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How can business help solve society’s biggest challenges? Welcome to Take on Tomorrow, the award-winning podcast from PwC that examines the biggest problems facing society and the role business can—and should—play in solving them. Hosts Femi Oke and Lizzie O’Leary talk to industry innovators, tech trailblazers and visionary leaders from around the globe about timely topics: from the climate transition to AI and data; and from the future of food to how we build, move and power the world.
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In this in-person conversation, Hannah Munro sits down with Matthew Robinson, Financial Controller at Zebra Pens, to explore the realities of running and transforming finance inside a small but ambitious business.
This episode covers
- Why small-business finance needs pragmatism, balance and the courage to let go of total control
- How Matt rebuilt finance around risk-based thinking, strong foundations and the ability to switch off at the end of the day
- The hard lessons of a difficult first implementation
- How Zebra Pens is moving towards 21st-century operations with integrated systems
Links mentioned
- Matthew's Linkedin
- Learn more about Zebra Pens
- Zebra Pens Customer Story Coming Soon!
- Explore other CFO 4.0 Podcast episodes here.
- Subscribe to our Podcast!
Chapters
1. Setting The Scene: CFO 4.0 (00:00:00)
2. Matt’s Path From Audit To FC (00:00:53)
3. Philosophy: Efficient, Human Finance (00:04:36)
4. Risk Layers And Cash Discipline (00:06:00)
5. Trusting People In Small Teams (00:09:06)
6. Balancing Automation And Control (00:12:06)
7. Enabling Non‑Finance With Data Access (00:16:20)
8. Why Move To Sage Intacct (00:19:20)
9. Continuous Improvement And Support (00:23:20)
10. Data Design: Dimensions And Reporting (00:27:20)
11. Taking Over A Troubled Implementation (00:31:16)
12. People Change: Honesty And Buy‑In (00:35:10)
13. Margin, Scale, And Modernisation (00:39:20)
14. Leadership Alignment And Trust (00:43:00)
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