The transition from Finance Leader to Chief Financial Officer is one of the most demanding moves in finance, requiring more than technical excellence, it demands a fundamental shift from managing the finance function to leading the enterprise as a strategic partner to the CEO and a trusted voice to investors and boards. In this episode, Richard Turner, GrowCFO Mentor and Certified Transition Coach, draws on over four decades of global finance leadership to explain why adaptability, humility, and curiosity are essential for stepping up to CFO, and how core principles like cash management, stakeholder awareness, and team empowerment evolve at executive level. He also explores the modern pressures facing today’s CFO; from AI adoption to heightened scrutiny, emphasizing the need to combine digital fluency with deeply human leadership, and why structured mentoring is critical when 40% of executives fail in new roles.