Winning Finance Strategies
What drives finance departments in medium-sized businesses and how can they be made future-proof? Nikolai Skatchkov speaks with leading figures from Finance, Accounting, and Controlling about what works now and what truly matters.
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The latest episodesReal insights for tomorrow's finance
Onboarding for Finance Leaders: The First 90 Days in 5 Phases
Based on our conversation with Theresa König and best practices from the CFO community, we have developed a 90-day plan that quickly creates clarity and builds momentum, even in complex situations.

Winning Finance Strategies takes you to where tomorrow's financial decisions are made – into the world of CFOs, finance leads, and founders.

Winning Finance StrategiesThe Story Behind the Podcast
Winning Finance Strategies shows how modern finance teams are repositioning themselves amidst growth, regulation, and new work. In each episode, guests openly discuss challenges and strategies in finance – including their biggest successes and missteps. This provides insights you won't find in any traditional specialist article.

Nikolai SkatchkovCo-founder and CEO, Circula
As founder and CEO of Circula, Nikolai sees daily how much time finance teams still spend on administration rather than strategy. He is convinced: If time-consuming processes are automated, finance can have a much greater impact. With Winning Finance Strategies, he aims to uncover such potential and effective strategies.
Exciting guests from the finance world withexklusiven Einblicke in ihre Denkweisen und Strategien
Every month, Nikolai Skatchkov speaks with leading figures from the finance sector – from CFOs and interim experts to heads of accounting. The focus is on the questions that truly drive finance today: What works? What needs to change? And which strategies ensure long-term success?
Whether it's e-invoicing for 28,000 incoming invoices, robotics on the path to 90% no-touch accounting, or leadership and reputation within the company – each episode delivers concrete insights and actionable impulses.






Everything you need to know.
Der Podcast richtet sich an CFOs, Finance Directors und Heads of Accounting, die ihre Finanzorganisation strategisch weiterentwickeln möchten. Er ist besonders relevant für moderne Finance Leader, die digitale Buchhaltung, Prozessautomatisierung und No-Touch Accounting vorantreiben – und Finance als strategischen Werttreiber im Unternehmen positionieren wollen.Neben operativer Exzellenz stehen dabei auch Leadership, Change-Management und die Rolle der Finanzabteilung als Business-Partner im Fokus.
Im Mittelpunkt stehen moderne Finanzstrategien und konkrete Praxisbeispiele: E-Rechnung bei hohem Rechnungsvolumen, Robotik auf dem Weg zur 90 % No-Touch-Buchhaltung, digitale Finanzprozesse sowie Leadership und die Positionierung der Finanzabteilung als strategischer Business-Partner.
