Navigating Global Accounting: Optimizely's Playbook on People, Systems, and AI

How do you maintain efficiency, quality, and consistency across your global accounting team when time zones differ and regulations vary by country?

In this webinar, Ben Whitmarsh-Knight, Senior Director of Accounting & Financial Control at Optimizely, shares how he built and now leads a high-performing, 30-person team split across the globe. He’ll discuss how his team navigates the challenges of global finance, manages acquisitions, and uses AI to drive operational efficiency.

Using examples — from navigating a NetSuite implementation to constructing an AI-enabled month-end close — Ben will give you a roadmap for building a scalable, high-performing global accounting function.

What we’ll cover:

Building and Managing a Global Accounting Team
Systems, Acquisitions, and the Cost of Delay
Using AI to Drive Accounting Operations Forward

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