From the financial manager to CO: What did the veteran head of the operations axis have prepared
Good morning. there Continuous direction One of the heads of the Malians who became senior officials (COS), and takes over the double COO roles, or even Plural Positions Financial Manager and COO. This shift is largely driven by the constantly broad transfer of the head of finance and the increasing needs of companies.
Over the course of 25 years of profession in strategic financial leadership, John Retig has witnessed the transformation of the role of the financial manager in deep ways. The Rettig trip now reflects the position of president and director of the financing software company, the comprehensive changes that redefined what it means to be a leader of financing.
Rettig, who joined Bill as financial manager in 2014, began his role in the Operations Manager earlier this month to increase the company’s growth. He was Financial Director succeeded Written by Rohini Jain, who joined Bill from Paypal, where she recently worked as a financial manager and SVP from large institutions and traders.
I sat with Rettig for his view of his transfer from the head of finance to CO.
“The influence and influence of the financial manager has expanded greatly compared to 25 years,” said Retig. Over the past decade, what the “CFO 2.0” era describes, the job has simply reported the reporting to behavior as a strategic consultant and a real commercial partner to the CEO. He said: “I lived this transition myself, and I saw my colleagues through technology and growth companies the same thing.” With the spread of artificial intelligence, it is believed that we are now entering a new era – “CFO 3.0”. He said that financial heads must have a comprehensive understanding of the technology that the company publishes.
Rettig emphasized that discipline and understanding required specifically to communicate-especially in the context of the high risks of a public company-are valuable assets when moving to CO.
He said: “You really need to see to implement, understand the results, know the location of the excavation deep, and gain an understanding from the bottom up to how things do.” He pointed out that this process can naturally lead to operational leadership responsibilities, including partnership with leaders throughout work in the era of artificial intelligence.
No “the current situation”
Retig said that artificial intelligence is moving at the speed of “luxury speed”, even just one year ago. “I think the exciting part of this is no longer a situation. Amnesty International is coming for everything.” He added that this brings both tremendous opportunities and sabotage threats.
For Rettig, success now requires a position on continuous re -enrollment – retreat to emerging technology, boldly experience, and not fear of reforming your business model before someone else does. “This is really strong for the role of the financial manager or COO, and the entire executive team,” he said.
Regarding the Bill AI strategy, Rettig highlights two main fields: products facing customers that are automated by complex financial processes and transformational internal improvements. He explained: “It is not only about making work more efficient, it is about using technology to completely get rid of work.”
As head and director of operations, Rettig continues to focus on both short -term implementation and long -term vision. During his term in Bell, which serves small and medium -sized works, the company grew from 140 to 2500 employees. His higher priorities now include speeding up the market time, preparing the institution for the future through investments in automation and operational efficiency, and ensuring that each resource is directed to the highest value for it.
A large part of its role will be to enhance the company’s culture. “I have been with Bell for more than 11 years, which is really long at Silicon Valley Tech,” said Retig. The most important reason for Bell was the people. “I am still here for this reason,” he said.
Sherrill Istra
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Leaders
Justin Bloop He was promoted to the financial manager of the Global Investment Company Carlyal (NASDAQ: CG), starting from January 1, 2026. Ploufe recently worked as a senior deputy investment official of Carlyle Global Credit. He was with Carlail for more than 18 years. Justin John Redit, who will continue to work as a financial manager at the end of the year.
Christine’s intensityAnd EVP and CFO from MSC Industrial Supply Co. (NYSE: MSM), decided to step down from its location, as of August 8, to become the financial manager of a company publicly circulated. Greg Clark, Vice President of the Financial Observer and Companies Observer, will take over the position of the temporary financial manager after the departure of Actis-Grande. Clark has held many financial positions with the company since 2003. The Master of the Search will take a search for the permanent financial manager.
A big deal
In the first half of the year 2025, the World Public Public Security Market witnessed 539 lists, raising 61.4 billion dollars of capital-by 17 % on an annual basis in revenues, according to EY’s World public public offering report. The company noted that the activity of sustainable subscription subscriptions, despite the great political uncertainty and market fluctuations, emphasizes flexibility and ability to adapt to well -prepared companies to move in advanced capital markets today. The United States has led the road with 109 subscriptions, which represents its strongest performance in the first half since the peak of 2021.
The global public subscription market showed flexibility during the first half of 2025, and expectations for the second half remain optimistic with caution despite the ongoing challenges, according to EY.
deepen
“We find the most common work activities that people seek to obtain Amnesty International’s assistance that includes collecting information and writing, while the most common activities performed by Amnesty International itself is to provide information, assistance, writing, education and advice,” according to the report.
The study highlights that artificial intelligence transforms functions that focus on information, language and customer interaction, but it has a little effect on roles rooted in physical work or direct humanitarian care.
The first three functions that were affected by artificial intelligence are interpreters, translators, customer service representatives and sales representatives. According to the report, the first three functions that cannot be replaced by AI are nursing assistants, massage therapies, and equipment operators.
Hearing
“At different points in my life, I worked with people who felt better than me. You want this feeling several times, trying to make yourself in a position in which you feel like they like to limit your abilities, is what helps you grow.”
Google Sundar Pichai CEO recently said Podcast Lake Friedman. This approach led the rise of Sondar Pachay in Google, where he started as a product manager in 2004, luck I mentioned. Within 10 years of working with founders Larry Beige and Sergey Brain, he was appointed CEO in 2015.
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