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The Evolution of Remote Work and Its Impact on Finance Teams
Girish Bendodker•
Distributed finance teams require new tools, new controls, and a different management posture.
Remote work changed finance more than most functions. The internal controls built around an in-office close — physical document review, in-person approvals, shared printers for invoices — all needed to be re-engineered.
What works in distributed finance
- Async-first close calendar with explicit owner per task
- Document-of-record discipline — every artifact lives in one system
- Time-boxed standups twice a week, not daily
What doesn't
Trying to recreate the in-office experience over Zoom. The goal isn't to replicate the old way; it's to design a better way that happens to be remote-friendly.
