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The CFO Chair

Corporate Finance / CFO Operations

About This Simulation

The CFO Chair extends the continuous-operations pattern to corporate finance. Each active day brings 2-5 finance-specific events: your treasurer flags a covenant check tomorrow, the audit committee chair sends pointed questions, a tax position needs a call, a board member proposes a buyback, an M&A inbound lands. Some are multiple-choice with consequences; others ask for a written response that an LLM senior-CFO grader evaluates on financial reasoning, judgment, and stakeholder awareness. Persistent state — cash, debt, four CFO pillars (Cash Discipline, Capital Allocation, Audit Trust, Forecast Accuracy), and covenant headroom — compounds. Industries: High-Growth SaaS, Mid-Cap Manufacturer, Hospital System, Public Company, PE-Backed.

Learning Objectives

  • Manage liquidity, covenants, and working capital under real pressure
  • Defend tax + audit positions with the right framework and tone
  • Allocate capital across M&A, capex, buybacks, and reinvestment
  • Build credible board narratives + forecast discipline
  • Triage urgent finance events without losing strategic thread

Week-by-Week Overview

1

Days 1-5: orientation

Treasury check-ins, FP&A cadence, audit relationship calibration.

2

Days 6-10: pressure

Covenant proximity, audit findings, board questions intensify.

3

Days 11-15: capital calls

M&A inbound, buyback debates, capex prioritization.

4

Days 16-20: scrutiny

Regulator letters, restatement questions, activist noise.

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Days 21-25: stretch

Final state — runway intact, audit trust durable, allocation defensible.

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