Sheryl Shaw on Scaling Finance Te...

Sheryl Shaw on Scaling Finance Teams and Embracing Technology

The Diary of a CFO by Wassia Kamon, CPA, CMA, MBA
S2 · E7
Jul 29, 2025
32:24

Episode notes

This week on The Diary of a CFO, host Wassia Kamon is joined by Sheryl Shaw, Senior Manager at Bridgepoint Consulting and a former CFO with three decades of experience leading finance teams through transformation.

Sheryl shares her remarkable journey, from starting as an accounting clerk in the 1980s to becoming a CFO 3 times, and now a trusted consultant for companies implementing NetSuite.

She opens up about the lessons learned through chaos, the role of technology in finance, and how to build teams that are ready for change.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • What it really takes to scale a finance team that embraces innovation
  • How Sheryl built a treasury function from scratch, without formal training
  • The difference between operational and fundraising CFOs
  • Her go-to strategies for managing change and gaining team buy-in
  • The mindset shift needed to lead in today’s tech-driven finance world

Special thanks to FISPAN for sponsoring this episode.

FISPAN is a leading fintech company that seamlessly integrates banks with their clients’ enterprise resource planning (ERP) and accounting systems. For more information, head to www.fispan.com.

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