We were pleased to be joined by Andreas Lindner, the Group CFO at ORIOR in Switzerland, on the EMEA Recruitment podcast recently.

“You never win alone, you’re part of a team.”

Andreas speaks to Paul Toms, our Founder, at a time when he’s looking back on the past year and feeling well-prepared to tackle the challenges that 2021 presents him with, both personally and professionally. Andreas has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has taught him and his management team a lot, resulting in great improvements in the way the organisation manages its people.

After a 25-year career in Finance, Andreas explains the reasons that his role as a Chief Financial Officer both motivate and challenge him. He has a strong approach to leadership, which enables his whole team to align their focuses, and remain accountable and responsible for their actions.

Paul finds out what Andreas’ approach to recruiting a good team is, with some great advice for anyone looking to create a high performance team and prevent failed hires. We discuss the unique hiring process in Switzerland and offer some tips for other CFOs who are expanding their teams.

Andreas explains what it meant for him to win Switzerland’s CFO of the Year award in 2018, but why his success is always due to great effort from the whole team.

We explore what the future of the Finance function will look like, including the impact of technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotic process automation (RPA) on decision-making. Andreas is confident that IT will add a lot of value to companies in the future, creating new jobs and processes, and enabling Finance professionals to broaden their area of work.

We also found out who Andreas’ two dream podcast guests would be and why.

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If you’re looking for a particular part of the episode, please use the timestamps below:

01:06: What Andreas has learnt during the pandemic
03:48: What motivates and challenges Andreas
05:44: Andreas’ approach to leadership
07:23: How to successfully hire a high performance team
12:39: Advice for CFOs on recruiting great people
14:23: Being awarded CFO of the Year 2018
16:05: The characteristics that make Andreas a great CFO
17:16: How will technology impact the Finance function?
20:27: Andreas’ dream podcast guests
22:11: How to reach out to Andreas

If you’d like to connect with Andreas on LinkedIn, click here.  

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This episode was hosted by Paul Toms, Founder of EMEA Recruitment, and Rose Jinks, our Senior Marketing Executive.

To find out more about our specialist recruitment services, please visit our website: https://www.emearecruitment.com/  

You can also find us on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emea-recruitment-limited/

If you’d like to connect with Paul, follow this link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paultoms/

You can also follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/paul_toms

If you have any suggestions for future episodes of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, please contact Rose on: [email protected]