CFO Tools: To DIY or not DIY
Craig Thompson (Aleph) and Jon Cochrane (Maxio) each try to convince the other to buy: Craig makes the case for an FP&A tool, Jon makes the case for a billing tool, and both get honest about where DIY wins, where it breaks, and the structural reasons a team should build or buy.
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With Claude and Excel hooked up to everything, more finance teams are asking whether they need a tool at all. Some build their own stack and never look back. Others rebuild it every time the spreadsheet owner leaves. So when does it make sense to DIY a finance workflow, and when should you buy?
Jon Cochrane (CFO, Maxio) runs FP&A at Maxio on Claude and Excel today. Craig Thompson (Head of Finance, Aleph) runs finance at Aleph, an FP&A platform. Neither is a customer of the other's company. In this session each one tries to convince the other to buy: Craig makes the case for an FP&A tool, Jon makes the case for a billing tool, and both get honest about where DIY wins, where it breaks, and the structural reasons a team should build or buy. Real day-in-the-life examples, not theory.
Built for CFOs, VPs of Finance and FP&A leads deciding what to build themselves and what to buy for their finance stack, especially heading into budgeting season.
Join in on the discussion to learn:
- When a DIY workflow (Claude, Excel and friends) is the right call, and when it stops being one
- The structural signs that a team should buy a tool instead
- What actually happens to a DIY stack when the person who built it leaves
Plus, much more...
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