Generative AI And The Office Of The CFO

In this departure from our regular interview of practicing CFOs, our host, Jeff Epstein, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, has invited a special guest whose job it is to train CFOs on the use of generative AI. Nicolas Boucher is a thought leader and highly sought-after advisor to finance teams. He has identified over 50 generative AI use cases in finance that every CFO or aspiring CFO needs to know about.

ChatGPT is becoming a constant presence in our daily activity, and knowing how to effectively and safely harness its power to help improve the office of the CFO is essential no matter where you are on your career path in finance.

What you’ll learn:

Areas in finance with great potential for generative AI-driven improvements.
How to communicate with ChatGPT.
Use cases from drafting procedures to FP&A.
Risks and limitations of ChatGPT

About the speakers.

Nicolas Boucher

Corporate Finance Trainer

Nicolas Boucher is a recognized thought leader on finance topics like AI for Finance and FP&A. Every day, Nicolas Boucher shares his insights with more than 700,000 people on LinkedIn and in his newsletter. He has trained over 3,000 people on ChatGPT for Finance. Nicolas offers Training for Businesses on ChatGPT as well as keynotes on the topic of AI & Finance. International companies like Mercedes Benz, Chanel, Hugo Boss, NTT, Carlsberg and BVP have already trusted Nicolas in training their team.

Nicolas has more than 15 years of experience working in senior finance roles. Prior to becoming a Corporate Finance Trainer, Nicolas held a finance senior management position for seven years in the German unit of a 15 billion multi-national company in the technological, aerospace, and defence domain (Thales). Before that, Nicolas worked for the world-leading audit firm in the offices of Luxembourg and Singapore. Nicolas speaks three languages (English, French, and German) and has lived in five different countries.

Jeff Epstein

Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Jeff Epstein is an Operating Partner in the Silicon Valley office, where he leads Bessemer’s CFO Advisory Board and helps portfolio company CEOs and CFOs share best practices. He is the former Executive Vice President and CFO at Oracle, one of the world’s largest and most profitable technology companies, with a market value of over $150B. Prior to joining Oracle, Jeff served as CFO at several public and private companies, including DoubleClick (sold to Google), King World Productions (sold to CBS), and Nielsen’s Media Measurement and Information Group. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker at The First Boston Corporation. He specializes in B2B software, marketplaces, and AI software. Jeff is Co-CEO at Apex Technology, a SPAC which has announced a merger with AvePoint. Each winter, Jeff co-teaches the Lean Launchpad class at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Engineering. He serves on the boards of directors at Kaiser Permanente, Twilio, Poshmark, Shutterstock, and several private companies. Jeff served on the board of directors at Booking Holdings/Priceline for 16 years as its market value grew from $1B to $80B. He holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, and a BA from Yale College, where he graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.