There may have been several write-ups on the responsibilities of a leader, manager and an officer in an organization, but there are only a handful wherein you get to learn about the responsibilities of someone who has performed all sorts of roles in different firms and has been successful in each and every little or big thing he did. This man is none other than one of the youngest billionaires from the real estate industry – Jody Kriss. He shifted various positions in his life – from a Junior Financial Analyst to a real estate Advisor; from a Managing Partner to a Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Talking of being a CFO, there are various tasks that this man performed at his position, out of which following are some that made him as successful as he is today:
• Controlling, supervising and monitoring –These are the three major tasks that a CFO needs to do. Jody Kriss knew how to control his team and monitor their tasks in order to get the work done in time. There are various stakeholders in an organization, like shareholders, creditors, management team members, analysts, etc. and back at the Bayrock Group, where he worked for five years consecutively;Kriss knew how to perform these duties to manage the stakeholders.
• Managing the financial condition of an organization –Just like any other manager, who is responsible to manage his team and make it perform its best; even a CFO needs to manage his team in such a way that the financial condition of an organization remains stable. When Kriss worked at the Bayrock Group, he knew how to create and maintain the reputation of the company in the market so that more number of clients could get attracted and join hands with the company.
• Forecasting the financial conditions –As a CFO, it is necessary for an individual to have predictive or intuitive skills and these are very well possessed by Kriss. He knew what was required to be done in order to make the company perform its best to avoid the hurdles in future and grab opportunities. Since this man has always been an opportunist, he knew that the organization was a ship and he was a captain, who needed to predict when the storm would come and where the sunrays would kiss the deck. He has always been capable enough to predict different things related to his field.
• Planning of strategies–Kriss has had an amazing experience and talents in the industry of real estate and thus he knew how to plan different financial strategies to overcome challenges and convert the weaknesses of the organization into strengths. As a CFO, he planned each and every financial strategy carefully for the company to ensure that there are no problems faced in future and he is able to get t
he best out of his team.
It is not a very easy thing to be promoted so quickly in each and every organization. If Kriss was promoted so many times, it was just because he was worth it.