluable Career Lessons from Strava CFO Lily Yang Our Women in Accounting & Finance fireside chat series continues to bring the heat. Read more ](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/5-invaluable-career-lessons-from-strava-cfo-lily-yang) [![CFO Sitdown: 3 Trending Thoughts on Tech Consolidation](https://www.leapfin.com/hubfs/blog-post_consolidating-systems_19APR2024.png) CFO Technology Customers ## CFO Sitdown: 3 Trending Thoughts on Tech Consolidation This week, I had the good fortune to sit down with Alyssa Filter, CFO at Tropic, along with the... Read more ](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/3-trending-cfo-thoughts-on-tech-consolidation) [![](https://www.leapfin.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/radu-florin-CwTBt6jyagQ-unsplash.webp) Accounting CFO Finance ## The Ultimate Accounting Leader’s Guide to Efficient and Effective Financial Audits Financial audits help ensure an organization’s financial reporting integrity, accuracy and... Read more ](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/financial-audits-ultimate-guide) [![](https://www.leapfin.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/da37221a-f481-4c4b-ba50-53330e582192.jpeg) Accounting CFO Finance ## How to Convince Your CFO to Invest in Financial Audit Readiness Financial audit season is finally over. However, like many folks in the accounting world, your... Read more ](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/template-convince-cfo-to-invest-in-audit-readiness) [![](https://www.leapfin.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Blog-Images-5-1.webp) CFO Technology ## Introduction to SOX Automation Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 is a law passed by Congress to help protect investors from... Read more ](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/sox-control-automation) [![](https://www.leapfin.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Blog-Heroes-16.png) CFO Finance ## Arresting falling dominos: Arpitha Prakash on boosting female representation in business systems leadership Technology systems has long been an area where women are underrepresented. Arpitha Prakash, head of... Read more ](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/boosting-representation-arpitha-prakash) [![](https://www.leapfin.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/8-1.png) CFO Finance ## Profitability and progress: empowering underrepresented voices in finance with Oana Labes In a recent conversation between Leafin’s Kate Swanberg and Oana Labes, the president at Fincerio,... Read more ](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/oana-labes) [![](https://www.leapfin.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/4-2.png) CFO Finance ## From marketing to data engineering: Kamla Kasichainula’s inspiring journey Leapfin’s Kate Swanberg recently spoke with Kamla Kasichainula, the Data Engineering Manager at... Read more ](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/kamla-from-marketing-to-engineering) [![](https://www.leapfin.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Blog-Heroes-17.png) CFO Finance ## A Seat at the Table: Megan Binkley’s Guide to Empowerment in Finance In a recent conversation, Megan Binkley, Interim CFO at Root (and a good friend of mine, I might... Read more ](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/megan-binkley-empowerment) [![](https://www.leapfin.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/5-1.png) CFO Finance ## Breaking Through Barriers: Palak Handa’s Journey as a Woman of Color in Finance In a conversation with Leapfin’s Kate Swanberg, Palak Handa, Controller at Hootsuite, shared her... Read more ](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/breaking-through-barriers-palak-handas-journey-as-a-woman-of-color-in-finance) [![](https://www.leapfin.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Screenshot-2023-04-04-at-18_22_33-1.png) CFO Finance ## To win, you first have to survive the storm: rethinking growth at all costs One hundred years ago, preeminent economist John Maynard Keynes famously wrote, “In the long run we... Read more ](https://www.leapfin.com/blog/rethinking-growth) Leapfin is the trusted AI infrastructure that powers your entire record-to-report process at scale. 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