Sofia Fatakhova (Chime): Building the finance function to go public

Chime's Sofia Fatakhova joins Pigment co-CEO Eléonore Crespo to discuss building a finance function capable of keeping pace with one of the more demanding growth stories in recent memory. She started with a broken forecasting process, ran straight into an IPO, and came out the other side leading a team now deep into figuring out what AI can do for a public company's finance function.

Sofia shares what four years of hypergrowth taught her about infrastructure and accuracy, how she got her team from two weeks to two days on the reforecast, and the principle that now shapes every initiative she runs: “good enough” information used quickly often beats “perfect” information used too late. She also reflects on the unlearning that came with all of it, and what she believes finance leadership must look like from here.

Read the full companion article here: https://www.pigment.com/customers/portraits-podcast/sofia-fatakhova-chime-building-the-finance-function-to-go-public

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