GENCFO Community Member Platform | Marie Speakman | Activity https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/members/mazza/activity/ Activity feed for Marie Speakman. Mon, 25 May 2026 05:53:04 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.14.4 en-GB 30 hourly 2 06335182276d54f3c4b4899cf726d45a Marie Speakman replied to the discussion Your biggest achievement in 2023? in the forum GENCFO Clubhouse https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/groups/gencfo-clubhouse/forum/discussion/your-biggest-achievement-in-2023/#post-6256 Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:32:14 +0000 Reply to Your biggest achievement in 2023?

I love this. Congratulations, Chris, on saving GENCFO through the Truss days for the benefit of us all. Thank you.

My biggest achievement of 2023 was sticking to it and continuing to talk about AI. In previous years, I felt like people thought I was a little crazy; 2022 was even tougher.

But in 2023 came awareness, thank you to CHAT-GPT, and…

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]]> 40c5f18f88bc73f88ab95722aa550024 Marie Speakman replied to the discussion What are your digital and data liabilities? in the forum GENCFO Clubhouse https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/groups/gencfo-clubhouse/forum/discussion/what-are-your-digital-and-data-liabilities/#post-3887 Thu, 27 Jul 2023 10:26:16 +0100 Reply to What are your digital and data liabilities?

Data and digital assets are valuable, but lack of progress is the one that stands out for me. The rest are considerations once we start to introduce AI into our finance function.

]]> 24b53cf23b96a1e707fadd486196e391 Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/7527/#acomment-7594 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:30:20 +0100 A great fireside chat with Chloe & Laura loved to hear about the job sharing and how well it works for them and for Asda.

In reply to - Chris Argent posted an update in the group #GENCFOmeet Leeds

Great night in Leeds, and a real community vibe!

Take aways to follow, but great agility conversation with Chloe and Laura from Asda.

Thanks all, and […]

]]> 34db2bf5a2b25c8e276399c22f255ffd Marie Speakman replied to the discussion Time to use ChatGPT? in the forum Automation https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/groups/automation/forum/discussion/time-to-use-chatgpt/#post-3796 Tue, 04 Jul 2023 09:03:04 +0100 Reply to Time to use ChatGPT?

RPA is a great place to start for finance teams, identifying tasks that the bots can do to take the mundane and repetitive tasks out of employees days. Also with hybrid working, employee support is important and the AI Intelligent automation platforms that offer employees self serve 24/7 support. They can navigate all software systems within…

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]]> d1d17327e4b670f29421faa9c9b99a88 Marie Speakman and Sophie Goad are now connected https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/7417/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 09:16:39 +0100 0 11642919e5a089f90e31b70d021a204e Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/7413/#acomment-7414 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 08:52:06 +0100 A lot of challenges for CFOs and companies in general, around supporting employees with the hybrid model of working. Is this a topic that could be of interest in how this is being managed?

In reply to - Sophie Goad posted an update in the group #GENCFOsummit

A month on from the summit and we are still reeling from all the great content!

Now onto 2024 planning. We would love to hear your thoughts! What did […]

]]> dd401200db61e927ba8fbd4fdb6419c6 Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/7388/#acomment-7394 Fri, 23 Jun 2023 09:52:14 +0100 How do you see that it could be used in accounting and finance @chris-a . For structured datasets like financial records or transactional data, techniques such as data mining or machine learning algorithms may be more suitable.

In reply to - Chris Argent posted an update in the group CFO Tech Buyers Squad

Is anyone seeing much use of ChatGPT in accounting and finance teams?

There’s a ton of hype but would be interested to see how its being used on […]

]]> b91307488a330714e9ff52fe0251a881 Marie Speakman and Val Elliott are now connected https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/7373/ Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:08:53 +0100 0 1e57bb5b266583c03dd8926c931614fd Marie Speakman and Tanbir Jasimuddin are now connected https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/7315/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:58:14 +0100 0 1ebfdfe26c1342e3ab9860325d4484c9 Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/7280/#acomment-7297 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 09:49:32 +0100 Yes, and that needs to stop.

In reply to - Chris Argent posted an update in the group GENCFO Clubhouse

Me in full flow!

Please listen for one minute only and comment 👇

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]]> 7ba2edac3f1664b9ba718cb8c5b3196c Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/7280/#acomment-7288 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:25:30 +0100 Keeping talent in Finance is so important and the only way as you say Chris is to give them something interesting to do. They should never be doing data entry and any need with the tech that’s available.

In reply to - Chris Argent posted an update in the group GENCFO Clubhouse

Me in full flow!

Please listen for one minute only and comment 👇

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]]> 134daa05944d28a67d908ca388b464b0 Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/7198/#acomment-7221 Wed, 31 May 2023 14:30:58 +0100 Really enjoyed the summit thank you Chris & Olivia and your team.

In reply to - Chris Argent posted an update in the group #GENCFOsummit

What a great bunch you are!

Thank you for your insights, your opinion, your challenge…

You are my tribe! 🤩

]]> 9d82b6b7383c76509ad74b891108718c Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/7058/#acomment-7061 Wed, 24 May 2023 10:54:09 +0100 I hope its supplied by Waterdrop 🤣

In reply to - Chris Argent posted an update in the group #GENCFOsummit

Do you like my on brand glass!

It’s water until 5 😅

]]> a7f72fc5361340990a769539c63c647d Marie Speakman and Mike Griffiths are now connected https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/6716/ Mon, 15 May 2023 13:32:55 +0100 0 014e89732b999ed89d221e45ea964306 Marie Speakman and Mark Laine-Toner are now connected https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/6677/ Thu, 11 May 2023 08:44:30 +0100 0 5c281d4853135804447352cc60b919be Marie Speakman and Becky Glover are now connected https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/6658/ Tue, 09 May 2023 15:29:40 +0100 0 a20effcfd3472f789bea1c9a5764b2b2 Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/6565/#acomment-6595 Tue, 02 May 2023 08:29:53 +0100 Hi @becky looking forward to supporting and thriving.

In reply to - Becky Glover posted an update in the group Women in Finance

Hi Everyone! I just wanted to introduce myself as the new host of the group. I really want this group to be a safe space for women to support each […]

]]> 696ead101bafb39f12e4d1eefdd7b161 Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/6582/#acomment-6594 Tue, 02 May 2023 08:28:18 +0100 I would be interested in “What does digital leadership look like?”

In reply to - Mike Rose posted an update in the group Mastermind Insights

Happy Friday!

Star Trek Picard finished last week – what am I going to do with that time?

I know – I am going to ask you if you want to suggest a topic […]

]]> 2c1307f0389520d47a4a3c35654b6610 Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/6592/#acomment-6593 Tue, 02 May 2023 08:23:14 +0100 Well done @Chengai

In reply to - Becky Glover posted an update in the group Women in Finance

Congratulations @Chengai on being a “Top 50 Women in Accounting” winner! 🤩



]]> 0c931c49a97de95d0e47cf36f931a9a3 Marie Speakman changed their profile photo https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/5894/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:07:49 +0100 1 d67389633c6f53bff07faa0aeab854d4 Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/5792/#acomment-5867 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 11:37:30 +0100 Hi Tanbir,
sorry for the late reply. you can use bots that use robotic process automation.
They are able to log into multiple clients’ Xero accounts and reconcile the bank (following a set of pre-determined rules about what to reconcile and what to leave.

You can press play and leave it to run. Any repetitive and mundane tasks that can… Read more

In reply to - Tanbir Jasimuddin posted an update in the group CFO Tech Buyers Squad

Morning all. Does anyone have experience with automated cash receipts allocation and bank recs? Would love to pick your brains

]]> 7c6c86099c54e0ba18b7d6013235456e Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/5864/#acomment-5865 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:28:54 +0100 Sorry I missed

In reply to - Mike Rose posted an update in the group Mastermind Insights

Just finished a thought provoking start to the day talking about Artificial Intelligence and it’s potential impact on industry and day to day […]

]]> bcf849de1caaacae8aa9386b8c89f639 Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/5762/#acomment-5764 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:28:55 +0100 Congratulations to you all.

In reply to - Chris Argent posted an update in the group Women in Finance

Some fabulous leaders on here! It’s going to make judging so hard @sophie8 🤩

]]> 0d910da8dfb31b4468e8a8c369fa1467 Marie Speakman replied to the discussion Can automation help our mental health? in the forum GENCFO Clubhouse https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/groups/gencfo-clubhouse/forum/discussion/can-automation-help-our-mental-health/#post-2866 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:00:54 +0100 Reply to Can automation help our mental health?

We can now go beyond narrow AI with conversational AI technology we can offer our employees 24/7 support. Check in on how they are and identify when they need additional support. AI can signpost an employee to the right help.

]]> c4ca5a2233ae6f8b3afedee7de5c8a8a Marie Speakman replied to the discussion How can we improve our meet ups? in the forum GENCFO Clubhouse https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/groups/gencfo-clubhouse/forum/discussion/how-can-we-improve-our-meet-ups/#post-2865 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:53:58 +0100 Reply to How can we improve our meet ups?

Could the event be live for members who can’t attend and have the ability to ask questions?

]]> 84485157595d2d1bd5f1230a03113607 Marie Speakman posted a new activity comment https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/5331/#acomment-5348 Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:26:58 +0000 It will also benefit the experts in the advisory space, we will have greater insights into the data than ever before with the added benefit of real time and continual learning.

In reply to - Mike Rose posted an update in the group GENCFO Clubhouse

Thanks for the invite @chris-argent .

Looking at your chat bot message – I wonder if people are thinking about the potential impact of this kind […]

]]> 56432bd61745f9c201fd82184ecff45d Marie Speakman became a registered member https://gencfo.codeomega.co.uk/news-feed/p/4942/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:04:16 +0000 1