Finance: It's More Than Just Numbers

Accounting managers, tax directors, CFOs - I've heard all of them say that communication is important if you're going to get ahead. James Rubin spoke at length with Petter Wendel, chief financial officer of the investment firm Greystone & Co., about why that is.

You've got to work with people to pull together numbers and get financial statements out. Communicating what needs to be done is important. Secondly, a lot of the information we create in the accounting department is used by people who are not accounting types. Finding a way to communicate that information so it's useful is also important.

Communicating is Vital - Even in Finance [JITM]