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10 Questions to Ask Your CFO
Quick Take
14 Oct 2025
by
Rebecca Ray
Whether new to localization or old hands at it, translation and localization managers should become best friends with their chief financial officer (CFO) and their staff. Why? Even if you’re not directly responsible for budgeting, you need to understand how your team is funded, how its financial performance is measured, and how to pay for unforeseen activities or deliverables. Financial colleagues can also help you choose (Gen)AI-driven analysis tools to shorten the annual budgeting process and analyze your data in ways you never thought possible. If you don’t already know the answers to the 10 questions in this brief, invite a financial colleague to lunch.
