SERIES
Finance Leaders Unfiltered
Why Finance Teams Are Investing in Tomorrow While Drowning in Yesterday's Work
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
How Outdated Systems Are Constraining Business Model Innovation
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
09:00 AM PT | 12:00 PM ET
Em Daigle
Founder & Chief Automation Officer
OTTO-MATES
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Join us for a candid series of 30-minute conversations, bringing together finance leaders and new research to explore some of the biggest challenges facing finance teams today.
Throughout the series, we’ll tackle the friction points holding finance teams back: broken order-to-cash workflows, AI that overpromises and underdelivers, and more.
Raw insights. Real strategies. Don’t miss the series that’s cutting through the noise and surfacing what finance teams need to scale smarter.
Why Finance Teams Are Investing in Tomorrow While Drowning in Yesterday's Work
October 22, 2025, 9:00-9:30AM PT/12:00-12:30 PM ET
Finance leaders are betting big on AI but most teams are still stuck in spreadsheets. We’ll explore why 97% of SaaS finance teams say manual order-to-cash work is holding them back and what leaders can do to turn AI investment into real impact.
A conversation with Zuora Head of Global Revenue Advisory Laz Pastrikos and Gaapsavvy Founder Angela Liu, moderated by OTTO-MATES Founder & Chief Automation Officer Em Daigle.
How Outdated Systems Are Constraining Business Model Innovation
November 19, 2025, 9:00-9:30AM PT/12:00-12:30 PM ET
As companies experiment with new pricing models and move upmarket, finance systems are struggling to keep up. This practical conversation explores how outdated order-to-cash infrastructure is turning growth into growing pains and what leading teams are doing to fix it.
A conversation with Zuora Sr. Director, Quote to Cash and Revenue Accounting Rachel Noel and 12th & Norwegian Founder, Revenue & Accounting Leader Jill Hauck, moderated by OTTO-MATES Founder & Chief Automation Officer Em Daigle.
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