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Chris Ortega

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Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Strategy & Architecture

Yes

Sometimes

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Are you happy in your current role?

People & Leadership Talent Management & Performance

Yes

Unsure

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How long have you been in your current position?

People & Leadership Talent Management & Performance

<1 year

1 - 2 years

2 - 3 years

3 - 5 years

5+ years

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Do you believe cryptocurrency should be regulated?

Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin

Yes

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Do you have remote employees on your team?

Talent Management & Performance

Yes

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Would you support a four-day workweek for your organization?

Culture & Values Employee Engagement

Yes

Unsure

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Have you purchased an NFT?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies

Yes

No, but I may purchase an NFT in the future.

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How would you rate the current hiring process at your organization?

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Very good

Good

Fair

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Very Poor

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On average, how many phishing messages do you receive per week? (Includes email, SMS, voicemails, etc.)

End-User Devices Mobile Devices Security & GRC

0-1

2-5

6-10

11 or more

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Your highest performing report has poor leadership qualities. When a leadership role opens up, do you promote this report?

Talent Management & Performance Culture & Values Mentoring & Coaching

Yes

Unsure

It depends (please comment below!)

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What are your thoughts on the future of blockchain technology in Finance?

Applications & Platforms Peer Insights Strategy & Architecture+3 more

Chris OrtegaCEO at Fresh FP&A in Finance (non-banking)a year ago

Blockchain technology has the potential to make a large impact on various aspects of the financial world due to its inherent characteristics, such as decentralization, transparency, and security. Here are some thoughts on ...read more

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What advice would you give to other finance leaders about managing uncertainty, challenge and adversity?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Peer Insights Management Tools+1 more

Chris OrtegaCEO at Fresh FP&A in Finance (non-banking)a year ago

Uncertainty, challenge, and adversity are inevitable in the world of finance. To manage these effectively, finance leaders need to be resilient, agile, and proactive. Here are five key points for managing uncertainty, challenge, ...read more

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What is the #1 opportunity you see coming from the current global economic climate and why?

Data & Analytics Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Peer Insights+4 more

Chris OrtegaCEO at Fresh FP&A in Finance (non-banking)a year ago

Current Economic climate represents a great opportunity for the Fintech and the Banking Industry as what is perceived to be a threat in terms of existence can be turned into a great opportunity. The current climate has provided ...read more

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What are some words non-finance would use to describe finance? For example, number police, excel superstars.

People & Leadership Peer Insights Relationship Management

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What strategies can CFOs employ to help win the war for Gen Z talent?

Talent Sourcing & Hiring Finance

Chris OrtegaCEO at Fresh FP&A in Finance (non-banking)a year ago

Offering flexibility and work-life balance is important need of the hour.
Career advancement path is something Gen Z looks after and offering as much autonomy as possible.

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Are AI CFOs a threat to the fractional CFO business?

Finance Financial Management AI & Machine Learning

Chris OrtegaCEO at Fresh FP&A in Finance (non-banking)a year ago

I think this is true, especially the creation of financial reports and estimated budgets.

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Finance leaders, how do you know your readiness for finance transformation? What are the key factors to consider when determining the scope and scale of the initiative?

Finance Financial Management

Chris OrtegaCEO at Fresh FP&A in Finance (non-banking)a year ago

For some context, let's define finance transformation as shifting the focus from more traditional transactional and compliance functions to strategic activities, such as forecasting, risk management, and business analytics. ...read more

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In the wake of the SVB collapse, what are the things finance leaders can do to achieve better connectivity between their treasury and finance processes?

Financial Management Finance

Chris OrtegaCEO at Fresh FP&A in Finance (non-banking)a year ago

First step, have multiple redundancy and diversity in your treasury processes and partners. Also, one thing that we have been working with our clients are pressure testing the people, processes and partnership to simulate ...read more

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CFOs, what are your feelings about the current economic climate?

Finance Financial Management

Chris OrtegaCEO at Fresh FP&A in Finance (non-banking)a year ago

My current feeling is like this, "That moment when its raining outside and you don't know how hard its going to get, how long it will last, how intense it will be or how wet your going to get. But your pulling out ...read more

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What can be done to help close the wealth gap between millennials and older generations?

People & Leadership Peer Insights

Chris OrtegaCEO at Fresh FP&A in Finance (non-banking)2 years ago

This is a load question and I love it. First step and where I have seen the most impact is openness to have the conversation. Get to the why first then to the what and how.

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What vendor do you use for your corporate credit cards? Amex, Visa, Diners, something else?

Financial Management Finance

Chris OrtegaCEO at Fresh FP&A in Finance (non-banking)2 years ago

Visa

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How does your organization go about addressing unconscious bias?

People & Leadership Process Management Relationship Management

Chris OrtegaCEO at Fresh FP&A in Finance (non-banking)2 years ago

First making sure you are aware of and training for sure. Also, including diversity from teams in the interviewing process. First step starts with awareness. Great question.

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