When the finance team is charged with handling RFPs for all departments, it needs to build an end-user mindset and a process that evaluates beyond price. Learn tips and tricks on the right questions to ask, and how to work cross-functionally in an organization when a product will be relied on by several departments.
Gil Adler is the Corporate Controller at BLADE, a technology-powered global urban air mobility platform, committed to reducing travel friction, by enabling cost-effective air transportation alternatives to some of the most congested routes in the US and abroad. BLADE is in the process of going public via a SPAC with Experience Investment Corp. Join us as he shares his tales about the procure-to-pay process, especially for companies growing from early stage to middle market. When the finance team is charged with handling RFPs for all departments, it needs to build an end-user mindset and a process that evaluates beyond price. Gil will discuss how he has found ways to shore up product knowledge and assess vendors without relying solely on Gartner or other third-party rating sites. He will share tips and tricks on the right questions to ask, and how to work cross-functionally in an organization when a product will be relied on by several departments. Our fun and informative 20-minute conversation will be followed by 10 minutes of your questions.
Gil Adler is the Financial Controller at BLADE, a technology-powered air transportation platform, where he focuses on making both the historical financial statements and forecasted financial data meaningful to the C-Suite, Board of Directors, and Investors. Gil is a Special Forces veteran of the IDF, a Top 40 Young CPA, and has served as a financial director in multiple industries: real estate development, financial services, food & beverage, seafood processing, software development and aviation.
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