From Go to CFO
A Podcast for aspiring finance leaders looking to take that next step in their careers.
Hosted by [axr] Recruitment & Search Dave Goldbach & Kunal Gupta, this podcast will give you a unique insight into what it takes to become a successful CFO.
Tune in as we speak to inspiring and successful CFOs from the [axr] network as they share their career journeys, how they got to be a CFO and what they learn along the way.
It’s the closest thing you’re going to get to delving into the mind of a CFO!
From Go to CFO
S4, E3: From Backpacking to the Boardroom: Michelle Reynolds Path to CFO
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Michelle Reynolds backpacked solo through Europe while her friends signed up for two-year stints working in London. It's the kind of call that sums up her whole career: take the path most people skip, and see where it leads. That path has since taken her through insurance, construction, rail and a hydrogen startup to the CFO chair at CIP Construction. In this episode, she joins Dave Goldbach, Director of [axr]'s Accounting & Finance practice, to talk about:
- How she picked up technical finance skills without a big-four background or a formal mentoring system to rely on
- Why she deliberately tries to make her own role redundant, and what she does with the time that frees up
- The board-paper lesson from her time under private equity ownership that still shapes how she reports to leadership today
- What it actually takes to run a startup's entire finance function alone, from payroll to capital raises
There's no single route to the top of finance, just the one you're willing to take.
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