SoftCo Leaders Series Podcast: Recent Episodes
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In this new podcast series Susan Spence, Co-Founder and President of SoftCo, meets with senior finance leaders from a variety of industries to ask them questions about themselves, businesses they have worked in and the realities of managing change in organizations of all sizes.
Join Daragh Byrne, CMO, SoftCo for Episode 7 of the Leaders Series as he chats with Olympian Katie Mullan, Captain of Ireland Women’s Hockey Team. In 2018 Katie captained the Ireland team that defied the odds to make it all the way to the final of the 2018 Women’s Hockey World Cup. In this episode Katie discusses the skills needed to lead a high performance team, what it takes to create a winning mentality and how to motivate team mates through the highs and lows of international competition.
Join Susan Spence for Episode 6 of the SoftCo Leaders Series as she meets with Amar Shah, Chief Financial Officer at RJ O’Brien. R.J. O’Brien & Associates, LLC is the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States.
In this episode Susan and Amar discuss the challenges that uncontrolled spend can have on an organization and how an innovative automation strategy can help in addressing such issues.
Other topics covered include:
- Effective Fraud and Risk Prevention Strategies
- The benefits of AP Automation in comparison to Manual Invoice Processing
- Amar’s top tips on the strongest CFO Leadership Styles
In episode 5 of the SoftCo Leaders Series Susan is joined by Jamie Radford, Founder of the Accounts Payable Association. The Accounts Payable Association is a leading community for AP professionals, focused on personal improvement and career progression.
In this episode, Susan and Jamie discuss how AP Automation has transformed the AP Department from a backoffice function into the backbone of an organization’s Finance Department. Other topics covered include:
- The top priorities of the AP Community in 2022
- AP Automation return on investment
- Accounts Payable’s role in fraud prevention
Join Susan for Episode 4 as she meets with Brian Conneely, Financial Director of Chadwicks Group. Chadwicks Group are Ireland’s leading builders’ merchanting company, operating with 50 stores and over 1,300 colleagues across the country.
In this episode, Susan and Brian discuss the automation strategy for the business in dealing with unprecedented growth over the last number of years. Other topics covered include:
- How IT can keep pace with business growth
- How to prioritize where to automate
- Top 3 Tips for Automation
- How to measure the success of an automation project
Listen to Episode 3 as Susan Spence meets with Ronan O'Gara, Head Coach at La Rochelle Rugby and former record breaking Ireland Rugby International. In this fascinating episode, Susan and Ronan discuss “Leadership and Management” with Ronan giving an insight into what he has learnt from managing elite athletes at the highest level in both hemisphere’s.
Join Susan for Episode 2 as she meets with Caroline Adams, a Top 100 AP Influencer who has a wealth of experience in Finance Operations, AP Automation, AR and Payments to discuss “How Automation Positively impacts AP Teams”. In this episode straight-talking Caroline Adams discusses the day-to-day issues AP Teams encounter and how automation can solve these real-world problems.
Join Susan Spence in Ep1 as she meets with Eileen Wynne, a senior Finance executive with over 30 years of experience in the manufacturing sector to discuss “Transforming the Finance Function”.