Operational Finance and How CFOs Drive Performance with Devin Weil, CFO at ShipMonk
In this episode of CFO Weekly, Devin Weil, Chief Financial Officer at ShipMonk, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs are transforming operational finance by embedding themselves directly in warehouse and logistics operations, drawing from his experience building field finance organizations at XPO and leading finance for one of the fastest-growing tech-enabled fulfillment platforms managing 1,600 employees across 12 global locations.
In this episode of CFO Weekly, Devin Weil, Chief Financial Officer at ShipMonk, joins Megan Weis to explore how modern CFOs are revolutionizing operational finance by becoming true partners to warehouse and logistics operations. Devin brings extensive experience as a finance leader across organizations like XPO and Carrier, where he built his career inside some of the most operationally complex environments in the supply chain and logistics space.
With his deep background spanning corporate finance, performance improvement, and network operations, Devin shares how finance teams can leverage data to diagnose performance issues, drive meaningful KPIs, and build field finance organizations that sit alongside operators. Currently serving as CFO of ShipMonk, Devin oversees finance for one of the fastest-growing tech-enabled fulfillment platforms in the world, managing 12 warehouses and 1,600 employees across the globe.
What You'll Learn:
- Why CFOs must embed finance resources directly in operations for maximum impact
- How to balance top-down targets with bottoms-up planning to drive operator buy-in
- The critical role of granular unit economics in high-volume logistics businesses
- Strategies for rapid performance intervention without becoming a bottleneck
- How robust data infrastructure enables both visibility and speed
- The evolution of the CFO role from financial oversight to operational partnership
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