Daniëlle Keeven, VP Finance at Paddle, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about leveraging technology to turn your Finance function into a trusted advisor to the business.

Here is what they talked about:

• Why Danielle joined a start-up/scale-up?

• What does Paddle provide? What's the problem Paddle is solving?

• What makes Paddle different from many payment or Finance infrastructure providers?

• In addition to payment flows, what else can be automated and how?

• How do you see the impact of automation on jobs in Finance? Aren't most of Finance jobs routine and therefore destined for extinction?

• What's your technology angle?

• Tell us about your scale-up journey so far – how do you deal with going international?

• How do you make money?

• How big is your team, and where are you based?

• Recommended book on leadership: It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy

• What's the best way to reach out: Daniëlle Keeven (Linkedin)