The Modern CFO: Scott Engler on How To Master the Most Important Role in the Company

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In many companies, the CFO is more important than the CEO. And the majority of private equity-backed CFOs are actually not up to par. In this episode, CJ is joined by Scott Engler, of LinkedIn fame, to explain why he believes these bold statements to be true. Scott is the CEO and co-founder of Sync Executive Partners and the co-founder of PE-Xcelerate. He has decades of experience studying, recruiting, and coaching CFOs. He shares insights on the evolving role of the CFO, the many hats they wear, and which they should prioritise. He gives advice on how to navigate your relationship with your CEO, your PE sponsor, and other stakeholders, and provides some social profiling hacks that can help. The conversation covers the benefits of upside-down reviews and why not having a recommendation can be the smartest move, before examining the best way to get a CFO job at a PE-backed company, and how to negotiate equity packages.

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LINKS:

Scott Engler on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottengler/

Sync Executive Partners:

https://www.syncexecutivepartners.com/

PE-Xcelerate:

https://www.pexcelerate.com/

CJ on X (@cjgustafson222): https://x.com/cjgustafson222

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