How CFOs build a Goldilocks “just-right” budget – Jeff Epstein ex-CFO of Oracle
Paul Barnhurst
Helping FP&A Professionals provide value to their businesses | Founder of The FP&A Guy | Host of 3 popular Finance podcasts | Microsoft MVP
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Jeff Epstein is an operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners leading its CFO Council where he helps CEOs and CFOs at their 200-portfolio companies share best practices. Epstein, one of the most famous names in finance, is former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Oracle, with a market value of over $200 billion.
Prior to joining Oracle, Jeff served as CFO at public and private companies, including DoubleClick (acquired by Google), King World Productions (acquired by CBS), and Nielsen’s Media Measurement and Information Group. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker at The First Boston Corporation.
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Absolutely fascinating insights on aligning revenue goals with company culture! ?? It reminds me of what Peter Drucker said - Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Your discussion serves as a pivotal reminder that setting the right revenue goals is indeed a form of leadership. ???? Keep up the great work! #Leadership #RevenueGoals
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1 年Excellent podcast on how to think of budgeting through probabilities and the recommended achievement rates based on what budgets are for. It's important to keep in mind why we're doing budgeting in the first place. And personally I'm happy again to find a perfect resource for my FBP blogpost series (https://www.roosimagi.com/) scheduled for the end of the week, as also happened when writing on strategic implications early November when Audible's Head of FP&A was on the podcast. Need to stop now browsing socials to continue drafting the last post of the FBP series... ??
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1 年Enlightening podcast ??
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1 年I'm glad the first take away included company culture. Culture is often ignored, but as Peter Drucker is credited with saying, "culture eats strategy for breakfast". ?? The people side of things is often ignored in most budget processes.??????????
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1 年Glad you two got together! There is so much to learn from Jeff!