Elevating talent: Building the finance workforce of the future

Beth F. Kaplan

Beth is the founder and chief adviser for the Center for ControllershipTM and managing director for Finance Transformation and Controllership Services at Deloitte & Touche LLP. She has more than 35 years of experience in roles as an auditor, CFO/controller, and financial operations consultant, and specializes in helping the Controllership function improve overall finance processes, reduce cost of delivery, and reduce risk. She has served some of the largest global and national organizations as they transform their controllership function driven by mergers, accounting changes, and system transformations. Beth has been published several times with insights into financial close and reporting process improvements, effective control design, the role of the controller, and technology transformation for the future of controllership.

Elizebeth Varghese

Elizebeth is a principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP and co-leads the Cloud Enabled Workforce practice, as well as the People in Space team. Elizebeth has more than 25 years of experience partnering with boards and C-suite leaders and managing significant P&Ls to achieve powerful business outcomes. She focuses on the enablement of technology and strategy through organization and talent initiatives by optimizing operating models, sourcing, skills, and resilience. Elizebeth is on the board of Columbia Business School’s Women’s Circle and co-chairs the Innovation and Entrepreneurship committee and also is an advisor to the SETI Institute. She holds MBAs from both Columbia Business and London Business Schools, a master’s degree in management from TISS, and an undergraduate degree in pharmaceutical sciences.