Skip to website
Sylvia OrzaveliChief Financial Officer · Essays & perspective

Sylvia Orzaveli / Chief Financial Officer

Financial summaries need a second kind of scrutiny

Perspectives from a life in leadership.

The archive.

Inventory rights and financing

  1. Inventory rights and financing5 min read

    A reconciled stock total can still answer the wrong question

    The goods in a retailer's premises and the resources it can offer a lender are different accounts. Finance has to make that distinction visible before the number travels.

    Open essay

Acquisition earnings and operating reality

  1. Acquisition earnings and operating reality5 min read

    The buyer still needs somebody to run the shops

    An acquisition's adjusted earnings should be tested against the operating model that will follow completion. Removing an owner's cost does not remove the work the owner performed.

    Open essay

Employee ownership and financial judgement

  1. Employee ownership and financial judgement5 min read

    When the dividend recommendation changes your own payment

    Employee shareholders deserve a clear account of a smaller distribution. A CFO who owns shares should put the personal consequence beside the company's funding choice.

    Open essay