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Patrick Villanova

Sep 11, 2026

4:11
What does the day-to-day of a CFO now look like? Is it a continuous finance model rather than being bound to a monthly or even quarterly earnings calendar?
4:23
Thanks, Tom.
4:24
I've been in this industry for about 25 years.
4:26
I've been a CFO for a couple of those years, but my background is accounting.
4:30
I started at a big four firm, PwC, and just have a lot of perspective, just working with executives for 25 plus years and just seeing how their roles have changed.
4:41
And just even my 11 years here at Blackline, seeing how dynamically things have changed here.
4:46
The way I would put it right now is that the partnership between the CFO and the CIO has never been closer.

17 MINS LATER

21:26
If they're not doing the grunt work anymore, how do they build the intuition needed to becoming senior leaders one day? Patrick, let's start with you.

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