Scaling the Finance org

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About the Webinar:

The finance and accounting team can and must look different from Series A to Series D to exit or IPO. Charly Kevers (Carta CFO) and Siqi Chen (Runway CEO) will join Nic Kopp (Rillet CEO) as they share their personal experience in rapidly scaling teams to effectively manage growth across the business.

Whether you’re the first finance hire at an early stage company or a CFO preparing for an exit, this session will help you unlock your team and your organization’s full potential.

Register to learn:

Early hires: What skillsets do you need early on? How soon should leaders hire specialists?
Processes: How often should you rebuild the financial model? Do you really need an expense policy at Series B?
Tools and Systems: What tools will allow you to scale effectively?
Personal Growth: How do you stay sane in the process?

Speaker bios:

Charly Kevers has been the CFO at Carta for 5 years, growing the company from a Series C to a Series G with a valuation of $7.4 billion. Prior to Carta, Charly served as the VP of Finance at marketplace lender LendingClub, led the analysis and execution of acquisitions and strategic investments at Salesforce and held various finance and strategy positions at companies like Hewlett Packard, J.P. Morgan and Samsung.

Charly graduated with a Business Degree from ESCP Business School and holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Siqi Chen is the founder and CEO of Runway, an a16z funded startup enabling operators to understand their business without needing a degree in finance. Prior to Runway, Siqi was CEO of Sandbox VR, VP of Product and Growth at Postmates, CEO of Hey and Head of Product at Zynga.

Nicolas Kopp is the founder and CEO of Rillet, a modern mid-market ERP. Based in New York, Nic was formerly the US CEO of fintech bank N26 (valued at $9bn). Prior to N26, Nic spent five years in investment banking at Morgan Stanley. He holds a BA from University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and an MSc in Accounting from the London School of Economics.