Finance Leaders Unplugged

‍What's actually changing in finance, and what to do about it.

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What to expect

iplicit, Pleo and Blick Rothenberg are hosting a panel and networking evening for selected finance leaders at scaling businesses.

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This is not another conference. It’s a gathering of experts in your field, working through the same decisions you are. The question of the night will be: “What's changing in finance right now, and what should you be doing about it?” We will open with a panel to set the direction of conversation, then follow with informal networking with canapés and drinks.”

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The topics we'll be discussing

Where the finance function is actually heading

‍Which finance tasks are genuinely on track to be automated, and which ones aren't going anywhere soon. What the entry level finance role looks like once the traditional "junior does the manual work" pipeline disappears, and what to hire for over the next two to three years instead. What has to stay human, whatever else changes, to remain audit compliant.

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How to make sense of your own data, without just adding more dashboards

‍Every growing business hits the same fork in the road: centralise everything into one system, or build a reporting layer across what you've already got. This session brings an ERP perspective and an integrations perspective into the same conversation, so you hear both sides of that decision from people who've actually made it, not just sold it.

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Whether your AI spend is paying for itself

‍AI credits are getting more expensive, and most businesses haven't properly answered whether the AI they're using is earning its keep. This is a straight look at the difference between AI that's doing real work and AI that's just an expensive novelty, plus how businesses are pricing AI into their own products without it quietly eating their margin.

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Why join?

Most finance leaders are working through the same questions, but they're doing it alone. Or in a boardroom, where it's hard to be entirely candid.

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Finance Leaders Unplugged brings together a room of experts living the same challenges. A panel kicks off the discussion. The rest of the evening is for organic conversation between peers.