Praveer Melwani is the CFO of Figma.

Takeaways

Joining Figma as employee 25 (now at ~3000)
Scaling with Figma and moving into the CFO role
Nuances to the CFO role at Figma
Developing and learning from mentors
How the CFO role is changing especially in high-growth tech companies
Empowering and building a finance team
The importance of understanding business drivers and key metrics as someone on the finance team
How the finance team works with product and other teams, meetings, cadence and more
What makes Figma such a special company and product
Tools the Figma finance team uses
Timing on building and hiring a finance team at a startup


Chapters
00:00 The Journey to Figma
04:12 Scaling with the Company
06:14 The CFO Role at Figma
08:04 Seeking Advice and Learning from Others
11:26 The Changing Role of the CFO
14:55 Empowering and Working with the Team
17:11 Communicating with Other Teams and Leaders
21:47 Working with Product and Other Teams
25:26 What Makes Figma Special
28:24 Exciting Tools in Finance
31:00 Hiring for the Finance Function
34:07 Timing and Building the Finance Function
36:34 Dealing with Hard Times

Keywords
Figma, CFO, journey, first principles, business gut, metrics, finance team, data tools, automation, intelligent people

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