In this episode of CFO Weekly, Matthew Spencer, Chief Accounting Officer at Global Partners, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs build future-ready finance teams through curiosity-driven innovation, strategic automation, and effective offshore talent integration, drawing from his 20+ years of experience, including a decade at Ernst & Young and transformative work at SharkNinja.
In this episode of CFO Weekly, Matthew Spencer, Chief Accounting Officer at Global Partners, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs are building agile, tech-enabled teams that drive innovation through curiosity, experimentation, and strategic use of offshore talent. Matthew brings over 20 years of experience, starting his career at Ernst & Young, where he spent a decade advancing to senior manager before serving as assistant controller at SharkNinja Operating LLC.
With his extensive background in financial reporting, accounting operations, and systems implementation, Matthew shares how finance teams can leverage automation to free up capacity for strategic work, build distributed workforces effectively, and create cultures where innovation thrives through curiosity and ownership. Currently serving as Chief Accounting Officer at Global Partners since 2018, Matthew oversees financial reporting, tax compliance, and internal controls, and has successfully integrated offshore resources that now comprise 15% of the company's finance team.
What You'll Learn:
- Why curiosity and ownership are the foundational behaviors that drive finance innovation
- How automation enables teams to shift from repetitive work to strategic analysis
- Strategies for balancing in-house expertise with offshore resources without losing institutional knowledge
- The critical role of experimentation and safe failure in building adaptive finance teams
- How offshore talent can transform operations for companies of any size, not just global enterprises
- The future of AI in reshaping finance functions and why early experimentation matters
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