Seek first to understand: How a finance leader manages global teams

Jennifer Reilly, CPA, CGMA, values listening. She enjoys the collaboration with fellow finance leaders as part of the Future of Finance Leadership Advisory Group, and she has made a habit of emphasizing listening in guiding teams from around the world.

Reilly, scheduled to be part of two sessions at AICPA & CIMA ENGAGE 25, explains the importance of listening, developing through broad and niche roles, and more in this Journal of Accountancy podcast episode.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

· The value of collaboration with finance peers.

· How finance’s expanded role changes the way finance professionals are evaluated.

· A summary of Reilly’s “broad” and “niche” roles.

· Strategies for better engagement with a globally dispersed team.

· The benefits of a wide-ranging listening tour for Reilly in her current role.

· One pillar of corporate culture that stood out to her from a Future of Finance Summit presentation.