How Brex Built and Scaled Their Accounting and Financial Operations #028
DEC 10, 202457 MIN
How Brex Built and Scaled Their Accounting and Financial Operations #028
DEC 10, 202457 MIN
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<p>In episode #28 of Fintech Underground, our CEO Yoshi speaks with Erik Zhou, Chief Accounting Officer and SVP of Finance and Accounting at Brex about the following topics:</p>
<p>1:00 - How Erik transitioned from auditing at PwC to the world of startups, including implementing new processes and overcoming challenges.</p>
<p>4:00 - Building an internal account team compared to the process of being an auditor.</p>
<p>9:00 - How internal accounting and financial processes scaled during Brex’s growth from 70 to 1,200 employees.</p>
<p>22:00 - Why Brex built a broker-dealer entity within their business.</p>
<p>37:00 - How Brex is working to position itself as the go-to commercial financial services provider for now and the future, and his role in getting there.</p>
<p>44:00 - The pros and cons of remote work in a scaling company.</p>
<p>51:00 - What is the one undervalued opportunity you see in fintech?</p>
<p>Thank you for listening to Alpaca's latest episode of Fintech Underground. You can find the full transcript here: <a href="https://alpaca.markets/learn/how-brex-built-and-scaled-their-accounting-and-financial-operations-028?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=fintech-underground" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://alpaca.markets/learn/how-brex-built-and-scaled-their-accounting-and-financial-operations-028</a></p>
