Sarah Riley
CFO of dbt Labs. Previously a finance leader at Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jun 23, 2025 • 57min
Big Systems Thinking for Building a Finance Org: Advice From a Zoom Hypergrowth Survivor
Sarah Riley, CFO of dbt Labs and former finance leader at Zoom, shares insights from her time navigating hypergrowth during the pandemic. She discusses the challenges of scaling operations and adapting financial strategies amidst skyrocketing user signups. Sarah highlights her strategic use of Helmer's Seven Powers framework to drive decisions. The conversation touches on evolving pricing models, integrating AI in finance, and converting finance teams from 'doers to reviewers', all while balancing efficiency with innovation.
May 10, 2026 • 41min
1185: Scaling Smarter in the AI Era | Sarah Riley, CFO, dbt Labs
Sarah Riley, CFO of dbt Labs who helped scale Zoom from $200M to $4B and led FP&A at Salesforce and Okta. She discusses steering finance into strategic partnership, the dbt–Fivetran merger, and tying finance to product and data. She explores balancing legacy models with AI-driven shifts and how AI accelerates FP&A, ops, and product analytics.
